A no-frills guide to writing in Markdown. Covers everything from basic formatting to tables and Jekyll-specific features, with practical examples you can copy and use right away.

Markdown Tutorial

Basic Text Formatting

Plain text requires no special formatting.
**Bold text** uses double asterisks
*Italic text* uses single asterisks
***Bold and italic*** uses triple asterisks
~~Strikethrough~~ uses double tildes

Plain text requires no special formatting. Bold text uses double asterisks Italic text uses single asterisks Bold and italic uses triple asterisks Strikethrough uses double tildes

# H1 Header
## H2 Header
### H3 Header
#### H4 Header
##### H5 Header
###### H6 Header

Headers

H1 Header

H2 Header

H3 Header

H4 Header

H5 Header

H6 Header

Lists

• Item 1
• Item 2
  • Nested item 2.1
  • Nested item 2.2
• Item 3

1. First item
2. Second item
   1. Nested item 2.1
   2. Nested item 2.2
3. Third item

* Item 1
* Item 2
  * Nested item 2.1
  * Nested item 2.2
* Item 3

1. First item
2. Second item
   1. Nested item 2.1
   2. Nested item 2.2
3. Third item

Links and Images

Link text Link with title

[Link text](https://example.com)
[Link with title](https://example.com "Link title")
![Alt text for image](https://example.com/image.jpg)

Code

Inline code uses backticks

# Code block with syntax highlighting
def hello_world():
    print("Hello, World!")

Inline `code` uses backticks

```python
# Code block with syntax highlighting
def hello_world():
    print("Hello, World!")
```

Blockquotes

Single line blockquote

Multiline blockquote continues here

Nested blockquote

> Single line blockquote
>
> Multiline blockquote
> continues here
>> Nested blockquote

Tables

Header 1	Header 2
Cell 1	Cell 2
Cell 3	Cell 4

| Header 1 | Header 2 |
|----------|----------|
| Cell 1   | Cell 2   |
| Cell 3   | Cell 4   |

Task Lists

• Completed task
• Uncompleted task

- [x] Completed task
- [ ] Uncompleted task

Horizontal Rules

Three or more hyphens, asterisks, or underscores:

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Front Matter

---
layout: post
title: "Markdown Tutorial"
date: 2024-11-19
categories: [tutorials, markdown]
tags: [markdown, writing]
---

VSCode Vim Keybindings

Below are custom keybindings defined in keybindings.json, organized by category for clarity. These enhance productivity when using the Vim plugin in VSCode.

Navigation

• Ctrl + h/j/k/l — Move focus to the left/down/up/right editor group
• s h — Split editor horizontally
• s v — Split editor vertically
• space , — Show tab picker for all open editors
• space e — Toggle sidebar (and focus file explorer if hidden)
• tab / shift + tab — Cycle through tabs in the current group

File/Buffer Management

• space space — Quick file picker (fuzzy search)
• space b d — Close current editor (buffer)
• space b o — Close all other editors

Coding and Refactoring

• space c a — Code actions (e.g. quick fixes, refactors)
• space c r — Rename symbol under cursor
• space c s — Go to symbol in current file
• shift + k/j (VisualLine mode) — Move selected lines up/down
• shift + k (Normal mode) — Show hover information
• ctrl + n — Multi-cursor: select next occurrence

Search and Navigation

• space g d — Go to definition
• space g r — Find references
• space g i — Go to implementation
• space s g — Global search (find in files)

Git Integration

• space g g — Open and focus Git panel

Copilot (AI Suggestions)

• ctrl + y — Accept full inline suggestion
• cmd + → — Accept next word
• cmd + shift + → — Accept next line
• alt + ] / alt + [ — Show next/previous suggestion
• escape — Dismiss suggestion

File Explorer (Focus on Sidebar)

• a — Create new file
• r — Rename file/folder
• c / x / p — Copy / Cut / Paste file or folder
• d — Delete file/folder
• s — Open file in split pane
• shift + s — Open in vertical split below and close others
• enter — Open file or toggle folder (depending on selection)

Debugging

• space d a — Select and start debug config
• space d t — Stop debugging
• space d o — Step over
• space d c — Continue execution
• space d b — Toggle breakpoint
• space d e — Show debug hover

Miscellaneous

• space c c — Toggle VS Code chat (AI chat interface)

All shortcuts are active in Normal mode unless stated otherwise.