Markdown comes into livedocuments as writing. Import a .md file into a tab and it becomes an article, or paste any Markdown into an article page: either way it is turned into the formatted blocks it describes, ready to edit like anything else you have typed.
What it reads
- Headings:
#becomes the largest heading,##the next, and###and deeper the smallest. - Lists:
-,*and+make a bulleted list,1.a numbered one, and- [ ]or- [x]a to-do, ticked or not. Indenting an item nests it, up to four levels. - Quotes: a line starting with
>. - Code: a block fenced with three backticks, kept exactly as written.
- Dividers: a line of
---,***or___. - Inline marks: bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code and links.
Every other line is a paragraph. Pasting into an empty line replaces it with the pasted blocks; pasting into a code block, or pasting a single line with no Markdown in it, puts the text in exactly as typed.
Importing a file into a tab
Open the tab's menu, choose Import, then Markdown. Paste the Markdown into the box, or press Import a file instead to pick a .md file. The tab's contents are replaced by an article holding the writing, flowed onto as many pages as it needs; undo brings the old contents back. See Importing a Tab.
Writing from scratch? The same Markdown works as shortcuts while you type in an article: start a
line with #, -, 1., [ ] or > and it becomes that block.
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