Markdown Examples
Markdown
Markdown is a simple way to mark up text so that it will look good on any device. It does not require a fancy editor, you can just use any normal text editor, and mark up your test using simple conventions.
Footnotes
Footnotes have a number[^1] or a label[^foobar] and below comes their content.
[^1]: Content for footnote *1*
[^foobar]: Content for footnote *foobar*
Footnotes have a number [1] or a label [2] and below comes their content.
[1] | Content for footnote 1 |
[2] | Content for footnote foobar |
Tables
Col 1 head | Col 2 head
--------------- | ---------------
row 1 col 1 | row 1 col 1
row 2 col 1 | row 2 col 2
Col 1 head | Col 2 head | |
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row 1 col 1 | row 1 col 2 | |
row 2 col 1 | row 2 col 2 |
Abbreviations
The HTML specification
is maintained by the W3C.
*[HTML]: Hyper Text Markup Language
*[W3C]: World Wide Web Consortium
The rst equivalent of this is:
The :abbr:`HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)` is maintained by the
:abbr:`W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)`.
But This is not working for our conversions to pdf so we cannot
illustrate the result of the MD above here.
Definition lists
Apple
: Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus in the family Rosaceae.
Orange
: The fruit of an evergreen tree of the genus Citrus.
- Apple
- Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus in the family Rosaceae.
- Orange
- The fruit of an evergreen tree of the genus Citrus.
Markdown Images
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By Reference
![vingtdeux][22]
[22]: images/vingtdeux.jpg "Royal 22nd Regimental Flag"
responsive
{: class="img-responsive" }
The regiment preparing for the invasion of Sicily in 1943

The regiment preparing for the invasion of Sicily in 1943