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9 <h1>Markdown: Syntax</h1>
11 <li><a href="/projects/markdown/" title=
12 "Markdown Project Page">Main</a></li>
13 <li><a href="/projects/markdown/basics" title=
14 "Markdown Basics">Basics</a></li>
16 "Markdown Syntax Documentation">Syntax</a></li>
17 <li><a href="/projects/markdown/license" title=
19 <li><a href="/projects/markdown/dingus" title=
20 "Online Markdown Web Form">Dingus</a></li>
57 Markdown; you can <a href="/projects/markdown/syntax.text">see the
62 <p>Markdown is intended to be as easy-to-read and easy-to-write as
65 Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain
67 formatting instructions. While Markdown's syntax has been
77 biggest source of inspiration for Markdown's syntax is the format
79 <p>To this end, Markdown's syntax is comprised entirely of
82 around a word actually look like *emphasis*. Markdown lists look
86 <p>Markdown's syntax is intended for one purpose: to be used as a
88 <p>Markdown is not a replacement for HTML, or even close to it. Its
92 easy to insert. The idea for Markdown is to make it easy to read,
94 Markdown is a <em>writing</em> format. Thus, Markdown's formatting
97 <p>For any markup that is not covered by Markdown's syntax, you
99 to indicate that you're switching from Markdown to HTML; you just
106 spaces. Markdown is smart enough not to add extra (unwanted)
108 <p>For example, to add an HTML table to a Markdown article:</p>
121 <p>Note that Markdown formatting syntax is not processed within
122 block-level HTML tags. E.g., you can't use Markdown-style
126 used anywhere in a Markdown paragraph, list item, or header. If you
127 want, you can even use HTML tags instead of Markdown formatting;
129 <code><img></code> tags instead of Markdown's link or image
131 <p>Unlike block-level HTML tags, Markdown syntax <em>is</em>
157 <p>Markdown allows you to use these characters naturally, taking
167 <p>and Markdown will leave it alone. But if you write:</p>
172 <p>Markdown will translate it to:</p>
177 <p>Similarly, because Markdown supports <a href="#html">inline
179 Markdown will treat them as such. But if you write:</p>
184 <p>Markdown will translate it to:</p>
189 <p>However, inside Markdown code spans and blocks, angle brackets
191 makes it easy to use Markdown to write about HTML code. (As opposed
204 rule is that Markdown supports "hard-wrapped" text paragraphs. This
210 break tag using Markdown, you end a line with two or more spaces,
214 /></code>" rule wouldn't work for Markdown. Markdown's
219 <p>Markdown supports two styles of headers, <a href=
259 <p>Markdown uses email-style <code>></code> characters for
262 Markdown. It looks best if you hard wrap the text and put a
273 <p>Markdown allows you to be lazy and only put the
295 <p>Blockquotes can contain other Markdown elements, including
312 <p>Markdown supports ordered (numbered) and unordered (bulleted)
344 the list have no effect on the HTML output Markdown produces. The
345 HTML Markdown produces from the above list is:</p>
354 <p>If you instead wrote the list in Markdown like this:</p>
369 to, you can use ordinal numbers in your ordered Markdown lists, so
374 Markdown may support starting ordered lists at an arbitrary
398 <p>If list items are separated by blank lines, Markdown will wrap
445 paragraphs, but here again, Markdown will allow you to be lazy:</p>
489 lines of a code block are interpreted literally. Markdown wraps a
492 <p>To produce a code block in Markdown, simply indent every line of
501 <p>Markdown will generate:</p>
534 to include example HTML source code using Markdown -- just paste it
535 and indent it, and Markdown will handle the hassle of encoding the
551 <p>Regular Markdown syntax is not processed within code blocks.
553 This means it's also easy to use Markdown to write about Markdown's
578 <p>Markdown supports two style of links: <em>inline</em> and
652 Markdown processing, and are stripped from your document in the
688 <p>Link definitions can be placed anywhere in your Markdown
723 Markdown's inline link style:</p>
737 <p>With Markdown's reference-style links, a source document much
743 <p>Markdown treats asterisks (<code>*</code>) and underscores
831 HTML tags. Markdown will turn this:</p>
855 <p>Markdown uses an image syntax that is intended to resemble the
886 <p>As of this writing, Markdown has no syntax for specifying the
892 <p>Markdown supports a shortcut style for creating "automatic"
901 <p>Markdown will turn this into:</p>
907 Markdown will also perform a bit of randomized decimal and hex
909 address-harvesting spambots. For example, Markdown will turn
930 <p>Markdown allows you to use backslash escapes to generate literal
931 characters which would otherwise have special meaning in Markdown's
939 <p>Markdown provides backslash escapes for the following
