From 886271bb3b9a07295ecf7c6c8878fb52bdeff9b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bradley Taunt
`) must use `- - -` as syntax
+* Code fences have stricter syntax
+
+Patches that increase the CommonMark compatibility are welcome as long as they don't increase the code complexity significantly.
+
+This project is a fork of the [original smu](https://github.com/gottox/smu) by
+[Enno Boland (gottox)](https://eboland.de). The main differences to the
+original smu are:
+
+* Support for code fences
+* Improved [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/) compatibility. E.g.
+ * Code blocks need four spaces indentation instead of three
+ * Skip empty lines at end of code blocks
+ * Ignore single spaces around code spans
+ * Keep HTML comments in output
+ * Improved spec compliance for lists
+ * Nesting code block in blockquotes works
+ * "Empty" lines in lists behave identically, no matter how much whitespace they contain
+ * No backslash escapes in code blocks
+ * Use first number as start number for ordered lists
+* Added a simple test suite to check for compliance and avoid regressions
+
+Inline patterns
+---------------
+
+There are several patterns you can use to highlight your text:
+
+* Emphasis
+ * Surround your text with `*` or `_` to get *emphasised* text:
+ This *is* cool.
+ This _is_ cool, too.
+ * Surround your text with `**` or `__` to get **strong** text:
+ This **is** cool.
+ This __is__ cool, too.
+ * Surround your text with `***` or `___` to get ***strong and emphasised*** text:
+ This ***is*** cool.
+ This ___is___ cool, too.
+ * But this example won't work as expected:
+ ***Hello** you*
+ This is a wontfix bug because it would make the source too complex.
+ Use this instead:
+ ***Hello*** *you*
+
+* inline Code
+
+ You can produce inline code by surrounding it with backticks.
+
+ Use `rm -rf /` if you're a N00b.
+ Use ``rm -rf /`` if you're a N00b.
+ Use ```rm -rf /``` if you're a N00b.
+
+ Double and triple backticks can be used if the code itself contains backticks.
+
+
+Titles
+------
+
+Creating titles in smu is very easy. There are two different syntax styles. The
+first is underlining with at least three characters:
+
+ Heading
+ =======
+
+ Topic
+ -----
+
+This is very intuitive and self explaining. The resulting sourcecode looks like
+this:
+
+ Heading
+ Topic
+
+Use the following prefixes if you don't like underlining:
+
+ # h1
+ ## h2
+ ### h3
+ #### h4
+ ##### h5
+ ###### h6
+
+Links
+-----
+
+The simplest way to define a link is with simple `<>`.
+
+
+ + +You can define a code block with a leading Tab or with __4__ leading spaces + + this.is(code) + + this.is(code, too) + +Result: ++ Hello + This is a quote with a link
+
this.is(code)
+ this.is(code, too)
+
+
+Please note that you can't use HTML or smu syntax in a code block.
+
+Another way to write code blocks is to use code fences:
+
+ ```json
+ {"some": "code"}
+ ```
+
+This has two advantages:
+* The optional language identifier will be turned into a `language-` class name
+* You can keep the original indentation which helps when doing copy & paste
+
+Tables
+------
+
+Tables can be generated with the following syntax:
+
+ | Heading1 | Heading2 |
+ | -------- | -------- |
+ | Cell 1 | Cell2 |
+
+Aligning the columns make the input nicer to read, but is not necessary to get
+correct table output. You could just write
+
+ | Heading1 | Heading2 |
+ | --- | --- |
+ | Cell 1 | Cell2 |
+
+To align the content of table cells, use `|:--|` for left, `|--:|` for right
+and `|:--:|` for centered alignment in the row which separates the header from
+the table body.
+
+ | Heading1 | Heading2 | Heading3 |
+ | :------- | :------: | -------: |
+ | Left | Center | Right |
+
+Other interesting stuff
+-----------------------
+
+* to insert a horizontal rule simple add `- - -` into an empty line:
+
+ Hello
+ - - -
+ Hello2
+
+ Result:
+ + Hello +