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Markdown Syntax

What is Markdown?

Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax. It is designed so that it can be converted to HTML and many other formats using a tool by the same name.
Wikipedia Markdown

Syntax

Headers

# H1
## H2
### H3
#### H4
##### H5
###### H6

Alternatively, for H1 and H2, an underline-ish style:

Alt-H1
======

Alt-H2
---

heading

Emphasis

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.~~

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.

Lists

1. First ordered list item
2. Another item
* Unordered list can use asterisks
- Or minuses
+ Or pluses
  1. First ordered list item
  2. Another item
  • Unordered list can use asterisks
  • Or minuses
  • Or pluses

There are two ways to create links.

[I'm an inline-style link](https://chiuhum.wang)

[I'm an inline-style link with title](https://chiuhum.wang "Chiuhum's Homepage")

[I'm a reference-style link][Arbitrary case-insensitive reference text]

[I'm a relative reference to a repository file](../#Overview)

[You can use numbers for reference-style link definitions][1]

Or leave it empty and use the [link text itself].

URLs and URLs in angle brackets will automatically get turned into links. 
http://www.example.com or <http://www.example.com> and sometimes 
example.com (but not on Github, for example).

Some text to show that the reference links can follow later.

[arbitrary case-insensitive reference text]: https://chiuhum.wang
[1]: https://chiuhum.wang
[link text itself]: https://chiuhum.wang

I’m an inline-style link

I’m an inline-style link with title

I’m a reference-style link

I’m a relative reference to a repository file

You can use numbers for reference-style link definitions

Or leave it empty and use the link text itself.

URLs and URLs in angle brackets will automatically get turned into links.
http://www.example.com or http://www.example.com and sometimes
example.com (but not on Github, for example).

Some text to show that the reference links can follow later.

Images

Here's is my logo (hover to see the title text):

Inline-style: 
![alt text](https://chiuhum.wang/favicon.ico "Logo Title Text 1")

Reference-style: 
![alt text][avatar]

[avatar]: https://chiuhum.wang/favicon.ico "Logo Title Text 2"

Here’s is my logo (hover to see the title text):

Inline-style:
alt text

Reference-style:
alt text

Videos

They can’t be added directly but you can add an image with a link to the video like this:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE
" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE/0.jpg" 
alt="IMAGE ALT TEXT HERE" width="240" height="180" border="10" /></a>

Or, in pure Markdown, but losing the image sizing and border:

  [![IMAGE ALT TEXT HERE](http://img.youtube.com/vi/YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE/0.jpg)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE)

Code and Syntax Highlighting

Code blocks are part of the Markdown spec, but syntax highlighting isn’t. However, many renderers – like Github’s and Markdown Here – support syntax highlighting. Which languages are supported and how those language names should be written will vary from renderer to renderer.

Inline `code` has `back-ticks around` it.

Inline code has back-ticks around it.

Blocks of code are either fenced by lines with three back-ticks, or are indented with four spaces. I recommend only using the fenced code blocks – they’re easier and only they support syntax highlighting.

` `` 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 <b>tag</b>.
` ``
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var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
alert(s);
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>
> ```python
s = "Python syntax highlighting"
print s
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No language indicated, so no syntax highlighting. 
But let's throw in a <b>tag</b>.
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## Tables

Tables aren't part of the core Markdown spec, but they are part of *GFM* and *Markdown Here* supports them. They are an easy way of adding tables to your email -- a task that would otherwise require copy-pasting from another application.

Colons can be used to align columns.

| Tables | Are | Cool |
| ------------- |:-------------:| -----:|
| col 3 is | right-aligned | $1600 |
| col 2 is | centered | $12 |
| zebra stripes | are neat | $1 |

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. You can also use inline Markdown.

Markdown | Less | Pretty
--- | --- | ---
*Still* | `renders` | **nicely**
1 | 2 | 3

> Colons can be used to align columns.
>
> | Tables | Are | Cool |
> | ------------- |:-------------:| -----:|
> | col 3 is | right-aligned | $1600 |
> | col 2 is | centered | $12 |
> | zebra stripes | are neat | $1 |
>
> 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. You can also use inline Markdown.
>
> Markdown | Less | Pretty
> --- | --- | ---
> *Still* | `renders` | **nicely**
> 1 | 2 | 3

## Blockquotes

> Blockquotes are very handy in email to emulate reply text.
> This line is part of the same quote.

Quote break.

> This is a very long line that will still be quoted properly when it wraps. Oh boy let's keep writing to make sure this is long enough to actually wrap for everyone. Oh, you can *put* **Markdown** into a blockquote.

> Blockquotes are very handy in email to emulate reply text.
> This line is part of the same quote.

Quote break.

> This is a very long line that will still be quoted properly when it wraps. Oh boy let's keep writing to make sure this is long enough to actually wrap for everyone. Oh, you can *put* **Markdown** into a blockquote.

## Inline HTML
You can also use raw HTML in your Markdown, and it'll mostly work pretty well.

<dl>
<dt>Definition list</dt>
<dd>Is something people use sometimes.</dd>

<dt>Markdown in HTML</dt>
<dd>Does *not* work **very** well. Use HTML <em>tags</em>.</dd>
</dl>

> <dl>
> <dt>Definition list</dt>
> <dd>Is something people use sometimes.</dd>
>
> <dt>Markdown in HTML</dt>
> <dd>Does *not* work **very** well. Use HTML <em>tags</em>.</dd>
> </dl>

## Horizontal Rule

Three or more...

---
Hyphens

***
Asterisks

___
Underscores

> Three or more...
>
> ---
> Hyphens
>
> ***
> Asterisks
>
> ___
> Underscores

## Line Breaks
My basic recommendation for learning how line breaks work is to experiment and discover -- hit <Enter> once (i.e., insert one newline), then hit it twice (i.e., insert two newlines), see what happens. You'll soon learn to get what you want. "Markdown Toggle" is your friend.

Here are some things to try out:

Here's a line for us to start with.

This line is separated from the one above by two newlines, so it will be a *separate paragraph*.

This line is also a separate paragraph, but...
This line is only separated by a single newline, so it's a separate line in the *same paragraph*.

> Here's a line for us to start with.
>
> This line is separated from the one above by two newlines, so it will be a *separate paragraph*.
>
> This line is also a separate paragraph, but...
> This line is only separated by a single newline, so it's a separate line in the *same paragraph*.

(Technical note: *Markdown Here* uses GFM line breaks, so there's no need to use MD's two-space line breaks.)

## To-Do List

[ ] for an empty checkbox
[x] for a checked checkbox


- [ ] for an empty checkbox
- [x] for a checked checkbox

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