Markdown Reference

The Markdown language allows you to quickly write web pages without worrying about <h1> tags and such, allowing you to focus on what you want to say instead of generating HTML. I used Markdown for all Seagrape documentation including this page.

Markdown was invented by John Gruber.

Paragraphs

Create paragraphs by putting blank lines between text.

This is a paragraph.

This is another paragraph.

Headers

Headers are created by using the # symbol. Adding extra #s creates a smaller header.

# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
#### Header 4
##### Header 5
###### Header 6

Emphasizing Text

You can italicize text with *stars* or _underscores_.

You can bold text with **two stars** or __two underscores __.

You can bold & italicize text with ***three stars*** or ___three underscores ___.

Bullet Lists

Create a bullet list using stars:

* Beagles
* Squirrels
* Hilarity

Or plus signs:

+ Beagles
+ Squirrels
+ Hilarity

Or minus signs:

- Beagles
- Squirrels
- Hilarity

Numbered Lists

Create a numbered list like this:

1. Beagles
2. Squirrels
3. Hilarity

Links

Hyperlinks

Create a link to your favorite place like this:

[favorite place](https://seagrape.us)

Or you can display the URL https://seagrape.us by using angle brackets:

<https://seagrape.us>

Image Links

An image link is like a hyperlink, but with an exclamation point in front.

!["alt text"](https://seagrape.us/img/drops.jpg "image title")

“alt text” is shown if the image cannot be displayed.
“image title” is shown in a popup if the user hovers over the image.

Reference Links

Create a reference link like this:

My favorite search engines are DuckDuckGo and Google.

My favorite search engines are [DuckDuckGo][1] and [Google.][2]
[1]: https://duckduckgo.com/    "DuckDuckGo"
[2]: https://www.google.com/    "Google"

Blockquotes

You can use the > sign on each to indicate quoted text (or code).

> This is blockquote text.
> So is this.
>
> Blockquote paragraphs are created like regular paragraphs.
> Just leave a blank line between sections of text.

Inline Code

Inline code is created by using two back quotes like this: `print message` which results in: print message. It can be used in a paragraph without breaking up the flow of text.

Footnotes

A flavor of Markdown called Python-Markdown¹ can generate footnotes².

A flavor of Markdown called Python-Markdown[^1] can generate footnotes[^2].

[^1]: This is the first footnote.
[^2]: This is the second footnote.

This is the first footnote. ↩
This is the second footnote. ↩