MultiMarkdown Guide

Text

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This text is **bold**. This text is bold.
This text is also __bold__. This text is also bold.
This text is *italicized*. This text is italicized.
This text is also _italicized_. This text is also italicized.
`This is some code.` This is some code.
    This is a rather
    long section of code
    taking multiple lines
This is a rather
long section of code
taking multiple lines

Links

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Link to [Google](http://google.com). Link to Google.
Link to <http://google.com>. Link to http://google.com.
Link to [Google][] with attributes later in the document.

Another Link to the [search engine][Google].

[Google]: http://google.com "The Google!" style="border: solid black 1px;" target="_blank"

Link to Google with attributes later in the document.

Another link to the search engine.

Send me an email at <address@example.com>. Send me an email at address@example.com.

Headings

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# First Header

First Header

## Second Header ##

Second Header

### Third Header

Third Header

Blockquotes

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Here is the a normal paragraph.

> This is the first level of quoting.

>> This is nested blockquote
that runs onto the next line.

> Back to the first level.

Notice the spaces when we start a new paragraph or separate the different blockquotes.

Here is the a normal paragraph.

This is the first level of quoting.

This is nested blockquote that runs onto the next line.

Back to the first level.

Notice the spaces when we start a new paragraph or separate the different blockquotes.

Images and Figures

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This is the simplest example of an ![image](mmd.png) embedded in a paragraph. This is the simplest example of an image embedded in a paragraph.
This is an image example with a title attribute ![Alternate Message](mmd.png "This is a title") embedded in a paragraph. This is an image example with a title attribute Alternate Message embedded in a paragraph.
This is the same image ![image3][] but with the attributes placed later on in the document.

[image3]: mmd.png "This is where the title goes" height=22px width=60px
This is the same image image3 but with the attributes placed later on in the document.

When an image is placed in a paragraph by itself, it is wrapped in a <figure> tag.

![This is the figure caption][fig_id]

[fig_id]: mmd.png "This is where the title goes" height=45px width=120px

When an image is placed in a paragraph, it is wrapped in a <figure> tag.

This is the figure caption
This is the figure caption

Lists

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* Milk
* Bread
* Cheese
  * Cheddar
  * Camembert
* Rice
  • Milk
  • Bread
  • Cheese
    • Cheddar
    • Camembert
  • Rice
1. Milk
2. Bread
3. Cheese
  1. Cheddar
  2. Camembert
4. Rice
  1. Milk
  2. Bread
  3. Cheese
    1. Cheddar
    2. Camembert
  4. Rice

Tables

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Here is as example of [table][simple_table] followed by a more complex [example][reference_table] from the [documentation](https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown/wiki/MultiMarkdown-Syntax-Guide "MultiMarkdown Syntax Guide")

| First Header | Second Header |         Third Header |  
| :----------- | :-----------: | -------------------: |  
| First row    |      Data     | Very long data entry |  
| Second row   |    **Cell**   |               *Cell* |  
[simple_table]
|              | Grouping                    ||  
| First Header | Second Header | Third Header |  
| ------------ | :-----------: | -----------: |  
| Content      | *Long Cell*                 ||  
| Content      | **Cell**      | Cell         |  
| New section  | More          | Data         |  
[Prototype table][reference_table]

Here is as example of table followed by a more complex example from the documentation

simple_table
First Header Second Header Third Header
First row Data Very long data entry
Second row Cell Cell
Prototype table
Grouping
First Header Second Header Third Header
Content Long Cell
Content Cell Cell
New section More Data

Footnotes

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Here is some text containing a footnote[^somesamplefootnote]. You can then continue your thought...

[^somesamplefootnote]: Here is the text of the footnote itself.

Even go to a new paragraph and the footnotes with go to the bottom of the document[^documentdetails].

[^documentdetails]: Depending on the final form of your document, of course. See the documentation and experiment.

    This footnote has a second paragraph.

Here is some text containing a footnote[1]. You can then continue your thought…

Even go to a new paragraph and the footnotes with go to the bottom of the document[2].


