# markdown ## background - John Gruber's [markdown]( http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ ) ## howto - Mark Boszko's [cheat sheet]( http://stationinthemetro.com/apps-and-scripts/markdown-cheat-sheet ) Name markdown files xxxxx**.md** ## software (if needed) - *MarkDrop* by Culturezoo, in the Mac App Store - *TextWrangler* by Bare Bones Software, in the Mac App Store - search for *Markdown editor* in the [chrome webstore](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions) - *emacs*, standard on linux; easy to find for windows and Mac. - *gedit*, near-standard on linux, and comes with a markdown mode. ## embedded math See [markdown_with_math.md](markdown_with_math.md).