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