Comprehensive Markdown Syntax Examples

This document demonstrates all Markdown syntax features, including those not yet supported by this parser. Features marked with ✅ are currently supported, while those marked with ❌ are not yet implemented.

Headings

ATX Headings ✅

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

Setext Headings ✅

Heading 1

Heading 2

Paragraphs ✅

This is a paragraph. Paragraphs are separated by blank lines.

This is another paragraph with some strong text and emphasized text.

Line Breaks

Hard Line Breaks ✅

This line ends with two spaces
and continues on the next line.

This line ends with a backslash
and continues on the next line.

Soft Line Breaks ✅

This is a single paragraph that spans multiple lines but renders as one paragraph.

Emphasis and Strong ✅

This is emphasized text This is also emphasized (underscore) ✅

This is strong text This is also strong (underscore) ✅

This is both emphasized and strong This is also both (underscore) ✅

Code

Inline Code ✅

Use code in your text. You can also use double backticks for code with backticks inside: `code`.

Fenced Code Blocks ✅

class
    EXAMPLE
feature
    make
        do
            print ("Hello, World!%N")
        end
end

Fenced Code Blocks with Tildes ✅

class
    EXAMPLE
end

Indented Code Blocks ✅

This is an indented code block
with 4 spaces of indentation.

Lists

Unordered Lists ✅

• First item

• Second item

• Third item

Unordered Lists with Different Markers ✅

• Asterisk item

• Another asterisk item

• Plus item

• Another plus item

Nested Unordered Lists ✅

• First level

  • Second level

    • Third level

  • Back to second level

• Back to first level

Ordered Lists ✅

1. First item

2. Second item

3. Third item

Ordered Lists with Parentheses ✅

1. First item

2. Second item

3. Third item

Nested Ordered Lists ✅

1. First level

   1. Second level

      1. Third level

   2. Back to second level

2. Back to first level

Mixed Lists ✅

1. First ordered item

   • Nested unordered item

   • Another nested item

2. Second ordered item

   • Another nested unordered item

Lists with Multiple Paragraphs ✅

• First item

  This is a second paragraph in the same list item.

• Second item

Lists with Code Blocks ✅

• Item with code block:

  code here

• Another item

Lists with Blockquotes ✅

• Item with blockquote:

  quoted text

• Another item

Task Lists (GitHub Flavored Markdown) ✅

• Unchecked task
• Checked task
• Another unchecked task

Blockquotes ✅

This is a blockquote. It can span multiple lines. All lines are part of the same quote.

This is another blockquote.

Nested Blockquotes ✅

First level

Second level

Third level

Links ✅

Inline Links ✅

This is an inline link to example.com.

This is a link with title.

Reference-Style Links ✅

This is a reference-style link.

This is an implicit reference link.

This is a collapsed reference link.

Autolinks ✅

https://example.com

user@example.com

Raw HTML Links ✅

Images ✅

Inline Images ✅

Images with Formatted Alt Text ✅

Reference-Style Images ✅

Tables ✅

Basic Tables ✅

Tables with Alignment ✅

Tables with Inline Formatting ✅

Thematic Breaks ✅

HTML Blocks ✅

Raw HTML blocks are supported. A block starts when a line begins with < followed by a letter, </+letter, <!--, <?, or <!, and continues until a blank line.

This is a paragraph HTML block.

Entity References ✅

& < > " ' © &

Escaping ✅

*Not emphasized*

`Not code`

[Not a link]

Full Backslash Escapes ✅

All punctuation characters can be escaped and rendered literally:

! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~

Strikethrough (GitHub Flavored Markdown) ✅

This text is struck through

Footnotes ✅

This is a footnote reference¹.

Definition Lists (not in CommonMark) ✅

Term 1 : Definition 1

Term 2 : Definition 2a : Definition 2b

Complex Examples

Mixed Content ✅

Main Heading

This paragraph contains strong text, emphasized text, code, and a link.

• List item with formatting

• List item with code

• List item with link

Blockquote with formatting and code

Code in Lists ✅

1. First item

   code block

2. Second item

Blockquote in Lists ✅

1. First item

   Blockquote here

2. Second item

Notes

• Features marked with ✅ are fully supported by this parser

• Features marked with ❌ are not yet implemented

• Some features may have partial support or edge case limitations

• This document is based on CommonMark specification with GitHub Flavored Markdown extensions