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Q&A Markup documentation?

Markdown does have a standard these days - CommonMark. We generally support anything that's in the CommonMark specification, plus some other useful bits. If you hover over the buttons in the toolb...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭  ·  edited 3y ago by hkotsubo‭

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#4: Post edited by user avatar hkotsubo‭ · 2021-07-14T21:58:27Z (almost 3 years ago)
The HTML tags list was incomplete - I guess that just linking to the specific post is easier than trying to keep this updated
  • Markdown does have a standard these days - [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/). We generally support anything that's in the CommonMark specification, plus some other useful bits.
  • If you hover over the buttons in the toolbar, they should give you a tooltip with a simple hint at what it does. Here's the quickstart guide:
  • * Bold: `**text**` is **text**
  • * Italic: `*text*` or `_text_` is _text_
  • * Code/monospace: \`text\` is `text`
  • * Links: `[name](url)` is [name](/)
  • * Strikethrough: `~~text~~` is ~~text~~
  • * Blockquotes: `> text` is
  • > text
  • * Bullets: start your lines with `*` or `-`
  • * Numbered lists: start your lines with `1.`, `2.`, etc.
  • * Headers: start your line with `#` for H1, `##` for H2, etc. Must have a space between `#` and the start of your text.
  • * Horizontal line: `---` on a line on its own.
  • * Bonus round: footnotes: use `[^1]`, `[^2]`, etc., inline, and add `[^1]: words` to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking. [^1]
  • As for HTML, any of the following tags is valid:
  • * a
  • * p
  • * b, strong
  • * i, em
  • * hr
  • * h1 through h6
  • * blockquote
  • * img
  • * strike, del
  • * code, pre
  • * br
  • * ul, ol, li
  • * sup, sub
  • * section
  • Some sites additionally have MathJax enabled, which has its own syntax. MathJax blocks are bookended by `$` or `$$` at the start and end.
  • [^1]: like this!
  • Markdown does have a standard these days - [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/). We generally support anything that's in the CommonMark specification, plus some other useful bits.
  • If you hover over the buttons in the toolbar, they should give you a tooltip with a simple hint at what it does. Here's the quickstart guide:
  • * Bold: `**text**` is **text**
  • * Italic: `*text*` or `_text_` is _text_
  • * Code/monospace: \`text\` is `text`
  • * Links: `[name](url)` is [name](/)
  • * Strikethrough: `~~text~~` is ~~text~~
  • * Blockquotes: `> text` is
  • > text
  • * Bullets: start your lines with `*` or `-`
  • * Numbered lists: start your lines with `1.`, `2.`, etc.
  • * Headers: start your line with `#` for H1, `##` for H2, etc. Must have a space between `#` and the start of your text.
  • * Horizontal line: `---` on a line on its own.
  • * Bonus round: footnotes: use `[^1]`, `[^2]`, etc., inline, and add `[^1]: words` to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking. [^1]
  • As for HTML, [here is the full list of allowed tags and attributes](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/277420) - notice that there are two different lists: one for posts and another for comments.
  • Some sites additionally have MathJax enabled, which has its own syntax. MathJax blocks are bookended by `$` or `$$` at the start and end.
  • [^1]: like this!
#3: Post edited by user avatar ArtOfCode‭ · 2020-06-08T12:09:52Z (almost 4 years ago)
  • Markdown does have a standard these days - [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/). We generally support anything that's in the CommonMark specification, plus some other useful bits.
  • If you hover over the buttons in the toolbar, they should give you a tooltip with a simple hint at what it does. Here's the quickstart guide:
  • * Bold: `**text**` is **text**
  • * Italic: `*text*` or `_text_` is _text_
  • * Code/monospace: \`text\` is `text`
  • * Links: `[name](url)` is [name](/)
  • * Blockquotes: `> text` is
  • > text
  • * Bullets: start your lines with `*` or `-`
  • * Numbered lists: start your lines with `1.`, `2.`, etc.
  • * Headers: start your line with `#` for H1, `##` for H2, etc. Must have a space between `#` and the start of your text.
  • * Horizontal line: `---` on a line on its own.
  • * Bonus round: footnotes: use `[^1]`, `[^2]`, etc., inline, and add `[^1]: words` to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking. [^1]
  • As for HTML, any of the following tags is valid:
  • * a
  • * p
  • * b, strong
  • * i, em
  • * hr
  • * h1 through h6
  • * blockquote
  • * img
  • * strike, del
  • * code, pre
  • * br
  • * ul, ol, li
  • * sup, sub
  • * section
  • Some sites additionally have MathJax enabled, which has its own syntax. MathJax blocks are bookended by `$` or `$$` at the start and end.
  • [^1]: like this!
  • Markdown does have a standard these days - [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/). We generally support anything that's in the CommonMark specification, plus some other useful bits.
