Markdown
A lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax designed so that it can be converted to HTML
Headers
# Heading |
H1 |
|---|---|
## Heading |
H2 |
### Heading |
H3 |
#### Heading |
H4 |
##### Heading |
H5 |
###### Heading |
H6 |
Emphasis
_Text_ |
Displays text in italics |
|---|---|
**Text** |
Displays the text in bold |
**_Text_** |
Displays the text in bold and italics |
~~Text~~ |
Adds strikethrough effect to the text |
Lists
1. item1 |
First ordered list item |
|---|---|
2. item2 |
Second ordered list item |
⋅⋅1. Item |
Ordered sub-list item |
* Item |
Unordered list item |
⋅⋅* Item |
Unordered sub-list item |
Links
[text link](https://duckduckgo.com) |
Inline-style link |
|---|---|
[text link with title](https://duckduckgo.com "DDG Home") |
Inline-style link with title |
[Reference-style link][Arbitrary case-insensitive reference text] |
Reference style link |
[Use numbers for reference-style link definitions][1] |
Links with a reference number. The number needs to be defined as [1]: http://slashdot.org |
Images
 |
Inline style |
|---|---|
[alt text][logo] |
The reference style. Reference need to be declared as [logo]: https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/raw/master/src/common/images/icon48.png “Logo Title Text 2” |
Code and Syntax Highlighting
`code` |
Inline code has back-ticks around it |
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` Code blocks ` |
Blocks of code are either fenced by lines with three back-ticks or are indented with four spaces |
Blockquotes
> Blockquotes |
Blockquotes are very handy in email to emulate reply text |
Inline HTML
<ul>list</ul> |
You can use the raw HTML in your Markdown |
Horizontal Rule
--- |
You can get a horizontal rule by typing three or more hyphens (-), asterisks (*) or underscore (_) |