markdown-intro.md

Markdown Formatting

Formatting text with markdown is very simple. The idea is that some characters, positioned at specific locations or wrapped around words, are transformed into instructions how the output should look like. Additionally, normal HTML tags can be added, too.

On the right hand side you can see a real-time preview of the rendered document.

Quick reference

Visual look

• **bold**: bold text

• _italic_: italic

• ~~strike~~: strike

• Headers: # Main, ## Subheader, ### Subsub header, ...

Explore more by selecting words and clicking on the formatting buttons of this editor.

Structure

Lists:

* item1
* item2

Enumeration:

1. item1
1. item2

Special elements

• Links: [name of link](http://url.it.links/to)

Formulas

It is also possible to embed formulas. They are formatted using MathJax.

Inline $x^2$ formula.

$$\begin{equation} E = mc^2 \end{equation}$$

References

• Original description