Markdown Extra
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Markdown Extra is a lightweight markup language
based on Markdown
, which implements some added features (such as tables) currently not available with plain Markdown syntax.
It adds the following features to Markdown:
Lightweight markup language
A lightweight markup language is a markup language with a simple syntax, designed to be easy for a human to enter with a simple text editor, and easy to read in its raw form....
based on Markdown
Markdown
Markdown is a lightweight markup language, originally created by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz allowing people "to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML "...
, which implements some added features (such as tables) currently not available with plain Markdown syntax.
It adds the following features to Markdown:
- Inline HTML
- Markdown Inside HTML Blocks
- Header Id Attribute
- Fenced Code Blocks
- Tables
- Definition Lists
- Footnotes
- Abbreviations
- Emphasis
- Backslash Escapes
External links
- PHP Markdown Extra official site, featuring PHP implementation and syntax reference.
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implementation of MarkdownMarkdownMarkdown is a lightweight markup language, originally created by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz allowing people "to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML "...
and Markdown Extra. - Python Markdown has many of the features of markdown extra available as extensions.