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There is no formal specification for Markdown, and it has ambiguities that are handled inconsistently by different implementations. There is an initiative<ref>[http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/ Markdown Community Group]</ref> to write such a specification. | There is no formal specification for Markdown, and it has ambiguities that are handled inconsistently by different implementations. There is an initiative<ref>[http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/ Markdown Community Group]</ref> to write such a specification. | ||
Revision as of 02:35, 28 June 2014
Markdown is a lightweight and human readable markup format for text formatting created by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz. It is similar to various forms of wiki markup.
There is no formal specification for Markdown, and it has ambiguities that are handled inconsistently by different implementations. There is an initiative[1] to write such a specification.
Software
- Markdownpad: edit Markdown (Windows; commercial, with free-of-charge version)
- MacDown (OS X; open source)
- Trunk Notes: note-taking app that uses Markdown (iOS; commercial, paid)
References
Resources
- Official 2004 specification and markdown to HTML conversion tool
- Byword MultiMarkdown Guide
- Markdown Extra - includes support for tables, definition lists, footnotes, etc.
