Wikipedia article is a good start. And google for "markdown syntax".
Scott Sent from my iPhone Contact info at http://granneman.tel On Nov 3, 2011, at 11:48 PM, Don Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > Any references you could suggest that we could read to prepare for the > presentation? > > --Don Ellis > > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'll be giving a talk to the St. Louis UNIX Users Group next Wednesday >> night about Markdown, a tool I absolutely love. >> >> You're invited to come. Please do - I think you'll definitely learn a lot. >> >> Date: Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 >> >> Time: 6:30 - 9 pm >> >> Where: 11885 Lackland Rd., St Louis, MO 63146 >> >> Map: http://g.co/maps/6gg9g >> >> Directions: http://www.sluug.org/resources/meeting_info/map_graybar.shtml >> >> Here's the description: >> >> John Gruber, the inventor of Markdown, describes it this way: >> “Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown >> allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text >> format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML). Thus, >> ‘Markdown’ is two things: (1) a plain text formatting syntax; and (2) >> a software tool, written in Perl, that converts the plain text >> formatting to HTML. … The overriding design goal for Markdown’s >> formatting syntax is to make it as readable as possible. The idea is >> that a Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as >> plain text, without looking like it’s been marked up with tags or >> formatting instructions.” >> >> This talk by Scott Granneman & Bill Odom will cover the basics of >> Markdown's syntax, key variants of Markdown, tools for composing >> Markdown (including vim, of course!), and ways you can easily >> transform a plain text file written in Markdown into HTML, JSON, TXT, >> LaTeX, man, MediaWiki, Textile, DocBook XML, ODT, EPUB, Slidy and S5 >> HTML and JavaScript slide shows, RTF, or even Word! >> >> If you have any questions, please contact me. Hope to see you there! >> >> Scott >> -- >> R. Scott Granneman >> [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com ~ granneman.tel >> Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications >> My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books >> >> "No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes >> deserves to be called a scholar." >> ---Donald Foster > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
