David Yamnitsky

Markdown Tutorial

This tutorial is an overview of markdown editing for this site.

Table of Contents

Text
Headers
Emphasis
Lists
Links
Images
Code
Tables
Blockquotes
Emoji
Math

Text

Text is just text.
Separate paragraphs with an empty line.

Like this.

Text is just text.
Separate paragraphs with an empty line.

Like this.

Headers

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

H1

H2

H3

H4

H5
H6

Emphasis

Italic with *asterisks*.
Bold with **double asterisks**.
Underline with _underscores_.
Strikethrough with ~~tildes~~.

Italic with asterisks.
Bold with double asterisks.
Underline with underscores.
Strikethrough with tildes.

Lists

Ordered lists start with numbers followed by a period.
Unordered lists start with an asterisk, minus, or plus, your choice.
Indent sublists by at least one space.

1. Ordered List Item 1
   1. ordered sublist item 1
   2. ordered sublist item 2
2. Ordered List Item 2
   - unordered sublist item 1
   - unordered sublist item 2

* Unordered List Item 1
* Unordered List Item 1

Ordered lists start with numbers followed by a period.
Unordered lists start with an asterisk, minus, or plus, your choice.
Indent sublists by at least one space.

  1. Ordered List Item 1
    1. ordered sublist item 1
    2. ordered sublist item 2
  2. Ordered List Item 2
    • unordered sublist item 1
    • unordered sublist item 2

  • Unordered List Item 1
  • Unordered List Item 1

Here's some tex with a [link](https://www.google.com).

Here's some tex with a [link](https://www.google.com "Google's Homepage") with a title.

Here's a [reference link][ArbiTrarY CasE-InsenSitive ReferencE TexT]

Here's one with just the [link reference text itself].

URLs will automatically get turned into links.
http://www.example.com or <http://www.example.com>.

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

[arbitrary case-insensitive reference text]: https://www.mozilla.org
[link reference text itself]: http://www.reddit.com

Here’s some tex with a link.

Here’s some tex with a link with a title.

Here’s a reference link

Here’s one with just the link reference text itself.

URLs will automatically get turned into links.
http://www.example.com or http://www.example.com.

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

Images

![alt text](https://placehold.it/250x100)

![alt text][logo]
[logo]: https://placehold.it/250x100

alt text

alt text

Code

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

Inline code has back-ticks around it.

Blocks of code are fenced by lines with three back-ticks ``` and optionally specify the language.

```javascript
var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
```

var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";

Tables

Make tables by using pipes to separate columns.

Tables | Are | Cool
--- | --- | ---
1 | 2 | 3

Make your table pretty if you want with whitespace and colons to align columns.

| Tables        | Are           | Cool  |
| :------------ |:-------------:| -----:|
| col 1 left    | 1             | A     |
| col 2 center  | 2             | B     |
| col 3 right   | 3             | C     |

Make tables by using pipes to separate columns.

Tables Are Cool
1 2 3

Make your table pretty with whitespace and colons to align columns.

Tables Are Cool
col 1 left 1 A
col 2 center 2 B
col 3 right 3 C

Blockquotes

> To be or not to be,
> that is the question.

To be or not to be,
that is the question.

Emoji

Surround emoji codes with with colons. Ignore the space after the leading colon and before the trailing one.

: smile :

😄 👍 💣

Math

Inline LaTeX $(x_1+5)$.

Inline LaTeX x1+5.

Block LaTeX.

$[\int_0^\infty e^{-x^2} dx=\frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2}\tag{1}]$

Block LaTeX.

(1)∫0∞e−x2dx=π2

Inline ASCIIMath ${x_1+5}$.

Inline ASCIIMath x1+5.

Block ASCIIMath.

${x = (-b +- sqrt(b^2-4ac))/(2a)}$

Block ASCIIMath.

x=-b±b2-4ac2a