Markdown
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- noun
- /ˈmɑrkˌdaʊn/
- Texting
- Try using Markdown: *italic* **bold** link text (http://link-address.com/)
Examples
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In Markdown, you'll be writing posts with links, which means brackets and parentheses.
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As far as tables are concerned, a possible workaround for now would be to create them in Markdown and then copy them into a rich text document.
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Comments can be in plain text or elementary Markdown.
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Sublime Text 2 and Markdown: Tips, Tricks, and Links
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Marked: I write articles in Markdown, and eventually that plain text has to become valid HTML for this website.
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As a Markdown writer, I've collected some of the best Sublime features here.
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Another gem by Brett Terpstra, a must-have for any Markdown writer who uses Sublime.
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In short, it's a Markdown previewer with support for themes, keyboard shortcuts, scripting, and various exporting options.
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I use Sublime Text 2 for both writing (in Markdown) and coding (that is, the basics of Python that I'm learning), but the links I've collected are primarily Markdown-related, as that's how I spend most of my time on a computer: writing.
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Many writers prefer to use Markdown because it makes formatting documents easy.
Synonyms
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A plain text way to write headings and links
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Markdown was created as a simple form of markup; a helpful way to remember it is to see it as a playful mix of mark and down, like 'marking down' a text to make it simpler. So, Markdown is a quick, easy way to add headings, lists, or links to plain text.