From 17eaaa6d4cdd9964b6f7d4f96c8020a8a8eb07ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Message-Id: <17eaaa6d4cdd9964b6f7d4f96c8020a8a8eb07ec.1680692739.git.yantar92@posteo.net> From: Ihor Radchenko Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 13:04:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] org-manual.org: Clarify the ox-md uses the original markdown spec * doc/org-manual.org (Markdown Export): Make it more clear that we are using the original Markdown spec. Link to Wikipedia article describing different Markdown favours. --- doc/org-manual.org | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org index 80a259184..9736bb3b7 100644 --- a/doc/org-manual.org +++ b/doc/org-manual.org @@ -14313,10 +14313,16 @@ ** Markdown Export The Markdown export back-end, "md", converts an Org file to Markdown format, as defined at https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/. +This is the original Markdown specification, developed by John Gruber +and Aaron Swartz. -Since it is built on top of the HTML back-end (see [[*HTML Export]]), it -converts every Org construct not defined in Markdown syntax, such as -tables, to HTML. +Since "md" back-end is built on top of the HTML back-end (see [[*HTML +Export]]), it converts every Org construct not defined in Markdown +syntax, such as tables, to HTML. + +Do note that the original markdown syntax has differences with other +commonly used Markdown flavors. See +https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown for more details. *** Markdown export commands :PROPERTIES: -- 2.40.0