Markdown

Markdown profile

Markdown is a lightweight markup language, by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz created, make it become readability and largest again issued can input/output format. This language create inspiration from existing belt mark E-mail text. HTML syntax, so Markdown allows users if need can directly use HTML to say is possible. Gruber Markdown at first by application in Perl language, but now has a variety of programming language application. It is open-source projects, and with the BSD style license permission - style to the plugin form or content management system form release.

Markdown enhanced version

Markdown and a series of derivative version, used to extend the Markdown function (such as form, footnotes, embedded HTML, etc.), these functions primal Markdown still does not have, at the same time, also can let the Markdown convert more format, for example, LaTex Docbook. Markdown enhanced version of the more famous Markdown Extra, MultiMarkdown, there Maruku.

Markdown purposes

Markdown grammar introduction and clear, learning easy, and functions than pure text, stronger, thus there are a lot of people use it to write blog. The world's most popular blogs platform WordPress and large CMS such as joomla, drupal are well supported Markdown.