# Is there a list of possible markdown for Patchwork?

*Patchwork messages can be written with markdown, but what specific flavor or dialect of markdown?  I want a style guide!*

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Here you go!

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	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.~~

	1. First ordered list item
	2. Another item
	  * Unordered sub-list. 
	1. Actual numbers don't matter, just that it's a number
	   1. Ordered sub-list
	4. And another item.  

	   Some text that should be aligned with the above item.

	* Unordered list can use asterisks
	- Or minuses
	+ Or pluses

	[I'm an inline-style link](https://www.google.com)

	[I'm a reference-style link][Arbitrary case-insensitive reference text]

	[You can use numbers for reference-style link definitions][1]

	Or leave it empty and use the [link text itself]

	URLs and URLs in angle brackets will automatically get turned into links. 
	http://www.example.com or <http://www.example.com> and sometimes 
	example.com (but not on Github, for example).

	Some text to show that the reference links can follow later.

	arbitrary case-insensitive reference text]: https://www.mozilla.org
	[1]: http://slashdot.org
	[link text itself]: http://www.reddit.com

The above yields:

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.~~

1. First ordered list item
2. Another item
  * Unordered sub-list. 
1. Actual numbers don't matter, just that it's a number
   1. Ordered sub-list
4. And another item.  

   Some text that should be aligned with the above item.

* Unordered list can use asterisks
- Or minuses
+ Or pluses

[I'm an inline-style link](https://www.google.com)

[I'm a reference-style link][Arbitrary case-insensitive reference text]

[You can use numbers for reference-style link definitions][1]

Or leave it empty and use the [link text itself]

URLs and URLs in angle brackets will automatically get turned into links. 
http://www.example.com or <http://www.example.com> and sometimes 
example.com (but not on Github, for example).

Some text to show that the reference links can follow later.

[arbitrary case-insensitive reference text]: https://www.mozilla.org
[1]: http://slashdot.org
[link text itself]: http://www.reddit.com

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*Sources*

This answer was taken almost verbatim from @nanomonkey's fantastic answer on Patchwork.