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This article provides a basic feature comparison for several lightweight markup languages. See list of lightweight markup languages for relevant links.
Comparison of Syntax
Text/font-face formatting
Language | Bold | Italic | Monospace (teletype) | Notes | |
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Almost Free Text | _bold text_
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''italic text''
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|monospace text|
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Formatting will not occur across line breaks unless the first formatting character is the first character on the line. | |
BBCode | [b]bold text[/b]
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[i]italic text[/i]
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[code]monospace text[/code]
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Formatting works across line breaks. | |
Markdown | **bold text** or |
*italic text* or |
Non-monospace text
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Markdown doesn't use bold and italic tags, but rather em (typically italic) and strong (typically bold) tags.Monospace text is created by indenting that line 4 spaces or one tab character, or enclosing text in backticks: |
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o7aCode | '''bold text'''
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''italic text''
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°°°
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o7aCode uses em (typically italic) and strong (typically bold) tags.All attributes of all markups can be filled in. | |
POD | B<bold text>
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I<italic text>
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C<monospace text>
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Indented text is also shown as monospaced code. | |
reStructuredText | **bold text**
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*italic text*
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``monospace text``
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Textile | *bold text*
or |
_italic text_
or |
@monospace text@
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Textile uses em (typically italic) and strong (typically bold) tags
on single symbols, and | |
Texy! | **bold text**
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*italic text* or
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`monospace text`
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Texy uses by default em (typically italic) and strong (typically bold) tags. It is possible to configure library to use another tags.
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txt2tags | **bold text**
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//italic text//
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``monospace text``
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MediaWiki | '''bold text'''
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''italic text''
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<code>monospace text</code>
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Section headers
Language | Format | Notes |
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Almost Free Text | * Level 1 Header
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Up to 4 levels |
BBCode | Does not support section headers | |
Markdown | # Level 1 Header
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You can optionally "close" the #-style headers with an equal number of #'s. The #-style headers support up to 6 levels. The = and - style headers support only the two shown. |
o7aCode | = Level 3 Header =
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The title first level can be set (by default : 3). |
POD | =head1 Level 1 heading
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reStructuredText | Chapter 1 Title
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Any of the following characters can be used as the "underline": = - ` : ' " ~ ^ _ * + # < > . The same character must be used for the same indentation level and may not be used for a new indentation level.
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Textile | h1. Level 1 Header
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Up to 6 levels |
Texy! | ### Level 1 Header
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You can optionally "close" the #-style headers with an equal number of #'s. The #-style headers support up to 6 levels. The underlined style headers support four levels (### *** === ----). Real levels are calculated dynamically. |
txt2tags | = Level 1 Header =
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Using + characters instead of = characters creates numbered headers (the default being unnumbered).
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MediaWiki | == Level 2 Header ==
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= is available for level 1 header, but its use is discouraged in Wikipedia (reserved for page title). More = are possible, up to 6. |
Link Syntax
Language | Syntax | Notes |
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Almost Free Text | [Link text (http://www.example.com)]
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Also has support for targeting references within the same text, not just URLs. |
BBCode | [url]http://www.example.com[/url]
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Some BBCode implementations can auto-parse URLs as well and convert them to a elements.
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Markdown | [Link text](http://www.example.com "optional title attribute")
or |
Allows for an optional title attribute.
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o7aCode | [http://o7aCode.net/ :: official website of o7aCode :: en]o7aCode[/]
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All attributes can be filled in (href, title, lang ...). The last example allows to make a link to a wikipedia article. |
POD | L</Internal Link>
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The core POD standard does not support external links with titles. |
reStructuredText | `Link text <http://www.example.com/>`_
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Can also be done in a non-embedded format which may be seen as more readable. |
Textile | "Link text (optional title attribute)":http://www.example.com
or |
Allows for an optional title attribute.
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Texy! | "Link text .(optional title)[opt. class or ID]{opt. style}":http://www.example.com
or |
Texy! modifiers allows for an optional title attribute, CSS classes, ID, inline style and HTML element attributes. Example: "Link .(title)[class#id]{color: blue;rel:nofollow}"
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txt2tags | [[Link text www.example.com]]
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MediaWiki | [[Internal page]]
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Wikitext can auto-parse URLs as well and convert them to a elements.
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Comparison of language features
A lot of this was taken from http://bluebones.net/2005/02/humane-text-formats/
Language | HTML export tool | HTML import tool | Tables | Link titles | class attribute | id attribute | Exportable formats | License |
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Almost Free Text | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | HTML, LaTeX, lout, DocBook, RTF | Clarified Artistic License |
BBCode | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
Markdown | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | XHTML | BSD-style & GPL (both) |
o7aCode | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | XHTML HTML ... | ? |
POD | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
reStructuredText | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | auto | Latex, XML, PseudoXML, HTML | Python License |
Textile | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | XHTML | Textile License |
Texy! | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | XHTML or HTML (always valid wellformed code) | GNU GPL v2 License |
txt2tags | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | HTML, XHTML, SGML, LaTeX, Lout, UNIX man, MoinMoin, MagicPoint, PageMaker | GPL |
MediaWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | GNU GPL |