Headings Setext-Style:
atx-Style (Closing #’s are optional):
Phrase Emphasis italic or italic bold or bold
Horizontal Rules Three or more dashes or asterisks. --- or * * * or - - - - Manual Line Breaks End a line with two or more spaces: Roses are red, Violets are blue.
Images
Inline (titles are optional):

Reference-style:
![alt text][id]
[id]: /path/to/img.jpg “Title” [1]: /path/myimage.jpg “My Image”
Blockquotes
E-mail-style angle brackets are used for blockquotes and can be nested.
An example, single level. >> A nested blockquote.
- You can quote a list.
- Etc. Code Spans
spans are delimited by backticks: You can include literal backticks like
this
. Automatic Links For creating automatic links for URLs and e-mail addresses: http://www.example.com will turn into: http://www. example.com Email addresses will be HEX encoded
Preformatted Code Blocks
Indent every line of a code block by at least 4 spaces or 1 tab, and use a colon at the end of the preceding paragraph:
This is a normal paragraph:
This is a preformatted code block.
Preceded by a space, the colon disappears :
This is a preformatted code block.
Lists
Ordered, without Paragraphs (note that the order of the numbers is not important as the output will be in stan- dard
- item 1
- item 2
format):
- Foo
- Bar
Unordered, with Paragraphs (optionally can use dashes, plus signs or asterisks):
-
A list item.
With multiple paragraphs.
-
Bar
Nested Lists
-
Millimeters
- Centimeters
-
Pixels
- Ems
- Points
- Picas
- Inches
-
Kilometers
Links
Inline links:
An [example](http://url.com/ “title”)
Reference-style links (titles are optional):
An [example][id]. Then, anywhere else in the document, define the link:
[id]: http://wwww.daringfireball.com/ “Title”
Backslash Escape Characters
Markdown provides backslash escapes for the following:
\ backslash
` backtick
- asterisk
_ underscore
{} curly braces
[] square brackets
() paranthases
- plus sign
- minus sign (hyphen)
. dot
! exclamation mark
For example,
* these would be listeral asterisks*