H1 (do not use because hugo makes titles h1)
H2
H3
H4
H5
H6
Lists
(In this example, leading and trailing spaces are shown with with dots: ⋅)
- First ordered list item
- Another item
- Unordered sublist, notice indentation is 2 beyond former level
- Actual numbers don’t matter, just that it’s a number
- Ordered sublist
- Notice indentation is 3 beyond former level and this works fine, too.
- And another item.
-
another 3. numbered sublist
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unordered
-
list
-
a done todo item
-
an unfinished todo item
- Term
- This is the definition.
A loose list is a list with newlines between items in the list.
-
a list separated by newlines is loose
This is indented 3 spaces because ‘1’ plus dot ('.') plus space (' ‘) is 3.
-
this is the second item in the loose list
A tight list is a list without any newlines between items in the list.
-
item 1
-
item 2
This is indented 3 spaces because ‘1’ plus dot (’.') plus space (' ‘) is 3.
-
item 3
Links
- #links
- here
- here
- #links
- md.md#links
- ./md.md#links
- https://manual.pluckeye.net/ - warning, bare external link does not use target:_blank (javascript could fix this)
- this site
- md.md
- ./md.md
- /md.md
- /md.md#links
- ref md.md
- ref md.md#links
- ref md.md#targ1
Target-1
Target-2
Images
Backticks
markdown in here is *ignored*
markdown in here is *ignored*
echo this is sh
echo this is bash
echo this isbat
echo this is terminal, b
echo this is terminfo, b
echo this is text-plain
echo this is my-language
Emphasis
Emphasis, aka italics, with asterisks or underscores.
Strong emphasis, aka bold, with asterisks or underscores.
Combined emphasis with asterisks and underscores.
Strikethrough uses two tildes. Scratch this.
Tables
| Tables | Are | Cool |
|---|---|---|
| col 3 is | right-aligned | $1600 |
| col 2 is | centered | $12 |
| zebra stripes | are neat | $1 |
Block quotes
Quoth the Raven
Comments
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4823468/comments-in-markdown
References
- https://spec.commonmark.org/
- https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration-markup
- https://github.com/yuin/goldmark/#goldmark
- https://github.com/yuin/goldmark/#built-in-extensions
- https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet
Last updated: 2025-09-09