formatting guide

• Intro
• Basic Formatting
• Advanced Formatting

Intro

Welcome to the PBDev Wiki! You can format your content using Markdown syntax with powerful formatting extensions. This guide shows what formatting options are available.

Basic Formatting

These features cover standard Markdown syntax that most users are familiar with.

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Headings

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Use # to ###### at the beginning of a line to create headings. The table of contents (TOC) includes headings from ## (H2) to #### (H4), but only H2s generate external links. You can also create headings using --- and === under a line of text:

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3

Heading 1
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Heading 2
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Line Break

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Add two spaces at the end of a line to force a line break.

Syntax

First line.  
Second line.

Result

First line.
Second line.

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Italic

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Syntax

*italic* or _italic_

Result

inline italic text

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Bold

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Syntax

**bold** or __bold__

Result

inline bold text

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Strikethrough

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Syntax

~~strikethrough~~

Result

strikethrough

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Blockquote

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Syntax

This is a
multiline quote.

Result

This is a
multiline quote.

This is single line quote.

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Code

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Syntax

indent 4 spaces  
or  
3 backticks(```)

Result

indent 4 spaces  
or  
3 backticks(```)

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Link

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Syntax

[PBDev](https://pbdev.duckdns.org)

Result

PBDev

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Image

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Syntax

![Image name](/wiki/image/plant-1573.png)

Result

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Table

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Syntax

|name|species|
|-|-|
|Rose|Rosa cinnamomea|
|Lily|Lilium candidum|

Result

name	species
Rose	Rosa cinnamomea
Lily	Lilium candidum

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Autolink

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You can automatically link plain URLs or use link syntax

Syntax

https://pbdev.duckdns.org
[PBDev](https://pbdev.duckdns.org)

Result

https://pbdev.duckdns.org
PBDev

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Advanced Formatting

These features extend Markdown with rich content and layout support.

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Attributes

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Text Color

Apply inline styles like text color:

Syntax

This is **green**{style="color: green"}.

Result

This is green.

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Table Cell Styling

Apply styles to text inside table cells:

Syntax

text color

 |name|species|
 |:--:|------|
 |Rose|*Rosa cinnamomea*{style="color: red"} |
 |Lily|*Lilium candidum*{style="color:rgb(246,243,214)"}|

Result

name	species
Rose	Rosa cinnamomea
Lily	Lilium candidum

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Table Width

You can define the table width with a style block:

Syntax

Table width

    | Name  | Category  | Rating |
    |:-------:|:-----------:|--------|
    | Rose  | Flower    | 4.5    |
    | Cactus| Succulent | 4.8    |
    {style="width:30%"} 

Result

Name	Category	Rating
Rose	Flower	4.5
Cactus	Succulent	4.8

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Table Background Colors

Use .table-header-* and .table-col-* classes to color the header row and first column, respectively.

Available colors include:

Red

red-100, red-200, red-300, red-400, red-50, red-500, red-600, red-700, red-800, red-900

Pink

pink-100, pink-300, pink-500, pink-700

Purple

purple-100, purple-300, purple-500, purple-700

Indigo

indigo-100, indigo-300, indigo-500, indigo-700

Blue

blue-100, blue-300, blue-500, blue-700

Teal

teal-100, teal-300, teal-500, teal-700

Green

green-100, green-300, green-500, green-700

Amber

amber-100, amber-300, amber-500, amber-700

Orange

orange-100, orange-300, orange-500, orange-700

Gray

gray-100, gray-300, gray-500, gray-700

Syntax

 | Plant       | Type        | Sunlight       | Notes               |
 |-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------------|
 | Rose        | Flower      | Full sun       | Needs pruning       |
 | Cactus      | Succulent   | Full sun       | Water sparingly     |
 | Fern        | Shade plant | Indirect light | Keep soil moist     |
 | Lavender    | Herb        | Full sun       | Attracts pollinators|
 {.table-header-green-500 .table-col-green-300 style="width:100%"}

Result

Plant	Type	Sunlight	Notes
Rose	Flower	Full sun	Needs pruning
Cactus	Succulent	Full sun	Water sparingly
Fern	Shade plant	Indirect light	Keep soil moist
Lavender	Herb	Full sun	Attracts pollinators

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Footnotes

You can add footnotes for references or extra info

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Syntax

Morbi[^note1] leo risus, porta ac consectetur ac.

[^note1]: Elit Malesuada Ridiculus

Result

Morbi¹ leo risus, porta ac consectetur ac.

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Description

Useful for glossaries or metadata

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Syntax

Term 1  
: Description 1  

Result

Term 1

Description 1