DotMarkdown

Introduction

• DotMarkdown is a framework for creating markdown content
• The library is distributed as .

Supported Frameworks

• .NET Standard 1.3
• .NET Framework 4.6

Documentation

• Reference documentation

Usage

Commonly Used Types

• DotMarkdown.MarkdownWriter
• DotMarkdown.MarkdownWriterSettings
• DotMarkdown.MarkdownFormat
• DotMarkdown.Linq.MFactory

How to Use MarkdownWriter

using System.Text;
using DotMarkdown;

var sb = new StringBuilder();

using (MarkdownWriter writer = MarkdownWriter.Create(sb))
{
    writer.WriteHeading1("Markdown Sample");
    writer.WriteHeading2("Bullet List");
    writer.WriteBulletItem("text");
    writer.WriteStartBulletItem();
    writer.WriteBold("bold text");
    writer.WriteEndBulletItem();

    writer.WriteHorizontalRule();

    writer.WriteHeading2("Indented Code Block");
    writer.WriteIndentedCodeBlock("string s = null;");
}

Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());

Output

# Markdown Sample

## Bullet List

* text
* **bold text**
- - -

## Indented Code Block

    string s = null;

---

How to Use LINQ to Markdown

using DotMarkdown.Linq;
using static DotMarkdown.Linq.MFactory;

MDocument document = Document(
    Heading1("Markdown Sample"),
    Heading2("Bullet List"),
    BulletList(
        "text",
        Bold("bold text")),
    HorizontalRule(),
    Heading2("IndentedCodeBlock"),
    IndentedCodeBlock("string s = null;"));

Console.WriteLine(document.ToString());

Output

# Markdown Sample

## Bullet List

* text
* **bold text**

- - -

## IndentedCodeBlock

    string s = null;

Links

• Mastering Markdown
• Markdown Cheatsheet
• Markdown Guide
• Daring Fireball: Markdown Syntax Documentation
• CommonMark Spec