Markdown/MyST cheat sheet

This file contains the syntax for commonly used Markdown and MyST markup. The best way to use it is to open it in your text editor and copy-paste the markup you need.

See the MyST style guide for detailed information and conventions. Also see the MyST documentation for detailed information on MyST.

H2 heading

H3 heading

H4 heading

H5 heading

Inline formatting

• UI element

• code

• command

• Italic

• Bold

Code blocks

Start a code block:

code:
  - example: true

# Demonstrate a code block
code:
  - example: true

# Demonstrate a code block
code:
  - example: true

Links

• Canonical website

• a_section_target_myst

• Link text

• index

• Link text

Navigation

Use the following syntax::

```{toctree}
:hidden:

sub-page1
sub-page2
```

Lists

1. Step 1

   • Item 1

     • Sub-item

   • Item 2

     1. Sub-step 1

     2. Sub-step 2

2. Step 2

   1. Sub-step 1

      • Item

   2. Sub-step 2

Term 1

Definition

Term 2

Definition

Tables

Markdown tables

Header 1	Header 2
Cell 1 Second paragraph	Cell 2
Cell 3	Cell 4

Centered:

Header 1	Header 2
Cell 1 Second paragraph	Cell 2
Cell 3	Cell 4

List tables

Header 1	Header 2
Cell 1 Second paragraph	Cell 2
Cell 3	Cell 4

Centered:

Header 1	Header 2
Cell 1 Second paragraph	Cell 2
Cell 3	Cell 4

Notes

Note

A note.

Tip

A tip.

Important

Important information

Caution

This might damage your hardware!

Images

The following example uses the Canonical assets manager:

Figure caption

The following example uses local images folder:

Tabs

Tab 1Tab 2

Content Tab 1

Glossary

some term

Definition of the example term.

some term

More useful markup

• Added in version X.Y.

• API

---

Custom extensions

Related links at the top of the page (surrounded by ---):

relatedlinks: https://github.com/canonical/lxd-sphinx-extensions, [RTFM](https://www.google.com)
discourse: 12345

Terms that should not be checked by the spelling checker: Incrrect

A single-line terminal view that separates input from output:

root@vampyr:/home/user/directory/# command

the output

A multi-line version of the same:

root@vampyr:/home/user/directory/# command 1

output 1

root@vampyr:/home/user/directory/# command 2

output 2

A link to a YouTube video:

▶ Watch on YouTube