5mo ago

The Complete* Lemmy Markdown Specification, for True Post Maxi

A complete^[I think?

] guide to Lemmy's supported markdown formatting.

Heading 1 `# Heading 1`

Heading 2 `## Heading 2`

Heading 3 `### Heading 3`

Heading 4 `#### Heading 4`

Heading 5 `##### Heading 5`

Heading 6 `###### Heading 6`

Bold text using **Bold text** or __Bold text__

Italic text using *Italic text* or _Italic text_

Bold and italic text using ***Bold and italic text***

~~Strikethrough text~~ using ~~Strikethrough text~~^[whoops

]

This is a blockquote using > This is a blockquote

Nested blockquote using >> Nested blockquote

Unordered list item using - Unordered list item
Another item using - Another item

Ordered list item using 1. Ordered list item
Another ordered item using 2. Another ordered item

Inline code using Inline code

Unspecified code block:

 undefined

    
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    int x = 10;
    if (x > 5) {
        printf("This is a test!\n");
    }
    return 0;
}

// **Wow! How neat!**

Using \n code \n

C code block:

    
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    int x = 10;
    if (x > 5) {
        printf("This is a test!\n");
    }
    return 0;
}

// **Wow! How neat!**

Using c \n code \n

Same, but designated as markdown code block:

 markdown

    
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    int x = 10;
    if (x > 5) {
        printf("This is a test!\n");
    }
    return 0;
}

// **Wow! How neat!**

Using markdown \n code \n

This is a link using [This is a link](https://hexbear.net/c/main)

This is an image: ![](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/456a406f-0cbc-4a0b-8062-d89a078ff465.png)

This is an emote:

using

![this-is-not-an-emote](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/315ad77c-a156-42c9-aa92-ee4e724e241a.png "emoji this-is-not-an-emote")

Quotations after second part of links/images are alt-text, which appear when moused over and help w/rt screen readers.

Footnote reference[^3][^3]

[^{3]: Footnote definition using `[}3]: Footnote definition`

Inline footnote^[citation needed]^[

with Adam Johnson and Nima Shirazi]

This	is
how	to
make	tables

 markdown

    
| This | is |
|-|---|
| how | to
| make | tables |

_Subscript using ~Sub~script

^Superscript using ^Super^script

{text|ruby} using {text|ruby}

Horizontal rule using ---, ***, or ___:

Two spaces and a newline \n
to single-space your text

 markdown

    
Otherwise
it looks like:

Otherwise it looks like

If you know anything else that works, let me know and I'll add it. Asked too many times to not try and compile a reference for people, and I sometimes forget myself so it's nice to have the reference. Here are the footnotes, by the way!
hello footnotes!

^[hello!

]

47 comments

Libs: "Hexbear is a tankie echo chamber"
the Hexbear echo chamber:
post hog
post hog
post hog
post hog
post hog
post hog
- post hog
  ok
- The more hog you post the more communist you are

There's another one, if you write beanis it gives you a ton of upbears.
- beanis

It kills me that there's no way to do strikethrough on here
- ah... eto... bleh
  
  ~~I swear I've tried to do this in the past and it hasn't worked~~

i can never make heading work
- oh holy shit

For tables, you can make things easier for yourself by using only one hyphen in the delimiter. The lines at the start and end of each row are unnecessary too. Like this:
undefined

header 1|header 2|header 3 |-|-|-| info|data|thing stuff||entry
header 1 header 2 header 3

info data thing
stuff entry
Also, you can leave squares blank.
- altered for clarity
- Also tables don't render in Jerboa without a blank line above them. That means you can't hide a table within a spoiler, sadly ):
- Cool. I make tables with the help of markor
  Header 1. Header 2 . Header 3
  Data1 . Next data2 . Other Data3
  Then I select the text and use search & replece to replace the '.' with |.
  The end and beginning '|' can be added replacing \n with | \n| with the regular expressions option turned on.
  Saves time typing the | character on mobile
  I do have to add the |-|-|-| in the 2nd row

header 1	header 2	header 3
info	data	thing
stuff		entry

Something I just discovered yesterday is that it's impossible to post selected excerpts from a numbered list, it auto"corrects" the numbers to be sequential.
- this is not the first item on the list
  this is the second item as well
  or is it?
  markdown
  
  2. this is not the first item on the list 2. this is the second item as well 3. or is it?
  
  You don't have to start at one but you can't skip any. These were written as 4, 7, 12:
  This is the fourth entry
  This is the seventh entry
  This is the twelfth entry
- 6 i think you can escape the period
  7 Like this: 7\.
  
  3 Let's
  6 See

Awesome post, comrade

Do triple nested block quotes work?
I dunno why not try?
Yeah I suppose I could

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

ok now how do i do an in-line spoiler thanks
- cant
  
  MARKDOWN SUCKS

\n

    
const post = 'post';
switch (post) {
  case 'Hog':
    console.log('Hog posted.');
    break;
  case 'Sicko':
    console.log('yes)
  default:
    console.log(`ppb}.`);
}

Not that big but something I learned semi-recently since I write my notes in markdown, but when making lists, you can use either the "-" or the "+" symbol.
So this is a list with +
Stalin
shouldn't
have
stopped
at
Berlin
but looks like this:
undefined

+ Stalin + shouldn't + have + stopped + at + Berlin
- an * works too:
  dash
  asterisk
  plus
  md
  
  - dash * asterisk + plus
  
  TIL but why are your bullets square and mine are circles?

I kind of hate you for making me aware of this because now I have to update the emulation thread

What makes emojis different from images that they will be displayed in line?
- custom parsing rule for alt-text. if the first word is 'emoji' it's rendered as an emoji.
  
  ![](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/a66b82a6-450d-450a-8116-4989af1de8bf.png "emoji post-maxi")
  
  ![](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/a66b82a6-450d-450a-8116-4989af1de8bf.png "post-maxi")

Thanks.

That's how I've learned that Boost doesn't support many of these

Multi-level lists.
Using 4 spaces at the front helps continue the list or make multi-level lists
This post is
sugoi
kakoi
adipoli

This post is
Cool
And
Awesome

List item1
Explanation
Quotes
Or sub content

List item 2
The same

Why have I never seen this before?

but how did you do the orange text in the nested blockquote?
- In programming, keywords are color-coded automatically. So data types, functions, libraries, etc.
  You can't choose the color scheme in lemmy, I don't think

This is an image: ![](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/456a406f-0cbc-4a0b-8062-d89a078ff465.png)
Always include a description of your image between the square brackets so that visually impaired users know what the image is a picture of. Example:

or

or

Or if you want, you can include a title for your image, which non-visually-impaired users will see when hovering over the image. Like this:

More detail about the importance of alt text for screen readers
Also, you can host videos with sound on toots.matapacos.dog and embed them on Hexbear (but you should include descriptions of any videos you post for blind users, too).
Example: I posted a video in this toot, and now I can embed it
markdown

![We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women are created, by the, you know, you know the thing](https://assets.toots.matapacos.dog/media_attachments/files/113/027/984/434/659/548/original/58d6bb11df28b827.mp4)
- omg i have never seen anyone do this video thing and I am not sure I want it to spread so please don't tell anybody again
  tho the video you posted was funny hahaha