Example:

Heading

Sub-heading

Paragraphs are separated by a blank line.

Two spaces at the end of a line
produces a line break.

Text attributes italic, bold, monospace.

Horizontal rule:

Bullet list:

• apples
• oranges
• pears

Numbered list:

1. wash
2. rinse
3. repeat

An example

Markdown uses email-style > characters for blockquoting.

Inline <abbr title="Hypertext Markup Language">HTML</abbr> is supported.