Paragraphs are separated by a blank line.

2nd paragraph. Italic, bold, and monospace. Itemized lists look like:

  • this one
  • that one
  • the other one

Note that — not considering the asterisk — the actual text content starts at 4-columns in.

Block quotes are written like so.

They can span multiple paragraphs, if you like.

Use 3 dashes for an em-dash. Use 2 dashes for ranges (ex., “it’s all in chapters 12–14”). Three dots … will be converted to an ellipsis. Unicode is supported. ☺

An h2 header

Here’s a numbered list:

  1. first item
  2. second item
  3. third item

Note again how the actual text starts at 4 columns in (4 characters from the left side). Here’s a code sample:

# Let me re-iterate ...
for i in 1 .. 10 { do-something(i) }

As you probably guessed, indented 4 spaces. By the way, instead of indenting the block, you can use delimited blocks, if you like:

define foobar() {
    print "Welcome to flavor country!";
}

(which makes copying & pasting easier). You can optionally mark the delimited block for Pandoc to syntax highlight it:

import time
# Quick, count to ten!
for i in range(10):
    # (but not *too* quick)
    time.sleep(0.5)
    print(i)

An h3 header

Now a nested list:

  1. First, get these ingredients:

    • carrots
    • celery
    • lentils

  2. Boil some water.

  3. Dump everything in the pot and follow this algorithm:

    find wooden spoon
uncover pot
stir
cover pot
balance wooden spoon precariously on pot handle
wait 10 minutes
goto first step (or shut off burner when done)

    Do not bump wooden spoon or it will fall.

Notice again how text always lines up on 4-space indents (including that last line which continues item 3 above).

Here’s a link to a website, to a local doc, and to a section heading in the current doc. Here’s a footnote 1.

Tables can look like this:

Name Size Material Color ————- —– ———— ———— All Business 9 leather brown Roundabout 10 hemp canvas natural Cinderella 11 glass transparent

Table: Shoes sizes, materials, and colors.

(The above is the caption for the table.) Pandoc also supports multi-line tables:

Keyword Text ——– ———————– red Sunsets, apples, and other red or reddish things.

green Leaves, grass, frogs and other things it’s not easy being. ——– ———————–

A horizontal rule follows.

Here’s a definition list:

apples
Good for making applesauce.
oranges
Citrus!
tomatoes
There’s no “e” in tomatoe.

Again, text is indented 4 spaces. (Put a blank line between each term and its definition to spread things out more.)

Here’s a “line block” (note how whitespace is honored):

Line one
Line too
Line tree

  1. Some footnote text. ↩