Tildes uses a variation of a special formatting language called Markdown. If you're familiar with markdown, you should feel right at home. If not, then this doc is for you!
First, let's talk about some of the special ways to link to other things on Tildes.
If you'd like to link to another group, you can just add a ~
to a word.
For example if you type ~music
it will convert it to ~music.
You can also link to subgroups with a .
after your first word. For example, if you type ~music.metal
it will convert it to ~music.metal.
If you'd like to link to another user's profile page, you can user the /u/
or @
prefix.
For example, typing @flaque
will convert it to @flaque and /u/flaque
will convert to /u/flaque.
At the moment, some HTML elements work. You can create links with:
<a href="https://tildes.net">Go to Tildes!</a>
Which will create Go to Tildes!
The following is a quick cheatsheet for creating headers, bold, italics, and more!
You can create big header text with varying #
.
For example:
# h1 - BIGGEST HEADER
## h2 - SMALLER BIGGEST HEADER
### h3 - SMALLER SMALLER BIGGEST HEADER
#### h4 - smaller smaller smaller biggest header
##### h5 - smaller smaller smaller smaller biggest header
###### h6 - smaller smaller smaller smaller smaller biggest header
With one *astericks*
you can create italized text.
You can use **two astericks**
to create bold text.
You can also use __underlines__
in place of astericks.
You can use *
, -
or +
to create an unordered (bulletted) list.
For example:
* dogs
+ cats
- bears
* Oh my!
will create:
- dogs
- cats
- bears
- Oh my!
You can also use numbers to make an ordered list:
1. get the peanut butter
2. get the jelly
3. make lunch
Becomes:
- get the peanut butter
- get the jelly
- make lunch
You can make links with the format: [text here](https://example.com)
. This will create a link such as text here.
If you'd like to put code inline, you can wrap what you'd like to say with backticks:
Checkout my code: `console.log("hello world")` isn't it cool?
You can also use three backticks: ``` to put a new block of code:
```
console.log("hello");
console.log("goodbye");
```
You can quote someone with a >
.
I can quote myself with like this:
> I can quote myself like this
Which renders:
I can quote myself like this
You can add a break line with ---
.
So if I want to split up some sections, I can do:
Chapter 1
Once upon a time
---
Chapter 2
The doggo who knew he was
Will render:
Chapter 1 Once upon a time
Chapter 2 The doggo who knew he was
If you've still got a question, feel free to ask it on ~tildes!