- Markdown is a good abstraction layer for formatting a text
- Format and structure text to improve readability and create a hierarchy of information
- Embed LaTeX markup into Markdown to typeset mathematical expressions
Escape Special Character
| Character | Escape Code | Name |
|---|---|---|
| \ | \\\\ | backslash |
| ` | \` ` | backtick |
| `echo `5` | “ ` “ | backtick in code |
| * | \* | asterisk |
| _ | \_ | underscore |
| { } | \{ \} | curly braces |
| [ ] | \[ \] | brackets |
| < > | \< \> | angle brackets |
| ( ) | \( \) | parentheses |
| # | \# | pound sign |
| + | \+ | plus sign |
| - | \- | minus sign (hyphen) |
| . | \. | dot |
| ! | \! | exclamation mark |
| | | \| | | pipe |
Sources:
- Obsidian as a markdown editor - Switch between Vscode and Obsidian
- The beauty of markdown
- The beautify of markdown
- markItDown - convert office documents to markdown using Python
- How to build this garden
- Create diagrams
- Convert wikilinks to markdown links
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