![]() Wikilinks allow for interconnecting your documents. They’re associated with note taking, and they could be the first step towards something even more interesting: automatic backlinks. If the developers would include backlinks in a future update, they’d have the most complete text annex notes editor on the market. Wikilinks resemble content blocks in that the latter are for file transclusion while the former are for plain linking. Imagine you’re writing a book with each iA Writer document a chapter. To “assemble” the book you can simply place the references to the chapters as content blocks in a new document. iA Writer even allows you to add a code at the top of that document to provide for a table of contents.įinally, metadata may not be a new feature, but the implementation in version 6 has been improved. For example, you can now have global metadata in the Preferences, e.g. If the metadata is different in some files, all you need to do is to fill in the YAML code at the top as you used to do in previous versions. You can define names and other metadata in the document’s metadata area as a variable and use it anywhere in the text. It’s remarkable how every new version of iA Writer stays true to its promise of minimalism. It’s also remarkable that I have yet to discover features in iA Writer that I think are fluff or implemented in ways that are not efficient. The wikilink functionality is well thought out and rock solid. ![]() The new metadata engine allows more functionality and can make repetitive tasks much less common. The History feature hints at the possibility of automatic backlinks in a future update or upgrade.Įven the minor new features and improvements such as preferred highlight colours and the way you can make completed tasks look like in task lists are there to make your writing existence a better and more pleasant experience. IA Writer is available in the Apple Mac and iOS App Stores.
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