John Gruber akasika mutauro weMarkdown muna 2004 achibatsirana naAaron Swartz pa syntax, nechinangwa chekugonesa vanhu "kunyora vachishandisa nyore kuverenga uye nyore kunyora plain text format, zvichida kuishandura kuva XHTML (kana HTML)". Chinangwa chayo chikuru chekugadzira ndechekuverengera <unk> kuti mutauro uve unoverengwa sezvauri, pasina kutarisa sekunge wakaratidzwa nemirairo kana mafomati, kusiyana nemanyoro akaiswa nemutauro wekumaka, senge Rich Text Format (RTF) kana HTML, iyo ine ma tag akajeka uye mafomati emirairo. Kuti izvi zviitike, kurudziro yayo huru ndeye zvibvumirano zviripo zvekumaka zvinyorwa muzvinyorwa zveemail, kunyangwe ichitorawo kubva mumitauro yekumaka yapfuura, kunyanya, SetTexture, uye rectStreet.Text yakanyorwa nePerltruuber, zvichida ichishandurwa kuita XHTML (kana HTML). Inogona kuverengerwa seyakasiyana-siyana, pasina kutaridzika sekunge yakaratidzwa nemirairaira kana mafomati, kusiyana nemanyoro akaiswa nemutauro aka
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