A complete^[1] guide to Lemmy’s supported markdown formatting.

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Heading 1 # Heading 1

Heading 2 ## Heading 2

Heading 3 ### Heading 3

Heading 4 #### Heading 4

Heading 5 ##### Heading 5

Heading 6 ###### Heading 6

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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~~^[2]

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This is a blockquote using > This is a blockquote

Nested blockquote using >> Nested blockquote

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

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

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Inline code using `Inline code`

Unspecified 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 ``` \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:

#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 ```

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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: //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.

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Footnote reference[^3]^[3]

Inline footnote^[citation needed]^[4]

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This	is
how	to
make	tables

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

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_Subscript using ~Sub~script

^Superscript using ^Super^script

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textruby using {text|ruby}

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spoiler

This is hidden content using ::: spoiler spoiler \nThis is hidden content\n:::

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

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

Otherwise
it looks like:

Otherwise it looks like

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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! [5]

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1. I think? ↩︎

2. whoops ↩︎

3. Footnote definition using [^3]: Footnote definition ↩︎

4. ↩︎

5. hello! ↩︎