Markdown support
Etonym reads CommonMark with the GitHub additions (tables, task lists, strikethrough). It never changes syntax it does not format: that text stays in the file as you wrote it.
Formatted
Section titled “Formatted”| Syntax | Example |
|---|---|
| Headings | # Title to ###### Title |
| Bold, italic, strikethrough | **bold**, *italic*, ~~gone~~ |
| Inline code and code blocks | `code`, fenced blocks with syntax colors |
| Quotes | > quoted, nested too |
| Lists and task lists | - item, 1. item, - [ ] task, - [x] done |
| Horizontal rule | ---, ***, ___ |
| Links | [text](path.md), [[Note]], [[Note#Heading]], [[Note|label]] |
| Images | , ![[image.png]], <img src="image.png" width="300"> |
| Tables | GitHub-style tables, see Tables |
| Diagrams | ```mermaid blocks, see Diagrams |
| Frontmatter | the --- block at the top, shown as a Properties table, see Editor |
| Tags | #tag, highlighted |
| Highlight | ==text== |
| Comments | %%comment%%, <!-- comment -->, shown dimmed |
| A few HTML tags | <br>, <sup>, <sub>, <kbd>, <u>, <mark> without attributes |
Kept as plain text
Section titled “Kept as plain text”- Headings underlined with
===or--- - Reference links, such as
[text][ref] - Footnotes, such as
[^1]and[^1]: Note text - Bare web addresses, such as
https://example.comor<https://example.com>. They do not open with Ctrl+click. Write[text](https://example.com)for a link. - Math, such as
$x^2$ - Note embeds,
![[Note]]for a note rather than an image - Images from
http:orhttps:addresses (see Images) - Any other HTML, and HTML tags with attributes. Etonym never runs or renders HTML inside a note.
Links Etonym writes are always standard Markdown links, so notes stay readable on GitHub, GitLab and in other editors.