A complete[1] 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~~[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
  1. Ordered list item using 1. Ordered list item
  2. Another ordered item using 2. Another ordered item

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 ```


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: this-is-not-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]

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


textruby 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! kirby-wave[5]


  1. I think? emilie-shrug ↩︎

  2. whoops phoenix-bashful ↩︎

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

  4. citations-needed with Adam Johnson and Nima Shirazi ↩︎

  5. hello! koishi-wave ↩︎

  • WhyEssEff [she/her]@hexbear.netOP
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    1. this is not the first item on the list

    2. this is the second item as well

    3. or is it?

    2. this is not the first item on the list
    
    2. this is the second item as well
    3. or is it?
    
    • buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      You don’t have to start at one but you can’t skip any. These were written as 4, 7, 12:

      1. This is the fourth entry

      2. This is the seventh entry

      3. This is the twelfth entry

      • propter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.net
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        1. This is the fourth entry

        1. This is the seventh entry

        1. This is the twelfth entry

        The formatting sucks, but it can be done. You essentially are just breaking it up into three separate lists.