From 63f131c23953b35fa4625e35bde612a485f4bba7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benson Muite
Output:
+<p>I start my morning with a cup of coffee and
+<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">The New York Times</a>.</p>
+Markdown: Basics
+
+
+
+Getting the Gist of Markdown's Formatting Syntax
+
+This page offers a brief overview of what it's like to use Markdown.
+The syntax page provides complete, detailed documentation for
+every feature, but Markdown should be very easy to pick up simply by
+looking at a few examples of it in action. The examples on this page
+are written in a before/after style, showing example syntax and the
+HTML output produced by Markdown.
+
+It's also helpful to simply try Markdown out; the Dingus is a
+web application that allows you type your own Markdown-formatted text
+and translate it to XHTML.
+
+Note: This document is itself written using Markdown; you
+can see the source for it by adding '.text' to the URL.
+
+Paragraphs, Headers, Blockquotes
+
+A paragraph is simply one or more consecutive lines of text, separated
+by one or more blank lines. (A blank line is any line that looks like a
+blank line -- a line containing nothing spaces or tabs is considered
+blank.) Normal paragraphs should not be intended with spaces or tabs.
+
+Markdown offers two styles of headers: Setext and atx.
+Setext-style headers for <h1>
and <h2>
are created by
+"underlining" with equal signs (=
) and hyphens (-
), respectively.
+To create an atx-style header, you put 1-6 hash marks (#
) at the
+beginning of the line -- the number of hashes equals the resulting
+HTML header level.
+
+Blockquotes are indicated using email-style '>
' angle brackets.
+
+Markdown:
+
+A First Level Header
+====================
+
+A Second Level Header
+---------------------
+
+Now is the time for all good men to come to
+the aid of their country. This is just a
+regular paragraph.
+
+The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy
+dog's back.
+
+### Header 3
+
+> This is a blockquote.
+>
+> This is the second paragraph in the blockquote.
+>
+> ## This is an H2 in a blockquote
+
+
+Output:
+
+<h1>A First Level Header</h1>
+
+<h2>A Second Level Header</h2>
+
+<p>Now is the time for all good men to come to
+the aid of their country. This is just a
+regular paragraph.</p>
+
+<p>The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy
+dog's back.</p>
+
+<h3>Header 3</h3>
+
+<blockquote>
+ <p>This is a blockquote.</p>
+
+ <p>This is the second paragraph in the blockquote.</p>
+
+ <h2>This is an H2 in a blockquote</h2>
+</blockquote>
+
+
+Phrase Emphasis
+
+Markdown uses asterisks and underscores to indicate spans of emphasis.
+
+Markdown:
+
+Some of these words *are emphasized*.
+Some of these words _are emphasized also_.
+
+Use two asterisks for **strong emphasis**.
+Or, if you prefer, __use two underscores instead__.
+
+
+Output:
+
+<p>Some of these words <em>are emphasized</em>.
+Some of these words <em>are emphasized also</em>.</p>
+
+<p>Use two asterisks for <strong>strong emphasis</strong>.
+Or, if you prefer, <strong>use two underscores instead</strong>.</p>
+
+
+Lists
+
+Unordered (bulleted) lists use asterisks, pluses, and hyphens (*
,
++
, and -
) as list markers. These three markers are
+interchangable; this:
+
+* Candy.
+* Gum.
+* Booze.
+
+
+this:
+
++ Candy.
++ Gum.
++ Booze.
+
+
+and this:
+
+- Candy.
+- Gum.
+- Booze.
+
+
+all produce the same output:
+
+<ul>
+<li>Candy.</li>
+<li>Gum.</li>
+<li>Booze.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+Ordered (numbered) lists use regular numbers, followed by periods, as
+list markers:
+
+1. Red
+2. Green
+3. Blue
+
+
+Output:
+
+<ol>
+<li>Red</li>
+<li>Green</li>
+<li>Blue</li>
+</ol>
+
+
+If you put blank lines between items, you'll get <p>
tags for the
+list item text. You can create multi-paragraph list items by indenting
+the paragraphs by 4 spaces or 1 tab:
+
+* A list item.
+
+ With multiple paragraphs.
+
+* Another item in the list.
+
+
+Output:
+
+<ul>
+<li><p>A list item.</p>
+<p>With multiple paragraphs.</p></li>
+<li><p>Another item in the list.</p></li>
+</ul>
+
+
+Links
+
+Markdown supports two styles for creating links: inline and
+reference. With both styles, you use square brackets to delimit the
+text you want to turn into a link.
+
+Inline-style links use parentheses immediately after the link text.
+For example:
+
+This is an [example link](http://example.com/).
+
+
+Output:
+
+<p>This is an <a href="http://example.com/">
+example link</a>.</p>
+
+
+Optionally, you may include a title attribute in the parentheses:
+
+This is an [example link](http://example.com/ "With a Title").
+
+
+Output:
+
+<p>This is an <a href="http://example.com/" title="With a Title">
+example link</a>.</p>
+
+
+Reference-style links allow you to refer to your links by names, which
+you define elsewhere in your document:
+
+I get 10 times more traffic from [Google][1] than from
+[Yahoo][2] or [MSN][3].
+
+[1]: http://google.com/ "Google"
+[2]: http://search.yahoo.com/ "Yahoo Search"
+[3]: http://search.msn.com/ "MSN Search"
+
+
+Output:
+
+<p>I get 10 times more traffic from <a href="http://google.com/"
+title="Google">Google</a> than from <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/"
+title="Yahoo Search">Yahoo</a> or <a href="http://search.msn.com/"
+title="MSN Search">MSN</a>.</p>
+
+
+The title attribute is optional. Link names may contain letters,
+numbers and spaces, but are not case sensitive:
+
+I start my morning with a cup of coffee and
+[The New York Times][NY Times].
+
+[ny times]: http://www.nytimes.com/
+
+
+Output:
+
<p>I start my morning with a cup of coffee and
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">The New York Times</a>.</p>
+It is also common to find other protocols such as ftp used for links:
+
+Input:
+
+For example one may test download speeds [here](ftp://speedtest.tele2.net/)
+
+
+Output:
+
+<p>For example one may test download speeds <a href="ftp://speedtest.tele2.net/">here</a>.</p>
+
+
Images
Image syntax is very much like link syntax.