Markdown was invented by John @gruber to allow marked up text to be readable if it isn't formatted by a server. In Masto-world, some instance servers will not show formatting, so if your instance gives you the option, you can carefully craft a post so it will look formatted no matter who receives it.

To author markdown toots, your server must run GlitchSoc: https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/features/rich-text/

I've crafted this post so that after each formatting example is a section titled "Coding" that shows a monospaced unformatted version of how I actually coded it. If nothing looks formatted, that means your instance server or Mastodon app doesn't support receiving formatting. I suggest you complain.

If you find inaccuracies, please private mention me in a reply and I will fix them.

Heading 1 and Headings Heading

Heading 2

Heading 3

Equal Delineated Header 1

Minus Sign Delineated Header 2

Note: I could not figure out how to make a <hr/> style rule line.

Coding
# Heading 1 and Headings Heading
## Heading 2
### Heading 3

Equal Delineated Header 1
=========================

Minus Sign Delineated Header 2
------------------------------

Quotes

Email block quote level 1

Email block quote level 2

Email block quote level 3

Coding
> Email block quote level 1
>> Email block quote level 2
>>> Email block quote level 3

Emphasis:

Bold
Italic
Underline
Strikeout
Italic Underline
Bold Italic
Bold Italic Underline
Italic Underline
Bold Underline
Italic Strikeout
Superscript

Note: I could not figure out how to do subscript.

Coding
**Bold**
*Italic*
_Underline_
~~Strikeout~~
*_Italic Underline_*
***Bold Italic***
***_Bold Italic Underline_***
*_Italic Underline_*
**_Bold Underline_**
*~~Italic Strikeout~~*
Super^^script

If you surround an * or _ with spaces, it’ll be treated as a literal asterisk or underscore. To produce a literal asterisk or underscore at a position where it would otherwise be used as an emphasis delimiter, you can backslash escape it or space escape it.

*This text is surrounded by literal asterisks *
_ This text is surrounded by literal underline characters. _

Coding
\*This text is surrounded by literal asterisks \*
_ This text is surrounded by literal underline characters. _

Lists

• Unordered list item
• Unordered list second item
• Unordered list third item; can use minus
• Unordered list four item; can use plus

To indent a list, put a space before the sub item.

Coding
1. Ordered list item 1.
2. Ordered list second item.
1. Ordered list third item showing actual digits ane ignored.

* Unordered list item
* Unordered list second item
- Unordered list third item; can use minus
+ Unordered list four item; can use plus

1. Fruit
* Apple
* Orange
2. Vegetable
* Lettuce
* Carrot

Links

Labeled link (only domain is shown):

This is an example inline link.

This link has no title attribute.

Coding
This is [an example](http://example.com/ "Title") inline link.

[This link](http://example.net/) has no title attribute.

Reference link:

This is a ref link test reference-style link.

Then, anywhere in the document, you define your link label as shown in the image. I used a number so it looks like a footnote if your server doesn't support it.

Coding
This is [a ref link test] [1] reference-style link.

[1]: http://example.com/my/link/is/long

Code Spans (Ignored Formatting Sections)

This is a monospaced font text span inside the browser's proportional font text using backticks (``).

This line and
this line will
be *monospaced* and both
formatting and **markdown** will
be ignored. This is because
it begins and ends with a backtick character.

Coding
This is `a monospaced font text span` inside the browser's proportional font text using backticks (`).

`This line and
this line will
be *monospaced* and both
formatting and **markdown** will
be ignored. This is because
it begins and ends with a backtick character.`

Finally

If you need to escape something, use a backslash!

[This is the Daring Fireball reference I used.][https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown]

#BoostingIsSharing

#author #writer #mastodon #glitchsoc #markdown #markup #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #bookstodon

[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S., but you may repost, boost, or reuse the text so long as you retain the attribution to R.S.]

#Development #Guides
The HTML ‘code’ element · A meta guide to ‘code’ without showing code https://ilo.im/163ox6

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#HTML #Markup #Markdown #Code #WebStandards #WebDev #Frontend #JavaScript

After #Markup investigation, #LinkedIn and #Google face lawsuit alleging improper access to health data

https://themarkup.org/impact/2025/05/02/after-markup-investigation-linkedin-and-google-face-lawsuit-alleging-improper-access-to-health-data

#healthcare #privacy

Webpages should use headings for <footer> and <header> #markup?

@mahryekuh wrote about it at https://marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/articles/2025/01/24/add-headings-to-html-landmarks/

If you have only 1 footer and 1 header that could be good.

But… what's about pages having more such footer and header markup in complex pages like blogs?
IMHO that would "pollute" markup for assistive devices, and give a mess – am i wrong?

#webdev #ARIA #Accessibility #a11y

I think it's been 42 days since I started working, and I just realized today is the first day I've spent entirely just *using* the system I've been building.

And I've finally got a number of pages of text written actually documenting, demonstrating, and *finally* explaining my project.

And I'm actually *using* my system to compose and live-preview text as I work and finding I love this weird little stack as an actual tool that I actually enjoy using.

#rustlang #python #markup #coding #linux

Раскраска листинга процедуры T-SQL значениями метрик

Сразу покажу, о чем идет речь, чтобы вы решили, нужно вам это или нет. На текст процедуры мы отображаем данные о числе выполнений, cpu, duration, о числе чтений и записей и числе обработанных записей.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/897282/

#sql #tsql #markup #performance #profiler