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* [http://ericholscher.com/blog/2016/mar/15/dont-use-markdown-for-technical-docs/ Why You Shouldn’t Use “Markdown” for Documentation] |
* [http://ericholscher.com/blog/2016/mar/15/dont-use-markdown-for-technical-docs/ Why You Shouldn’t Use “Markdown” for Documentation] |
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:This author advocates instead AsciiDoc (using [https://asciidoctor.org/ Asciidoctor]), or reStructuredText (using [http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/usage/quickstart.html Sphinx]). |
:This author advocates instead AsciiDoc (using [https://asciidoctor.org/ Asciidoctor]), or reStructuredText (using [http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/usage/quickstart.html Sphinx]). |
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== Reference== |
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=== Flavors === |
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There are at least 3 main Markdown flavors: |
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* Original flavor from John Gruber. |
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* GitHub flavor (with eg. syntax highlighting extension). |
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* Pandoc flavor. |
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== Tips == |
== Tips == |
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=== Preview standard MarkDown === |
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Use {{deb|markdown}} package. |
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<source lang="c"> |
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sudo apt install markdown |
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</source> |
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Then, for instance, using {{deb|entr}}: |
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<source lang="c"> |
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echo README.md | entr sh -c 'markdown README.md > README.html' |
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</source> |
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This will generate a new {{file|README.html}} every time {{file|README.md}} is modified. |
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=== Preview Markdown before pushing to GitHub === |
=== Preview Markdown before pushing to GitHub === |
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Use the wonderful tool [https://github.com/joeyespo/grip GRIP — GitHub README Instant Preview]. |
Use the wonderful tool [https://github.com/joeyespo/grip GRIP — GitHub README Instant Preview]. |
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Revision as of 07:09, 16 October 2018
Links
- References
- Mastering MarkDown (GitHub flavor)
- Hyperpolyglot - Markdown, reStructuredText, AsciiDoc, Mediawiki, Org-mode
- Tools
- GRIP — an offline MarkDown viewer (see tip further down also)
- Markdown viewer and editor (GitHub flavor)
- Review
- This author advocates instead AsciiDoc (using Asciidoctor), or reStructuredText (using Sphinx).
Reference
Flavors
There are at least 3 main Markdown flavors:
- Original flavor from John Gruber.
- GitHub flavor (with eg. syntax highlighting extension).
- Pandoc flavor.
Tips
Preview standard MarkDown
Use markdown package.
sudo apt install markdown
Then, for instance, using entr:
echo README.md | entr sh -c 'markdown README.md > README.html'
This will generate a new README.html every time README.md is modified.
Preview Markdown before pushing to GitHub
Use the wonderful tool GRIP — GitHub README Instant Preview.
sudo apt install grip
cd /my/repo
grip # Now, open up browser to http://localhost:6419/
Comments in Markdown
We abuse link tags [1]:
[//]: # (This may be the most platform independent comment)
Align images
To center image on GitHub [2]:
<p align="center">
<img width="460" height="300" src="http://www.fillmurray.com/460/300">
</p>
To left/right align:
<img align="left" width="100" height="100" src="http://www.fillmurray.com/100/100">
<img align="right" width="100" height="100" src="http://www.fillmurray.com/100/100">