#20: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-07-15T20:25:21Z (over 4 years ago)
#19: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T15:21:33Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text in a separate block, visually set off from the surrounding text. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
The HTML <b>&xxx;</b> special characters are available. Click on the heading for more information.
<h1>Markdown</h1>
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text in a separate block, visually set off from the surrounding text. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
The HTML <b>&xxx;</b> special characters are available. Click on the heading for more information.
<h1>Markdown</h1>
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#18: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T15:20:40Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text in a separate block, visually set off from the surrounding text. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
The HTML <b>&xxx;</b> special characters are available. Click on the heading for more information.
<h1>Markdown</h1>
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text in a separate block, visually set off from the surrounding text. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
The HTML <b>&xxx;</b> special characters are available. Click on the heading for more information.
<h1>Markdown</h1>
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#17: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T15:12:39Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text in a separate block, visually set off from the surrounding text. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
The HTML <b>&xxx;</b> special characters are available. See <a href="https://electrical.codidact.com/help/chars">here</a> for more information.
<h1>Markdown</h1>
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text in a separate block, visually set off from the surrounding text. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
The HTML <b>&xxx;</b> special characters are available. Click on the heading for more information.
<h1>Markdown</h1>
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#16: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T15:06:50Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text in a separate block, visually set off from the surrounding text. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text in a separate block, visually set off from the surrounding text. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
The HTML <b>&xxx;</b> special characters are available. See <a href="https://electrical.codidact.com/help/chars">here</a> for more information.
<h1>Markdown</h1>
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#15: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T14:01:25Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text in a separate block, visually set off from the surrounding text. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text in a separate block, visually set off from the surrounding text. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#14: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T14:00:01Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text with a blank line before and after, and indented on both sides. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text in a separate block, visually set off from the surrounding text. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#13: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T13:58:21Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text with a blank line before and after, and indented on both sides. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text with a blank line before and after, and indented on both sides. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#12: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T13:55:40Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text with a blank line before and after, and indented on both sides. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text with a blank line before and after, and indented on both sides. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code to keep it from getting wrapped and formatted to oblivion:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#11: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T13:54:28Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text with a blank line before and after, and indented on both sides. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh = sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text with a blank line before and after, and indented on both sides. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh := sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI (list item) tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
<li><<b>sup</b>>text<<b>/sup</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a superscript --> P = I<sup>2</sup>R
<li><<b>sub</b>>text<<b>/sub</b>>
Writes <i>text</i> as a subscript --> h<sub>FE</sub> = 50
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#10: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T13:50:47Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text with a blank line before and after, and indented on both sides. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out:
<strike>strike text</strike><br>
<del>del text</del>
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere:
In-line code text --> <code>In-line code text</code>
In-line pre text --> <pre>In line pre text</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text with a blank line before and after, and indented on both sides. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes a block of text in fixed space font. Use this for source code:
<pre>
begin
level := TankLevel(sludge.tank);
thresh = sludge.thresh_high;
if EpaInspector then begin
thresh := sludge.thresh_legal;
end;
if level > thresh then begin
PumpOn (sludge);
end;
</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#9: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T13:43:02Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text with a blank line before and after, and indented on both sides. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out:
<strike>strike text</strike><br>
<del>del text</del>
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere:
In-line code text --> <code>In-line code text</code>
In-line pre text --> <pre>In line pre text</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text with a blank line before and after, and indented on both sides. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote>
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out:
<strike>strike text</strike><br>
<del>del text</del>
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere:
In-line code text --> <code>In-line code text</code>
In-line pre text --> <pre>In line pre text</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#8: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T13:42:30Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out.
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere.
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Shows the text with a blank line before and after, and indented on both sides. Use this to show text that you are quoting from elsewhere:
<blockquote>Four score and seven years ago, not much of any significance happened. This is more rambling to show how long text is wrapped. Blah, blah, blah.</blockquote.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out:
<strike>strike text</strike><br>
<del>del text</del>
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere:
In-line code text --> <code>In-line code text</code>
In-line pre text --> <pre>In line pre text</pre>
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#7: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T13:36:07Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out.
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere.
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out.
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere.
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#6: Post edited
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Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-11T13:32:29Z (over 4 years ago)
#5: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-10T22:05:48Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<!-- Hey folks - I added a link to a markdown cheat sheet above - there's research showing that users find Markdown easier to use than HTML, so it's probably useful to have. Obviously that doesn't apply to everyone, but I think it's worth having some help for both methods. Feel free to remove if you disagree, of course -- Art -->
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out.
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere.
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out.
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere.
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#4: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-10T22:05:14Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<!-- Hey folks - I added a link to a markdown cheat sheet above - there's research showing that users find Markdown easier to use than HTML, so it's probably useful to have. Obviously that doesn't apply to everyone, but I think it's worth having some help for both methods. Feel free to remove if you disagree, of course -- Art -->
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting, without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out.
