| Mnemonic | Rendering | Comment |
|---|
| 1 Title | | a style 1 heading (major heading) |
| 1.1 Title | | a style 1.1 heading (minor heading) |
| - text | | a list item (with -), several lines create a single list |
| * text | | a list item (with *) |
| 1. text | | an enumerated list |
| __bold__ | bold | simple bold text |
| ~~italics~~ | italics | simple italic text |
| --strike-- | strike | strike through text |
| (empty line) | | produces a new paragraph |
\\
| | creates a line break, please use sparingly! |
| [/documentation] or [../documentation] or [/documentation|Doc] | Like a standard link | internal link to another document |
| http://www.libresource.org/ | http://www.libresource.org/ | creates a link to an external resource, special characters that come after the URL and are not part of it must be separated with a space. |
| \X | X | escape special character X (i.e. {) |
| ---- | | creates a horizontal rule |
