Hey everyone, I figured that some new users might not know that comments and posts have a formatting standard called Markdown.
In simple terms, Markdown is a (semi)universal language that uses formatting symbols to give a certain style to a portion of text.
This quick guide can help you to write in a way that's more appealing and easy to read.
| FORMATTING | SYNTAX | EXAMPLE |
|---|---|---|
| New line | put two spaces at the end of the line you want to break | Line__ |
| New paragraph | return two times at the end of the paragraph | Line↵↵ |
| Horizontal rule | between each paragraph put three "-" or "*" | *** |
| Bold | put your text between two "**" or "__" | **Bold** or __Bold__ |
| Italic | put your text between two "*" or "_" | *Italic* or _Italic_ |
| Subscript | put your text between two "~" | ~Subscript~ |
| Superscript | put your text between two "^" | ^Superscript^ |
Inline code |
put your text between two "`" | `sudo rm -rf /` |
| Headings and Titles | put one or more "#" at the beginning of the line | # Headings for level 1, ## Headings for level 2... |
| Blockquotes | put ">" at the beginning of the line | > Blockquote |
| Links | put the the text between [ ] and the link between ( ) | [Links]( https://piped.video/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ ) |
| Images
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like links but you put "!" before the first square bracket |  |
You can also do unordered lists using "-" at the beginning of each line:
- Salt
- Potatoes
- Beans
will become
- Salt
- Potatoes
- Beans
Or ordered list by putting "1." at the beginning of each line:
1. Salt
2. Potatoes
3. Beans
will become
- Salt
- Potatoes
- Beans
You can save other users from spoilers by encasing a paragraph between a section that starts with ":::" followed by a space and the word "spoiler" + the title of the spoiler and ends with ":::". The spoiler will be hidden inside a menu and you'll be able to see it if you click on it
::: spoiler warning! spoiler!
the butler did it
:::
will become
warning! spoiler!
the butler did it
In the end you can also format big code blocks by putting "```" at the beginning and at the end of each paragraph
```
println("Hello World!")
```
will become
println("Hello World!")
Last but not least remember that you can always use break formatting syntax by putting "\" in front of a character:
so if I want "^" in my text without having the rest of the paragraph in superscript, I'm simply going to write "\^"