  • If you hover over the buttons in the toolbar, they should give you a tooltip with a simple hint at what it does. Here's the quickstart guide:
  • * Bold: `**text**` is **text**
  • * Italic: `*text*` or `_text_` is _text_
  • * Code/monospace: \`text\` is `text`
  • * Links: `[name](url)` is [name](/)
  • * Strikethrough: `~~text~~` is ~~text~~
  • * Blockquotes: `> text` is
  • > text
  • * Bullets: start your lines with `*` or `-`
  • * Numbered lists: start your lines with `1.`, `2.`, etc.
  • * Headers: start your line with `#` for H1, `##` for H2, etc. Must have a space between `#` and the start of your text.
  • * Horizontal line: `---` on a line on its own.
  • * Bonus round: footnotes: use `[^1]`, `[^2]`, etc., inline, and add `[^1]: words` to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking. [^1]
  • As for HTML, any of the following tags is valid:
  • * a
  • * p
  • * b, strong
  • * i, em
  • * hr
  • * h1 through h6
  • * blockquote
  • * img
  • * strike, del
  • * code, pre
  • * br
  • * ul, ol, li
  • * sup, sub
  • * section
  • Some sites additionally have MathJax enabled, which has its own syntax. MathJax blocks are bookended by `$` or `$$` at the start and end.
  • [^1]: like this!
#2: Post edited by user avatar ArtOfCode‭ · 2020-06-07T23:18:46Z (almost 4 years ago)
  • Markdown does have a standard these days - [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/). We generally support anything that's in the CommonMark specification, plus some other useful bits.
  • If you hover over the buttons in the toolbar, they should give you a tooltip with a simple hint at what it does. Here's the quickstart guide:
  • * Bold: `**text**` is **text**
  • * Italic: `*text*` or `_text_` is _text_
  • * Code/monospace: \`text\` is `text`
  • * Links: `[name](url)` is [name](/)
  • * Blockquotes: `> text` is
  • > text
  • * Bullets: start your lines with `*` or `-`
  • * Numbered lists: start your lines with `1.`, `2.`, etc.
  • * Headers: start your line with `#` for H1, `##` for H2, etc. Must have a space between `#` and the start of your text.
  • * Horizontal line: `---` on a line on its own.
  • As for HTML, any of the following tags is valid:
  • * a
  • * p
  • * b, strong
  • * i, em
  • * hr
  • * h1 through h6
  • * blockquote
  • * img
  • * strike, del
  • * code, pre
  • * br
  • * ul, ol, li
  • * sup, sub
  • * section
  • Some sites additionally have MathJax enabled, which has its own syntax. MathJax blocks are bookended by `$` or `$$` at the start and end.
  • Markdown does have a standard these days - [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/). We generally support anything that's in the CommonMark specification, plus some other useful bits.
  • If you hover over the buttons in the toolbar, they should give you a tooltip with a simple hint at what it does. Here's the quickstart guide:
  • * Bold: `**text**` is **text**
  • * Italic: `*text*` or `_text_` is _text_
  • * Code/monospace: \`text\` is `text`
  • * Links: `[name](url)` is [name](/)
  • * Blockquotes: `> text` is
  • > text
  • * Bullets: start your lines with `*` or `-`
  • * Numbered lists: start your lines with `1.`, `2.`, etc.
  • * Headers: start your line with `#` for H1, `##` for H2, etc. Must have a space between `#` and the start of your text.
  • * Horizontal line: `---` on a line on its own.
  • * Bonus round: footnotes: use `[^1]`, `[^2]`, etc., inline, and add `[^1]: words` to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking. [^1]
  • As for HTML, any of the following tags is valid:
  • * a
  • * p
  • * b, strong
  • * i, em
  • * hr
  • * h1 through h6
  • * blockquote
  • * img
  • * strike, del
  • * code, pre
  • * br
  • * ul, ol, li
  • * sup, sub
  • * section
  • Some sites additionally have MathJax enabled, which has its own syntax. MathJax blocks are bookended by `$` or `$$` at the start and end.
  • [^1]: like this!
#1: Initial revision by user avatar ArtOfCode‭ · 2020-06-07T23:14:52Z (almost 4 years ago)
Markdown does have a standard these days - [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/). We generally support anything that's in the CommonMark specification, plus some other useful bits.

If you hover over the buttons in the toolbar, they should give you a tooltip with a simple hint at what it does. Here's the quickstart guide:

 * Bold: `**text**` is **text**
 * Italic: `*text*` or `_text_` is _text_
 * Code/monospace: \`text\` is `text`
 * Links: `[name](url)` is [name](/)
 * Blockquotes: `> text` is
   
    > text

 * Bullets: start your lines with `*` or `-`
 * Numbered lists: start your lines with `1.`, `2.`, etc.
 * Headers: start your line with `#` for H1, `##` for H2, etc. Must have a space between `#` and the start of your text.
 * Horizontal line: `---` on a line on its own.

As for HTML, any of the following tags is valid:

 * a
 * p
 * b, strong
 * i, em
 * hr
 * h1 through h6
 * blockquote
 * img
 * strike, del
 * code, pre
 * br
 * ul, ol, li
 * sup, sub
 * section

Some sites additionally have MathJax enabled, which has its own syntax. MathJax blocks are bookended by `$` or `$$` at the start and end.