Markdown is a plain text formatting syntax aimed at making writing for the internet easier. The philosophy behind Markdown is that plain text documents should be readable without tags mussing everything up, but there should still be ways to add text modifiers like lists, bold, italics, etc. It is an alternative to WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editors, which use rich text that later gets converted to proper HTML.
It’s possible you’ve encountered Markdown without realizing it. Facebook chat, Skype, and Reddit all let you use different flavors of Markdown to format your messages.
Source:
https://www.ultraedit.com/company/blog/community/what-is-markdown-why-use-it.html
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The Markdown Editor of Sunrise Waterfall was built with the aim of being able to provide you a live view of your document as you edit it.
the Markdown Editor is made up of two screens:
Screen 1 is the editor itself. This functions much like a normal text editor. It is a single text box into which you can write your wanted text.
Screen 2 is the viewing screen. This screen has a large viewer section and a single back button.
Screen 2 shows you how your document will look once a web browser shows it.
If you are having trouble focusing the web view, press tab a couple of times and it will refocus properly.
The keystroke list has been kept delibertaely simple for this screen:
Built with thanks using Sunrise Waterfall by Nathan Tech.