[COMMUNITY FORUM] Markdown syntax in topics and messages

For those who did not noticed (yet) the topics’ and messages’ text content supports the Markdown syntax.

You can thus write whatever the Markdown syntax allows (see Markdown Cheatsheet · adam-p/markdown-here Wiki · GitHub)

Headers:

H1

H2

H3

H4

H5
H6

Text modifiers:

Emphasis, aka italics, with single asterisks or underscores.
Strong emphasis, aka bold, with double asterisks or underscores.
Strikethrough uses two tildes. Scratch this.
Inline code has back-ticks around it.

Lists:

  1. First list item
  2. Another item
    • Unordered sub-list.
    • Unordered sub-list.
  3. Actual numbers don’t matter, just that it’s a number
    1. Ordered sub-list
    2. Ordered sub-list
  4. And another item.

Typed code snippets:

var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
alert(s);

Tables:

Tables Are Cool
col 3 is right-aligned $1600
col 2 is centered $12
zebra stripes are neat $1

Blockquotes:

Blockquotes are very handy in email to emulate reply text.
This line is part of the same quote.

Horizontal rule: