An introduction to Marker, a markdown editor for GNOME. Introduction

Marker offers a simple yet robust way to edit and view markdown files. It shows dynamically a preview of your work, and supports advanced features.

Files are easy to open, edit, preview and save. At the right of the header bar, a menu contains various other features, such as printing, setting the zoom or change preferences.

Taking notes in the dual-pane mode.

The Markdown format

Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax. The text stays human-readable while easy to convert to HTML or other file formats.

Here are a few examples:

Formatting

Syntax

*text*

Italic

**text**

Bold

`text`

Monospace

# title

Level 1 title

###### title

Level 6 title

- item

- item

Bulleted list

1. item

2. item

Numbered list

[link](http://example.org)

Link