Markdown

Introduction

Example

Markdown formatting

Bold

To bold text, add two asterisk or underscore characters before and after a word or phrase, e.g.,

Italic

To italic text, add one asterisk or underscore character before and after a word or phrase, e.g.,

Strikethrough

To strikethrough text, add two tilde characters before and after a word or phrase, e.g.,

Inline code

To style text as inline code, add back-tick characters before and after a word or phrase, e.g.,

Links

To create a link:

• add URL directly into the text, or 
• enclose the link text in brackets e.g., [Issue Checklist] and then follow it immediately with the URL in parentheses e.g., (http://gebsun-support.com):

Emails @

To create an email link:

• add the email address directly into text, or
• enclose the link text in brackets e.g., [Contact us] and then follow it immediately with a mailto data (this way you can specify email subject too):

Markdown escaping

It is possible to display Markdown formatting character by escaping it with the backslash \ character like demonstrated below. 

Please note that in the column Rendered output:

• formatting is not applied due to backslash \ usage 
• backslash \ is not displayed when it is used to escape Markdown
• double backslash allows to display a single backslash inside Markdown formatted phrase
• backslash behaves like a normal character when used outside Markdown formatted phrase