Things
Highlight, colour, code and quotes
A second formatting layer on top of bold and italic: highlights, colour, code and quotes.
Why you'd care
Bold marks importance. These mark kind. A highlighted line reads as something to come back to, a quote reads as somebody else's words, and a code block reads as something to copy exactly. That distinction is what makes a long list skimmable.
What is here
| Format | Shortcut | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Highlight | ⌘⇧H | |
| Highlight colour | ⌘⇧⌥H | |
| Text colour | ⌘⇧⌥F | |
| Inline code | ⌘⇧⌥E | |
| Code block | ⌘⌥C | |
| Quote | ⌘⌥' |
Going further
Code blocks are syntax highlighted. A language can be picked per block, and the highlighting follows. This makes NewTwos a reasonable place to keep the three commands you can never remember.
Quote and code replace the type. Turning a thing into a quote or a code block strips its previous type, because a quoted checkbox is not a meaningful object. This behaviour is on by default and can be changed in Settings Appearance & Accessibility Remove type for quotes and code.
Highlight colours are customizable. You are not limited to yellow, and the colour is part of the thing rather than a global setting.
Settings that change this
- Settings Appearance & Accessibility Remove type for quotes and code decides whether quoting or coding a thing clears its type.
Tips
- Pick one highlight colour and mean one thing by it. Three colours with no system is worse than none.
- Use a code block for anything you will copy and paste. It preserves spacing that a normal thing does not.
Related
- Bold, italic and underline, the free layer
- Free, Plus, and what you keep