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How to add color to Github's README.md file

I have a README.md file for my project underscore-cli, a pretty sweet tool for hacking JSON and JS on …

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Representing Directory & File Structure in Markdown Syntax

I want to describe directory & file structures in some of my Jekyll blog posts, does Markdown provide a neat …

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How to show math equations in general github's markdown(not github's blog)

After investigating, I've found mathjax can do this. But when I write some example in my markdown file, it doesn't …

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Markdown and image alignment

I am making a site that publishes articles in issues each month. It is straightforward, and I think using a …

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Superscript in markdown (Github flavored)?

Following this lead, I tried this in a Github README.md: <span style="vertical-align: baseline; position: relative;top: -0.5…

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How do I display local image in markdown?

Does anyone know how to display a local image in markdown? I don't want to setup a webserver for that. …

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Resize image in the wiki of GitHub using Markdown

I'm writing a wiki page on GitHub, and I'm using Markdown. My problem is that I'm putting a large image (…

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Create two blank lines in Markdown

I am adding Markdown support to my CMS editor. When writing Markdown content, how do I create two empty lines? …

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Get underlined text with Markdown

I am using BlueCloth as a Markdown library for Ruby, and I can't find any syntax for getting a text …

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How to embed a video into GitHub README.md?

Is it possible to embed a flash video into README.md on GitHub? It isn't showing up: https://github.com/…

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