Markdown is a way to style text on HEADERS LISTS IMAGES BLOCKQUOTES BACKSLASH ESCAPES MARKDOWN the web. You control the display of Unordered Markdown allows you to use backslash escapes to the document; formaing words as # This is an <h1> tag  As Kanye West said: generate literal characters which would otherwise ## This is an <h2> tag SYNTAX * Item 1 have special meaning in Markdown’s formaing bold or italic, adding images, and ###### This is an <h6> tag * Item 2 Format:  > We're living the future so syntax. creating lists are just a few of the * Item 2a > the present is our past. things we can do with Markdown. * Item 2b \*literal asterisks\* Mostly, Markdown is just regular text As Kanye West said: with a few non-alphabetic characters EMPHASIS Ordered LINKS *literal asterisks* thrown in, like # or *. We're living the future so *This text will be italic* 1. Item 1 http://github.com - automatic! the present is our past. _This will also be italic_ 2. Item 2 Markdown provides backslash escapes for the 3. Item 3 [GitHub](http://github.com) following characters: **This text will be bold** * Item 3a __This will also be bold__ * Item 3b \ backslash () parentheses ` backtick # hash mark *You **can** combine them* * asterisk + plus sign _ underscore - minus sign (hyphen) {} curly braces . dot [] square brackets ! exclamation mark GITHUB GitHub.com uses its own version of USERNAME MENTIONS TASK LISTS FENCED CODE BLOCKS TABLES EMOJI the Markdown syntax that provides Typing an @ symbol, followed by a username, will Markdown coverts text with four leading spaces You can create tables by assembling a list of To see a list of every image we support, check out an additional set of useful features, notify that person to come and view the comment. - [x] @mentions, #refs, [links](), into a code block; with GFM you can wrap your code words and dividing them with hyphens - www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com FLAVORED many of which make it easier to work This is called an “@mention”, because you’re **formatting**, and <del>tags</del> with ``` to create a code block without the (for the first row), and then separating each mentioning the individual. You can also @mention supported leading spaces. Add an optional language identifier column with a pipe | : GitHub supports emoji! with content on GitHub.com. teams within an organization. - [x] list syntax required (any and your code with get syntax highlighting. :+1: :sparkles: :camel: :tada: MARKDOWN unordered or ordered list supported) First Header | Second Header :rocket: :metal: :octocat: - [x] this is a complete item ------------ | ------------- - [ ] this is an incomplete item ```javascript Content cell 1 | Content cell 2 ISSUE REFERENCES GitHub supports emoji! function test() { Content column 1 | Content column 2 Any number that refers to an Issue or Pull Request console.log("look ma`, no spaces"); @mentions, #refs, links, formaing, will be automatically converted into a link. and tags supported } ``` list syntax required (any unordered First Header Second Header #1 or ordered list supported) Content cell 1 Content cell 2 defunkt#1 this is a complete item function test() { defunkt/github-flavored-markdown#1 Content column 1 Content column 2 this is an incomplete item console.log("look ma`, no spaces"); }.