HedgeDoc Flavored Markdown¶
HedgeDoc has its own markdown dialect which supports many features from CommonMark and GitHub Flavored Markdown. It also adds some new extensions and is missing some.
These tables tell you what exactly we support in HedgeDoc 1.x (HFM 1) and HedgeDoc 2 (HFM 2).
Typography¶
| Feature | HFM 1 | HFM 2 | CommonMark | GFM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bold | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
| italic | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
| underline | ☑️ | ☑️ | (☑️ with <ins>) |
(☑️ with <ins>) |
| strikethrough | ☑️ | ☑️ | (☑️ with <del>) |
☑️ |
| subscript | ☑️ | ☑️ | (☑️ with <sub>) |
(☑️ with <sub>) |
| superscript | ☑️ | ☑️ | (☑️ with <sup>) |
(☑️ with <sup>) |
| marked | ☑️ | ☑️ | (☑️ with <mark>) |
(☑️ with <mark>) |
Extended typography features¶
| Feature | HFM 1 | HFM 2 | CommonMark | GFM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| heading | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
| inline code | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
| indented code blocks | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
| code block with language1 | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
| code block with extra features2 | ☑️ | ☑️ | ||
| block quote | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
name tag ([name=...]) |
(☑️)3 | ☑️ | ||
time tag ([time=...]) |
(☑️)3 | ☑️ | ||
color tag ([color=...]) |
(☑️)3 | ☑️ | ||
| unorderd list | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
| ordered list | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
| task list | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | |
| definition list | ☑️ | ☑️ | ||
| emoji | Unicode 6.1 | Unicode 13 | ||
| ForkAwesome | ☑️ with <i class='fa'> |
removed | ||
| Bootstrap Icons | ☑️ with shortcodes | |||
| LaTeX | ☑️4 | ☑️5 |
Links & Images¶
| Feature | HFM 1 | HFM 2 | CommonMark | GFM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| link | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
| link reference | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
| link title | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
autolink with <> |
☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
autolink without <> |
☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | |
| footnotes | ☑️ | ☑️ | ||
| image | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
| image with given size | ☑️ | ☑️ | (☑️ with <img>) |
(☑️ with <img>) |
| table of contents | ☑️ | ☑️ |
Structural elements¶
| Feature | HFM 1 | HFM 2 | CommonMark | GFM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| table | ☑️ | ☑️ | (☑️ with <table>) |
☑️ |
| horizontal line | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ |
| collapsable block | (☑️ with <details>) |
☑️ | (☑️ with <details>) |
(☑️ with <details>) |
| Alerts | ☑️ | ☑️ |
Embeddings¶
HFM 1 includes support for certain embeddings of external content by using the
{%keyword parameter %} syntax. To increase the readability of the markdown code
we decided that HFM 2 should just use plain links if possible.
| Feature | HFM 1 | HFM 2 | CommonMark | GFM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PDF ({%pdf ... %}) |
☑️ | removed | ||
YouTube ({%youtube ... %}) |
☑️ | with plain link6 | ||
Vimeo ({%vimeo ... %}) |
☑️ | with plain link6 | ||
Slideshare ({%slideshare ... %}) |
☑️ | removed | ||
Speakerdeck ({%speakerdeck ... %}) |
☑️ | removed | ||
GitHub Gist ({%gist ... %}) |
☑️ | with plain link6 |
HTML¶
Besides the basic HTML typography elements (<p>, <a>, <b>, <ins>, <del>)
the following more special HTML elements are supported by some specification.
| Feature | HedgeDocMark 1 | HedgeDocMark 2 | CommonMark | GFM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
<title> |
☑️ | |||
<textarea> |
☑️ | ☑️ | ||
<style> |
☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | |
<xmp> |
☑️ | |||
<iframe> |
☑️ | ☑️ | ☑️ | |
<noembed> |
☑️ | ☑️ | ||
<noframes> |
☑️ | ☑️ | ||
<script> |
☑️ | |||
<plaintext> |
☑️ | ☑️ |
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Code blocks with a given language are rendered using syntax highlighting. ↩
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Several special "language" keywords can be used for rendering diagrams, charts, etc. ↩
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Use of these tags is only supported within blockquotes and (un)ordered lists. ↩↩↩
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The special syntax from HFM 1 is deprecated, but will still work in HFM 2. However, a plain link to the content should be used. ↩↩↩