Markdown Cheatsheet

[AllanChain]

View Post on Blog

Tricks that are less known to GitHub-flavored markdown starters, including escaping `s, writing dropdowns, and centering an image.

---

Escaping `

The general principle is, escape ` with more `s.

For example, if you want to escape a single `, just wrap it with two on each side, and add spaces, that is, `` ` ``.

If you want to escape three back quotes in a code block, use 4 for the code fence:

````
```python
print('hello')
```
````

Produces:

```python
print('hello')
```

Awesome Dropdown!

Write Markdown!

Python Code

from __future__ import print_function
print('Hello world!')

Raw code

<details open>
<summary>Write Markdown!</summary>
<!--All you need is a blank line-->

**Python** *Code*
````python
from __future__ import print_function
print('Hello world!')
```
</details>

Reference: https://github.github.com/gfm/#html-block

The trick is, that the blank line terminates the HTML block

Center an Image in GFM

Use HTML tag p with align to wrap img

<p align="center">
  <img alt="GitHub fluid icon" width="100" src="https://github.com/fluidicon.png">
</p>