Markdown Syntax Cheat Sheet
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URL: http://hw.libsyn.com/p/8/3/3/8339a864bb8faa83/Markdown_Cheat_Sheet.pdf
Markdown Syntax Cheat Sheet
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based on Markdown Syntax documentation for Markdown 1.0.1, created by John Gruber for full syntax, visit http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
Markdown Syntax Cheat Sheet v1.0, design by Mark Boszko
Text cleanup version by Mark Stinson
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Paragraphs and Breaks
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Markdown accepts text on consecutive lines
as a hard-wrapped paragraph.
Put a blank Line in between to start a new graph.
If you want a break:
end your line with two spaces.
Hard to see in print, but it’s there.
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Headers
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h1 and h2 ›Setext-style
== -- ›any number of underlines works
# h1 ›atx-style
## h2 ›opening hashes determine header level
...
###### h6 ## ›closing hash(es) optional
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Blockquotes
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> Blockquote.
>
> > Second paragraph in the blockquote, nested.
>
> ## This is an h2 in a blockquote
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Phrase Emphasis
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*em* or _em_ or un*fucking*believable
**strong** or __strong__
***em and strong*** or ___em and strong___
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Lists
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* Candy. or + Candy. or - Candy.
* Gum. + Gum. - Gum.
* Booze. + Booze. - Booze.
1. Ordered ›start the list with number 1
2. List ›otherwise number order doesn’t matter
3. Items
* A list item.
With multiple paragraphs.
> And a blockquote
* Another List item with
a hard wrapped 2nd line.
10 PRINT "and a code block"
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Horizontal Rules
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--- or *** or ___ ›on a line by itself
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Links
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An [inline link](http://xrl.us/ "optional title").
A [reference link][id]. ›[id] defined elsewhere
[id]: http://example.com/ "optional title"
or
[id]: <http://example.com/> (optional title)
or
[id]: http://example.com/longish/path/to/resource
"optional title"
[Google][] ›implicit link name shortcut
[Google]: http://google.com
<http://example.com/> ›creates linked URL
<address@example.com> ›creates encoded mailto
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Images
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![Alt text][id] ›refrence-style
[id]: url/to/image "Optional title attribute"
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Code
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Backticks format and auto-escape &, < and > in
code like `<blink>`, `—` and `—`.
Preformatted code is also easy.™
<strong>Just indent 4 spaces.</strong>
Double-backticks delimit literal backticks:
``There’s a backtick (`) here.`` and here: `` ` ``
A backtick-delimited string: `` `foo` ``
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Escaping
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Backslash (\) escapes the following characters:
! . - + # ( ) [ ] { } _ * ` \
\*this text is surrounded by literal asterisks\*
Avoid accidental numbered lists by escaping:
1918\. What a great season.
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Markdown Appendix
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based on Markdown Syntax documentation for
Markdown 1.0.1, created by John Gruber
http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
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HTML Tag Integration
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For any <span id="true"> markup that is *not*
covered by Markdown’s syntax</span>, use HTML tags.
Block-level HTML elements (div, table, pre, p,
etc.) must be surrounded by blank lines, as so:
<table> ›don’t indent the block’s start line
<tr>
<td>Foo</td>
</tr>
</table> ›or the end line
Markdown formatting syntax is not processed within
block-level HTML tags.
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Blockquote Addendum
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> Blockquotes can have several-sentence paragraphs
> that are hard-wrapped with angle brackets.
>
> These look pretty, but require effort.
> You can instead be lazy and omit the angle
bracket at the beginning of successive lines.
> And only pick it up again at the beginning of
the next paragraph.
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List Addendum
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* List markers typically start at the left
margin, but may be indented by up to 3 spaces.
* List markers must be followed by one or more
spaces or a tab.
* To make lists look nice, you can wrap items
with hanging indents (as above).
* But if you want to be lazy, you don’t have to.
* List items may consist of multiple paragraphs.
Each subsequent paragraph in a list item must
be intended by either 4 spaces or one tab.
You can also be lazy here, and just indent
the first line of the paragraph.
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Code Addendum
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Regular Markdown syntax is not processed within
code blocks.
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PHP Markdown Extra
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based on Markdown moditications as found in
PHP Markdown Extra 1.1.7, by Michel Fortin
http://michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/extra/
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Inline HTML
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<p>Blocks can now be indented up to 3 spaces
and not accidentally become a code block</p>
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Markdown inside Blocks
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<div markdown="1">
Apply the markdown attribute to the block
to enable *Markdown* formatting syntax.
</div>
<table>
<tr>
<td markdown="1">*Span* level Markdown.</td>
<td markdown="block">*Block* level Markdown.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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Header ID Attribute and Links
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## Header One {#header1}
[Link back to Header One](#header1)
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Tables
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Item | Value ›headers
--------- | -----: ›colon marks column alignment
Computer | $1600 ›use both colons for centered
Phone | $12 ›colons are optional
Pipe | $1 ›only one pipe/line is req'd
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Definition Lists
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Apple
: Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus in
the family Rosaceae.
: An American computer company.
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Footnotes
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This is text with a footnote.[^1]
[^1]: And this is the footnote.
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Abbreviations
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The HTML specification is maintained by the W3C.
*[HTML]: Hyper Text Markup Language
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Escaping
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Avoid triggering a definition list or table with
backslash escaping : or |, as in \: and \|