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pH3ra

Guide: Write cool posts and comment with Markdown for newbies

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lemmy.mlGuide: Write cool posts and comment with Markdown for newbies - LemmyHey everyone, I figured that some new users might not know that comments and posts have a formatting standard called Markdown [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown]. In simple terms, Markdown is a (semi)universal language that uses formatting symbols to give a certain style to a portion of text. This quick guide can help you to write in a way that’s more appealing and easy to read. |FORMATTING|SYNTAX|EXAMPLE| |—|—|—| |New line| put two spaces at the end of the line you want to break| Line__ | |New paragraph| return two times at the end of the paragraf|Line↵↵| |Horizontal rule|between each paragraph put three “-” or ""|**| |Bold|put your text between two “**” or “__” | **Bold** or __Bold__| |Italic|put your text between two “*” or “_”|*Italic* or _Italic_| |Subscript|put your text between two “~”|~Subscript~| |Superscript|put your text between two “^”|^Superscript^| | Inline code|put your text between two “`”|`sudo rm -rf /`| | Headings and Titles | put one or more “#” at the beginning of the line| # Headings for level 1, ## Headings for level 2… | | Blockquotes | put “>” at the beginning of the line | > Blockquote | |Links [https://piped.video/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ]|put the the text between [ ] and the link between ( )|[Links]( https://piped.video/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ [https://piped.video/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ] )| |Images Images [https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/fa6d9660-4f1f-4e90-ac73-b897216db6f3.png?format=webp&thumbnail=96]| like links but you put “!” before the first square bracket|![Images]( https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/fa6d9660-4f1f-4e90-ac73-b897216db6f3.png?format=webp&thumbnail=96 [https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/fa6d9660-4f1f-4e90-ac73-b897216db6f3.png?format=webp&thumbnail=96] )| — You can also do unordered lists using “-” at the beginning of each line: - Salt - Potatoes - Beans will become - Salt - Potatoes - Beans — Or ordered list by putting “1.” at the beginning of each line: 1. Salt 2. Potatoes 3. Beans will become 1. Salt 2. Potatoes 3. Beans — You can save other users from spoilers by encasing a paragraph between a section that starts with “::: spoiler” + the title of the spoiler and ends with “:::”. The spoiler will be hidden inside a menu and you’ll be able to see it if you click on it ::: spoiler warning! spoiler! the butler did it ::: will become ::: spoiler warning! spoiler! the butler did it ::: — In the end you can also format big code blocks by putting "" at the beginning and at the end of each paragraph \ println(“Hello World!”) ``` will become println("Hello World!") — Last but not least remember that you can always use break formatting syntax by putting “\” in front of a character: so if I want “^” in my text without having the rest of the paragraph in superscript, I’m simply going to write “\^” — ## Now go and have fun!
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Rikudou_Sage

Half of it doesn’t work in Liftoff.

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pH3ra

I’m on Jerboa and everything works just fine

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