Welcome to Parchly

Parchly is a calm place to write. Your notes are plain Markdown files, so they open anywhere, and Parchly makes them read like a finished page.

Tip

You don't need to learn any syntax. Use the formatting bar at the bottom of the window, or the Format menu. Everything has a shortcut.

The basics

Bold with ⌘B, italic with ⌘I, ~~strikethrough~~ with ⇧⌘X
Headings with ⌘1 to ⌘6 (⌘0 returns to body text)
Select a word and type *, _, ` or == to wrap it, like this
Paste a link over selected text to make a link

Lists and tasks

Press Return to continue a list
Press Tab to nest an item, Shift-Tab to bring it back
Numbers fix themselves

Click a checkbox to tick it
Or press ⌘L

Tables

Press	To
⌥⌘T	Insert a table
Tab	Move to the next cell
Return	Add a row

Notes that link together

Type [[Another Note]] to link to another note in this folder. ⌘-click the link to open it, and Parchly creates the note if it doesn't exist yet. Jump to a heading with [[Another Note#Some Heading]], or link within this page: back to the top.

Code, math and diagrams

let greeting = "Hello, Parchly"   // fenced code is colour-coded

Inline math like $E = mc^2$ and blocks:

\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^2} = \frac{\pi^2}{6}

graph LR
  Write --> Preview --> Share

Open the side-by-side preview (⌘\) to see math and diagrams rendered. Footnotes work too.¹

Find anything

⌘P finds any Markdown file in this folder
⇧⌘O jumps to a heading
⌘F finds text, ⌥⌘F replaces
Press Space on a .md file in Finder for a Quick Look preview

Make it yours

Open Settings (⌘,) to pick a theme, change the text size, or turn on line numbers for Source mode (⌃⌘2). Parchly keeps itself up to date.

Like this one. ↩