Kvak.io — Input & Markdown Guide



Kvak supports the following markdown input:

  • bold text by typing: **bold text**

  • italic text by typing: _italic text_

  • strike through by typing ~~strike-through~~

  • preformated text by enclosing text in backticks `

  • highlighted text by typing it as ==highlighted==

  • start a line with “- “ (hyphen and space) for bullet lists, also works with a *

  • or you may do numbered list by typing “1. “ (number, dot and space)

    1. like this

  • start line with > for quote block:

Not all editors were created equal

  • --- for a horizontal line, such as:


Header: start a line with "# "

That is, # and space.

Or with ##

Or try ###

...

All the way up to #######



Other Input Features

Ligatures

The font we use has ligatures. This means that, for example, typing <- (less-than symbol and hyphen next to each other) looks like <-, but the arrow is still 2 characters (the < and -). Others are:

  • ->, <-, <->, =>, <=>

Replaced characters

In contrast, when typing other characters, the editor directly replaces them with a nicer symbol. For example, if You type two hyphens -- next to each other, these two characters get replaced by single — long dash, (em dash in typography lingo). All replaced combinations of chars are:

  • -- -> —

  • (c) -> ©

  • (r) -> ®

  • (tm) -> ™

  • (sm) -> ℠

  • >> -> »

  • << -> «

  • +- -> ±

  • != -> ≠

If You need not to replace these chars, you can type backspace to immediately cancel the replacement. For example:

  1. You type >>, editor inputs »

  2. You press backspace immediately, the » gets changed back to >>

  3. You carry on