Markdown

Let’s have a look at how this theme processes and renders the different Markdown codes. We ’ll use more or less the same order as the Markdown quickref. As text filler we’ll use the wonderful Bacon Ipsum. Do check the original markdown document,to understand the actual usage of the different codes. There are some issues to take in consideration when using Mainroad: put an extra newline before starting a list (bug?

This Quick Reference focusses on Markdown, the content creation and formatting language used in Hugo. For a more lengthy tutorial, have a look at the excellent Markdown Tutorial and the official Cheat Sheet, which served as inspiration for this page. Check also the Mainroad theme page for the implementation and specific behaviour of the different Markdown commands in the Mainroad theme. Not all modifiers work as one would expect them to do.