The "How to Format" panel on the right shows some ways of formatting text, what is all that about? And does that have anything to do with something called Markdown?
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Yes, the formatting is based on Markdown, an actually pretty simple way to format text. When you compose text here, a preview of it is shown below the edit pane already. Here's a quick demo on Markdown:
Header 1
Header 2
Header 3
Simple formating
italic, another italic, bold, both, strikethough
Lists
- bullet
- another bullet
- nested bullet
- step one
- step two
A. Item A
B. Item B
Links
We can also link websites, such as the link of this forum. Or if it is an online image, we can add a ! in front.
Code blocks
If you want blocky (i.e. monospaced) characters that look like code, use back ticks like this.
But if you need a whole code block, start and end the block with three backticks:
# Comments work too!
curl wttr.in # This checks the weather in your terminal!
This is great for making text copy-able.
Tables
Yes, we can do tables too, well, just a simple one:
| Feature | Symbol |
|---|---|
| bold | ** |
| italic | * or _ |
Quotes
This is a quote, great for making a point.