Every time I sit down to write something with Markdown, I end up screwing up half of the formatting syntax. I inevitably reverse the image link/description tags, or confuse italic with bold. I'd have to skim through a 25 page Markdown formatting document, trying to find the right syntax. By the time I found the right tags, I forgot what I wanted to write.

Bug is written with visual mnemonics, so it's a bit easier to remember the syntax. And the syntax follows consistent rules.

In fact, it's so simple that all of the characters you use to format build a little flying bug:

         {`}
        ~-#*>
         [']

Bug is a BYOB markup language: Build-Your-Own-Bugup. You can change the markup symbols to anything you like, and the syntax parser will automagically convert them into html tags.

Formatting Quick-Reference

Bold

**Bold text** uses two sets of asterisks.

Italic

~~Italic text~~ uses two sets of tildes.

Center

--Centered text-- uses two sets of hyphens.

Blockquote

>>>Blockquoted text>>> uses two sets of greater-than signs.

Hyperlink

Hyperlinks are made by wrapping [the.website.domain]{and the link's description} using square brackets for the url, and curlybraces for the description.

You can also make a "local" hyperlink (one that refers to pages on your kiki site) with a simple [page_name].

Images

An image with an alt-description is inserted with: #[tomodashi.com/images/bug.png]{an illustration of a bug} using a pound sign and square brackets for the url, and curlybraces for the description.

Preformatted

'''

Preformatted text 
   can
      appear on multiple
  lines and uses
two sets of three 
     single-quotes.

'''

Code

```

Lines
of code
use two sets of 
three accent graves (backticks).

```

  _______/\../\ 
/       . ◡  ◡  
\ _____=>  Y  =<
  -------w~~w-;