Markdown
Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).
Documentation: Markdown Docs RFC: RFC 7763 GitHub Documentation: Writing Markdown on GitHub
Cheat-Sheet
Headings
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| # Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
#### Heading 4
##### Heading 5
###### Heading 6
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Here is a heading: # Heading, don’t do this: #Heading
Emphasis
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| Emphasis, aka italics, with *asterisks* or _underscores_.
Strong emphasis, aka bold, with **asterisks** or __underscores__.
Combined emphasis with **asterisks and _underscores_**.
Strikethrough uses two tildes. ~~Scratch this.~~
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Line Breaks
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| First line with two spaces after.
And the next line.
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Lists
Ordered Lists
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| 1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item
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Unordered Lists
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| - First item
- Second item
- Third item
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Links
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| Link with text: [link-text](https://www.google.com)
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Images
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| Image with alt text: 
Image without alt text: 
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Code Blocks
Inline Code Block
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| Inline `code` has `back-ticks around` it.
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Blocks of Code
```javascript
var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
alert(s);
```
```python
s = "Python syntax highlighting"
print s
```
```
No language indicated, so no syntax highlighting.
But let's throw in a tag.
```
Tables
There must be at least 3 dashes separating each header cell. The outer pipes (|) are optional, and you don’t need to make the raw Markdown line up prettily.
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| | Heading 1 | Heading 2 | Heading 3 |
|---|---|---|
| col1 | col2 | col3 |
| col1 | col2 | col3 |
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