Pandoc is a wonderful document conversion tool. I think it is the best Markdown processor available. Here are some examples of what it can do. Conveniently, this page can also serve as a handy cheat-sheet for all those times you just can’t remember the exact syntax to get Markdown to do what you want it to do. For complete details, see the user guide.

Pandoc Markdown syntax can be modified by activating different extensions. If you want to enable or disable certain extensions for your site, change the PANDOC_ARGS option in stasis_config.py.

Headings

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
#### Heading 4
##### Heading 5
###### Heading 6

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

Block quotes

> This is a block quote. This
> paragraph has two lines.
>
> 1. This is a list inside a block quote.
> 2. Second item.

This is a block quote. This paragraph has two lines.

1. This is a list inside a block quote.
2. Second item.

Code blocks

Inline code blocks

It is possible to apply syntax highlighting to inline code, as in `if not self.has_name: print("Hi!")`{.python} and this will look nice.

It is possible to apply syntax highlighting to inline code, as in if not self.has_name: print("Hi!") and this will look nice.

Fenced code blocks

```python
def md5(file):
    md5hash = hashlib.md5()
    with open(file, "rb") as f:
        for chunk in iter(lambda: f.read(4096), b""):
            md5hash.update(chunk)
    return md5hash.hexdigest()
```python

def md5(file):
    md5hash = hashlib.md5()
    with open(file, "rb") as f:
        for chunk in iter(lambda: f.read(4096), b""):
            md5hash.update(chunk)
    return md5hash.hexdigest()

Unordered lists

* one
* two
* three

• one
• two
• three

Nested unordered lists

* fruits
  + apples
    - macintosh
    - red delicious
  + pears
  + peaches
* vegetables
  + broccoli
  + chard

• fruits
  • apples
    • macintosh
    • red delicious
  • pears
  • peaches
• vegetables
  • broccoli
  • chard

Ordered lists

1.  one
2.  two
3.  three

1. one
2. two
3. three

Horizontal rules

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Tables

  Right     Left     Center     Default
-------     ------ ----------   -------
     12     12        12            12
    123     123       123          123
      1     1          1             1

Table:  Demonstration of simple table syntax.

Inline formatting

This text is _emphasized with underscores_, and this
is *emphasized with asterisks*.

This text is emphasized with underscores, and this is emphasized with asterisks.

This is **strong emphasis** and __with underscores__.

This is strong emphasis and with underscores.

This ~~is deleted text.~~

This is deleted text.

Superscripts and subscripts

H~2~O is a liquid.  2^10^ is 1024.

H₂O is a liquid. 2¹⁰ is 1024.