markdown-cheatsheet.md

Markdown Cheat sheet

Quick cut and paste examples.

Emphasis

• Bold **
• Italic *
• Bold and italic
• Strikethrough ~~

Lists

Lists come in two flavors: Bulleted and numbered

Bulleted (Unordered) *

Unordered list can use asterisks (*), plus's (+), or minus's (-). They can be nested like so.

• Item 1
  • Item 2
    • Item 3
  • Item 4
• Item 5

Numbered (Ordered) 1.

Numered sub-lists appear to be unsupported in stock VSCode 0.o

1. First ordered list item
2. Second item
3. Actual numbers don't matter, just that it's a number

Links

Links can be either inline or reference.

• Inline: google
• Reference: Reference style
• Footnote: Reference txt is often a single number, wich resembles 'footnotes'
• Or you can just use the link text itself (not advised)

Images

An image in markdown contains:

• An alternate description (think screen-readers, lynx)
• URI to file
• An optional caption (think XKCD commentary)

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Images (Inline)

Images (Reference)

code

Inline code is useful for highlighting simple commands.

johnycsh$ docker ps

Code blocks are indicated with three backticks. Many markdown engines support hinting at the syntax.

var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
alert(s);

s = "Python syntax highlighting"
print s

Blockquotes (>)

Blockquotes can be used to render previous parts of a conversation in the same way that a mail reader would have in the early 90's.

They are handy for delineating replies and responses.

Tables

Tables are a markdown extensions defined by in Github Flavored Markdown. Commonly referred to as GFM

Tables	Are	Cool
col 3 is	right-aligned	$1600
col 2 is	centered	$12
zebra stripes	are neat	$1