Markdown cheat sheet

This page shows the most important parts of the Markdown syntax.

For more details see:

• The Markdown syntax spec of Daring Fireball.
• GitHub-flavored Markdown - GitHub's enhancements to Markdown.

Headlines

Create headlines using hashes. Hashes on right are optional.

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

You can also underline your headline with equals (===) for level 1 or minus (---) for level 2.

Header 1
========

Header 2
--------

Paragraphs

A paragraph is simply one or more lines of text, separated by blank lines.

Text with
two trailing spaces
(on the right)
can be used
for things like poems.

Inline markup like italics, bold, strike through and code():

_italics_,  **bold**, ~~strike through~~ and `code()`

Want to mark something in your page to fix later? Add a yellow TODO or FIXME marker:

Simply write TODO or FIXME.

Links

A simple Link: http://google.de

This is a named link. Use a relative link for pointing to another wiki page.

A simple Link: http://google.de

This is [a named link](http://google.de).
Use [a relative link](cheat_sheets) for pointing to another wiki page.

Images

Embed an image:

![Alt text](http://example.com/myimage.jpg "Title is optional")

Blockquotes and lists

Blockquotes are like quoted text in email replies

And they can be nested

> Blockquotes are like quoted text in email replies
>> And they can be nested

Bullet lists:

• Bullet lists are easy too
• Another one
• Another one

* Bullet lists are easy too
- Another one
+ Another one

Numbered lists:

1. A numbered list
2. Which is numbered
3. With periods and a space

1. A numbered list
2. Which is numbered
3. With periods and a space

Code snippets

Create a simple code block by intending the text using 4 or more spaces:

    // Code is just text indented a bit
    which(isEasy) toRemember();

You can also create a code block using ~~~ or ```. If you set a language (e.g. ~~~ xml), your code will be shown using syntax highlighting:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
  <some-tag with="argument">And text</some-tag>
</root>

~~~ xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
  <some-tag with="argument">And text</some-tag>
</root>
~~~

Here is a list of supported languages.

Horizontal rules

* * * *
****
--------------------------

Embedded HTML

Just write it:
<div style="color: green">This is embedded HTML</div>

Tables

| Header | Header | Right  |
| ------ | ------ | -----: |
|  Cell  |  Cell  |   $10  |
|  Cell  |  Cell  |   $20  |

• Outer pipes on tables are optional
• Colon used for alignment (right versus left)