A complete[1] guide to Lemmy’s supported markdown formatting.
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~~[2]
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 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 ```
This is a link using [This is a link](https://hexbear.net/c/main)
This is an image: 
This is an emote: 
using 
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]
Inline footnote^[citation needed][4]
| This | is |
|---|---|
| how | to |
| make | tables |
| This | is |
|-|---|
| how | to
| make | tables |
Subscript using ~Sub~script
Superscript using ^Super^script
text using {text|ruby}
spoiler
This is hidden content using spoiler spoiler \nThis is hidden content\n:::
Horizontal rule using , ***, or ___:
Two spaces and a newline \n
to single-space your text
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! 
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