Gihub Flavored Markdown (GFM)

File extensions are md, markdown, mkd, and mdown. If you have an mdtext file it is from the Apache CMS.

This site uses a version of cmark-gfm by GitHub through a Pelican Plugin gfm.py created by Apache Infra.

• Mastering Markdown

• Detailed Specification

• Differences from markdown.pl

  • HTML Blocks

    • Make sure the first line of your html block starts in column one.
    • A blank line terminates an html block
      • Exception to this rule for style, pre, and script.
    • Markdown content within an HTML block

  • Autolinks

    • www
    • url
    • email

  • Disallowed html the tagfilter extension disables certain html. The asfgenid plugin reenables script, style, and iframe html.

• Examples

• Apache CMS Migration

  • Change extension from mdtext to md
  • Replace the multiple line notice: with a one line reference to the Apache License.
  • Any and {.class} annotations must have any # tags between the annotation and the heading text removed.
  • Only one or {.class} annotation is allowed on a tag.