  1. Here is the text of the footnote itself.  ↩

  2. Depending on the final form of your document, of course. See the documentation and experiment. ↩

    This footnote has a second paragraph.

This is an example of an inline footnote.[^This is the *actual* footnote.]

This is an example of an inline footnote.[1]


  1. This is the actual footnote.  ↩

Cross Reference

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You can place a link to a point in your document like this [one][], or [another][] place in the doc.

## one ##

A simple subheading in a larger document with the same name as the referring tag.

## Another place in the document [another] ##

Another place in the document that is referenced by the [another] tag in the heading

You can place a link to a point in your document like this one or another place in the doc.

one

A simple subheading in a larger document with the same name as the referring tag.

Another place in the document

Another place in the document that is referenced by the [another] tag in the heading

Citations

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Let's cite a fake book.[p. 42][#fake]

[#fake]: John Doe. *A Totally Fake Book*. Vanity Press, 2006.

Let’s cite a fake book.[p. 42, 1]


  1. John Doe. A Totally Fake Book. Vanity Press, 2006.

Definition Lists

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When you are making you definitions you should note the white space.
Apple
:   Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus in 
    the family Rosaceae.

    Also the makers of really great products.

Banana
:   1. A delicious fruit that can be hazardous
    if left on the ground.

    2. A fruit that comes with it's own packaging

Orange
:   The fruit of an evergreen tree of the genus Citrus.

When you are making you definitions you should note the white space.

Apple

Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus in the family Rosaceae.

Also the makers of really great products.

Banana
  1. A delicious fruit that can be hazardous if left on the ground.

  2. A fruit that comes with it’s own packaging

Orange
The fruit of an evergreen tree of the genus Citrus.

Math

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\\[ {e}^{i\pi }+1=0 \\] e i π + 1 = 0
$${e}^{i\pi }+1=0$$ e i π + 1 = 0
A formula, \\( {e}^{i\pi }+1=0 \\), inside a paragraph.

A formula, e i π + 1 = 0 , inside a paragraph.

A formula, ${e}^{i\pi }+1=0$ , inside a paragraph. (Note space after the '$')

A formula, e i π + 1 = 0 , inside a paragraph.

x^2,y

x2,y

x^2,y^

x2,y

x~z,y

xz,y

x~z,y~

xz,y

Glossary

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Let's reference a glossary term.[^glossary]

[^glossary]:glossary: Glossary     A section at the end ...

Let’s reference a glossary term.[1]


  1. Glossary:

    A section at the end …  ↩

CriticMarkup

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This is {--is --}a test.

This is is a test.

This {++is ++}a test.

This is a test.

This {~~isn't~>is~~} a test.

This isn’tis a test.

This is a {==test==}.

This is a test.

This is a test{>>What is it a test of?<<}.

This is a test.

Fenced Code Blocks

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```
This is a fenced
code block
```
This is a fenced
code block
```perl
# Demonstrate Syntax Highlighting if you link to highlight.js #
# http://softwaremaniacs.org/soft/highlight/en/
print "Hello, world!\n";
$a = 0;
while ($a < 10) {
print "$a...\n";
$a++;
}
```
# Demonstrate Syntax Highlighting if you link to highlight.js #
# http://softwaremaniacs.org/soft/highlight/en/
print "Hello, world!\n";
$a = 0;
while ($a < 10) {
    print "$a...\n";
    $a++;
}

Metadata Variables

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foo: bar

Let's make a reference to [%foo]

Let’s make a reference to bar

Acknowledgements

MultiMarkdown Syntax Guide

https://github.com/fletcher/human-markdown-reference

Based on the Human Markdown Reference by Édouard Brière.

https://github.com/edouard/human-markdown-reference

Modified for MultiMarkdown syntax by the MMD Community.

For the first interaction examples were used from the following websites.

Byword:
http://bywordapp.com/markdown/guide.html
PHP Markdown Extra:
http://michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/extra
MultiMarkdown Guide:
https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown/blob/master/Documentation/MultiMarkdown%20User%27s%20Guide.md