The Simplicity Of Markdown
Markdown was created by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz. It is a simplified human readable form of markup that outputs HTML for posting on the web or rich text for sending emails.
Markdown documents are cross-platform by nature, so you can edit them in any text-capable app on any operating system. Howerver, there are apps specifically designed for writing in Markdown.
The Markdown Syntax
Headers
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
#### Header 4
##### Header 5
###### Header 6
Header with a link.
[Link back to H2](#id-goes-here)
Paragraph
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s.
To create a line break, end a line in a paragraph with two or more spaces.
I am a sentence with
a line break.
Link
[Google](http://google.com)
Inline markup
_italics_
**bold**
`code()`
Note that underscores in words are ignored in Markdown.
Images
Blockquotes
> Blockquotes are like quoted text in email replies
>> And, they can be nested
Lists
* Bullet lists are easy too
- Another one
+ Another one
1. A numbered list
2. Which is numbered
3. With periods and a space
Code
Indent with four spaces to creat a code block.
This is a normal paragraph.
This is a code block
Horizontal rules
* * * *
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Markdown plus tables
Outer pipes on tables are optional
Colon used for alignment (right versus left)
| Header | Header | Right |
| ------ | ------ | -----: |
| Cell | Cell | $10 |
| Cell | Cell | $20 |
Markdown plus definition lists
Term
: Definition
Multiple definitions and terms are possible
Apple
: Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus.
: An american computer company.