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere.
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<!-- Hey folks - I added a link to a markdown cheat sheet above - there's research showing that users find Markdown easier to use than HTML, so it's probably useful to have. Obviously that doesn't apply to everyone, but I think it's worth having some help for both methods. Feel free to remove if you disagree, of course -- Art -->
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out.
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere.
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#3: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-10T22:04:14Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<!-- Hey folks - I added a link to a markdown cheat sheet above - there's research showing that users find Markdown easier to use than HTML, so it's probably useful to have. Obviously that doesn't apply to everyone, but I think it's worth having some help for both methods. Feel free to remove if you disagree, of course -- Art -->
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to allow you some control over formatting, without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out.
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere.
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<!-- Hey folks - I added a link to a markdown cheat sheet above - there's research showing that users find Markdown easier to use than HTML, so it's probably useful to have. Obviously that doesn't apply to everyone, but I think it's worth having some help for both methods. Feel free to remove if you disagree, of course -- Art -->
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to provide some control over formatting, without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out.
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere.
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#2: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-09T22:57:13Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<!-- Hey folks - I added a link to a markdown cheat sheet above - there's research showing that users find Markdown easier to use than HTML, so it's probably useful to have. Obviously that doesn't apply to everyone, but I think it's worth having some help for both methods. Feel free to remove if you disagree, of course -- Art -->
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to allow you some control over formatting, without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out.
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere.
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<!-- Hey folks - I added a link to a markdown cheat sheet above - there's research showing that users find Markdown easier to use than HTML, so it's probably useful to have. Obviously that doesn't apply to everyone, but I think it's worth having some help for both methods. Feel free to remove if you disagree, of course -- Art -->
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to allow you some control over formatting, without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out.
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere.
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
#1: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2020-06-09T13:59:55Z (over 4 years ago)
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
<!-- Hey folks - I added a link to a markdown cheat sheet above - there's research showing that users find Markdown easier to use than HTML, so it's probably useful to have. Obviously that doesn't apply to everyone, but I think it's worth having some help for both methods. Feel free to remove if you disagree, of course -- Art -->
<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to allow you some control over formatting, without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out.
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere.
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is ~~text~~
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
</ul>
The most basic formatting is leaving a blank line to start a new paragraph. For short posts containing only words, this is usually all you need. However, more advanced formatting is available. Formatting can be done directly by adding HTML elements, and/or with <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/">Markdown</a>.
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<h1>HTML</h1>
The pages you see are ultimately in HTML. Arbitrary HTML can't be allowed because that could break lots of things. However, a certain subset is specifically allowed to allow you some control over formatting, without giving you the capability to break the larger page.
<h3>tags</h3>
HTML tags start with <b><name></b> and usually end with <b></name></b>. Whatever you put between the starting and ending part gets effected by that tag.
Writes text with a line thru it. The text looks crossed out.
<li><<b>code</b>>text<<b>/code</b>>,
<<b>pre</b>>text<<b>/pre</b>>
Writes text in fixed-space font, with all spacing and line breaks as is. Use this when showing source code or preformatted text, like a table copied from elsewhere.
<li><<b>br</b>><b>
Inserts a "break" in flowed text. The following text starts on a new line.
<li><<b>ol</b>> ... <<b>/ol</b>>,
<<b>ul</b>> ... <<b>/ul</b>>
Lists. OL (ordered list) creates a numbered list. Each entry will have a successive number. UL (unordered list) just puts a bullet in front of each list entry.
Add list entries with the LI tag, below.
<li><<b>li</b>>text
Starts a new entry in the current list. This works for both numbered (OL) and unnumbered (UL) lists.
This site also supports the markdown language <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a>. This is intended to be a little easier to type than HTML, but be aware that some simple text sequences can have effects on formatting.
Briefly, the markdown language elements are:<ul>
<li>Bold: **text** is <b>text</b>
<li>Italic: *text* or _text_ is <i>text</i>
<li>Code/monospace: `text` is <code>text</code>
<li>Links: [name](url) cause <i>name</i> to be a link to <i>url</i>
<li>Strikethrough: ~~text~~ is <strike>text</strike>
<li>Blockquotes: > text is
> text
<li>Bullets: start your lines with * or -
<li>Numbered lists: start your lines with 1., 2., etc.
<li>Headers: start your line with # for H1, ## for H2, etc. Must have a space between # and the start of your text.
<li>Horizontal line: --- on a line on its own.
<li>footnotes: use [^1], [^2], etc., inline, and add [^1]: words to the bottom of your post for automatic formatting and linking.
Olin Lathrop
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2020-07-15T20:25:21Z (over 4 years ago)