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Format TextCards using Markdown

Markdown in NodeKit

NodeKit supports a defined subset of CommonMark for TextCards. Only the syntax below is supported; unsupported constructs might lead to runtime errors or strange rendering behaviors.

What’s supported

  • Headers: # through ###### followed by a space and text (levels above 6 are rejected).
  • Italics: use *text* or _text_;
  • Bolding: use **text** or __text__;
  • Italics+Bolding: use ***text*** (and equivalents).
  • Paragraphs: separate with a blank line; <br> is not supported. Soft line breaks are folded into spaces; hard breaks are not allowed.
  • Lists: unordered bullets using any marker (-, *, +, etc.); ordered lists with 1..
  • Color spans: <span style="color:#rrggbb">text</span> or #rrggbbaa. No other inline HTML or style attributes.

What’s not supported

Any other CommonMark features are not supported, including:

  • Inline code or fenced code blocks (single or triple backticks)
  • Links and images
  • Blockquotes, tables, and other Markdown extensions
  • Any HTML beyond the color <span> above

Example

# Heading

This is a paragraph with **bold** and _italic_ text.

- First item
    - Nested item
- Second item

* Same list, different marker

Here is <span style="color:#ff00ff">magenta text</span>.

How do I do linebreaks?

Markdown requires two newline characters to cause a line break to be rendered. For example: 

This is the first line.\n\n
This is the second line.

By contrast, this would not render a line break:

This is the first line.\n
This is also the first.