Formatting using Markdown

Markdown has become a common standard for formatting online text. Submitty allows simple formatting using markdown in several Click on the markdown symbol to enable formatting of your post using markdown.

• Links
  To add a hyperlink to url labeled with display text:

  [display text](url)
  

• Italics
  Adding _ (one underscore) before and after text will italicize that text.

• Bold
  Adding __ (two underscores) before and after text will make that text bold.

• Inline Code
  Adding ` (a single backtick) before and after text will render that text in teletype / fixed-width type. This is useful for short, inlined code.

• Code Blocks
  Adding ``` (a triple backtick) on blank lines above and below text will turn it into a code block. For example:

  ```
  int main() {
      printf("hello world\n");
  }
  ```
  

• Lists
  Adding * or numbers (ex. 1., 2., 3.) followed by a space before text will create a bulleted or numbered list. For example:

  * Item 1
  * Item 2
     
  1. Item 1
  2. Item 2
  3. Item 3