Markdown allows you write in a simple-to-read and easy-to–write plain text format. Then, it can be converted to structurally valid XHTML or HTML. Markdown is a combination of a plain text formatting syntax and a Perl software tool that converts plain text formatting into HTML. For more information on Markdown's formatting syntax, please refer to the Syntax page. You can test it right now using the online Dingus. The primary goal of Markdown's formatting syntax should be to make it as easy-to-read as possible. A Markdown-formatted document should look natural and unmodified. Although Markdown's syntax has been influenced a number of existing text-toHTML filters, the most important source of inspiration for Markdown is the plain text email format.