Message Formatting

Diaspora supports a number of ways to format messages. These are basically a part of the description language Markdown.

Links

Full URLs, for example http://example.org , are automatically converted into links. This also works for ftp:// like ftp://example.org . Furthermore, everything starting with www. is converted into a link, for example www.example.org.

For more control, the Markdown syntax also allows the link to be named. For example

[Official Website](http://example.org)

is Official Website. Key point: square brackets before round.

Text formatting

*Italic Text*

becomes "Italic Text".

**Bold Text**

becomes "Bold Text".

***Bold Italic Text***

becomes "Bold Italic Text".

Similarly, we can also use "_":

___Bold Italic Text___

This allows for nesting:

_Italic **Bold** Text_

becomes "Italic Bold Text".

If needed, a "*" or "_" inside the text can be escaped with the "" character:

__Use Two \_ for Bold Text__

becomes "Use Two _ for Bold Text". Of course, this can also be used to prevent formatting:

\_Italic_ \**Bold**

becomes "_Italic_ *Bold*".

(Translated from http://wiki.spored.de/w/Nachrichten_formatieren)