Ar_D, A beginner to Synfig!👋

Hello, I am Ar.
I am a very good video editor and I use Vegas Pro, Hitfilm Pro and Express, and shotcut currently. However, I wanted to learn 2D animation as just a hobby, and then I came to know about Synfig. I wanted to start here being friendly and helpful, So, I have collected this information from various sites and places for Tools for the Forum. Markdown, BBCode, and HTML formatting.

Edit BobSynfig: As a reminder, for your safety, always be careful when you download and open an office document from an untrusted source, it might contain macros and viruses, and cause damages to you computer. I don’t say it is the case here but it is a general safety advice!
Edit:- (I Understood :wink:)

By the information you could create nice looking posts in this forum.

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Tools for the Forum. Markdown, BBCode, and HTML formatting

Most of the time, the editors’ buttons are all we need to format the text we write on the forum. But there are many other options you can use to embellish your posts, add clarity to your texts, or change the layout of your posts.

So here’s a list of tags and codes you need to format your text manually, or to insert those other options.


Table of Content

Mardown & BBCode formating

Text Formatting

Font color

Headings

Lists

Tables

Blockquotes

Codes Formatting

Horizontal line

Additional features, using HTML tags

Table of Content

Mimic keyboard keys or buttons

Small text

Abbreviations

Insertions and deletions

Non-breaking space

Tabulation

 


Text Formatting

    BOLD

    |Syntax||Result|

    |-|-|-|

    |**bold**|=| bold|

    |__bold__|=|bold|

    ITALIC

    |Syntax||Result|

    |-|-|-|

    |*italic*|=| italic|

    |_italic_|=|italic|

    BOLD & ITALIC combo

    |Syntax||Result|

    |-|-|-|

    |_**italic and bold**_|=|italic and bold|

    STRIKE-THROUGH

    |Syntax||Result|

    |-|-|-|

    |~~strike-through~~|=| strike-through|

    Alternatively, BBCode syntax can be used

    |Syntax|Result|

    |-|-|

    |[b]bold[/b]| bold|

    |[i]italic[/i]| italic|

    |[u]underline[/u]| underline|

    |[s]strike-through[/s]| strike-through|

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Font color

Font color is not natively supported by the forum.

 

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Headings

    Syntax:

    # H1

    ## H2

    ### H3

    #### H4

    ##### H5

    ###### H6

    Results:

    H1

    H2

    H3

    H4

    H5
    H6

 

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Lists

  Unordered list

    Syntax

    Example of unordered list

    * Item one

    * item two

    * Item three

    OR

    Example of unordered list

    - Item one

    - item two

    - Item three

    Result

    Example of unordered list

    • Item one

    • item two

    • Item three

  Ordered list

    Syntax:

    Example of ordered list

    1. Item one

    2. Item two

       * Sub-item one (sub-lists are offset by three spaces)

       * Sub-item two

    3. Item three

    4. Item four

    Result:

    Example of ordered list

    1. Item one

    2. Item two

      • Sub-item one (sub-lists are offset by three spaces)

      • Sub-item two

    3. Item three

    4. Item four

 

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Tables

NOTE - The easiest way to get a table into the forum is to create a table in an spreadsheet, then copy & paste that table into the editor window. Discourse (the forum) natively handles the format change and makes creating a table much easier. Excel and Google Sheets work great using this method.

    A table needs at least these first two lines to exist:

    • First line = Column tittles.

    • Second line = Separator.

    Syntax:

    |Name|Occupation|Brith place|

    |-|-|-|

    |John|Taxi driver|Chicago|

    |Andrea|Writer|Milan|

    |Guillaume|Developer|Paris|

    Result:

    |Name|Occupation|Place of birth|

    |-|-|-|

    |John|Taxi driver|Chicago|

    |Andrea|Writer|Milan|

    |Guillaume|Developer|Paris|

 

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Blockquotes

You can manually create quotes by adding a greater than sign (>) in front of a line.

    Example #1 - Short line of text:

    Syntax

    > This is a quote.

    Result

    This is a quote.

    Example #2 - Long line of text (without line breaks):

    Syntax:

    > This is a long line of text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec eget laoreet nulla, a viverra sapien. Quisque ante libero, commodo vel erat nec, dictum aliquet lorem. Aliquam id lorem non nibh tempus blandit gravida eget massa. Vestibulum tristique imperdiet tincidunt. Fusce dignissim suscipit convallis.

    Result:

    This is a long line of text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec eget laoreet nulla, a viverra sapien. Quisque ante libero, commodo vel erat nec, dictum aliquet lorem. Aliquam id lorem non nibh tempus blandit gravida eget massa. Vestibulum tristique imperdiet tincidunt. Fusce dignissim suscipit convallis.

 

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Code Formatting

  Inline code formatting

  Use backticks (`) before and after a section of codes

  Do Alt+NumPad 9+NumPad 6 to type a backtick.

    Syntax:

    ˋfor (var i = 0; i < 6; i ++)ˋ

    Result:

    for (var i = 0; i < 6; i ++)

    Variant - Inside a normal line of text:

    Syntax:

    normal text ˋpreformat textˋ. normal text

    Result

    normal text preformat text normal text.

    NOTE: If you use it for an entire paragraph or a long line of text or code, the width of the text will not exceed the width of the page and will be displayed on multiple lines. Like this:

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer in maximus felis, ut tempor augue. Nunc sit amet nulla quis enim posuere aliquam eleifend vel diam.

    To show the entire text in one single line (with a scroll bar), instead of using the backticks, create an blank line, then place 4 blank spaces before the text. It will look like this:

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer in maximus felis, ut tempor augue. Nunc sit amet nulla quis enim posuere aliquam eleifend vel diam. 
    

  

  Block of code with multiple lines

  Insert 3 backticks before and 3 backticks after your lines of code

    Syntax:

    ˋˋˋ

    p { font-family: ‘Arial’; color: #ffffff; }

    table { border-width: 0px; border-color:#000000; }

    td { border-width: 1px; border-color:#000000; }

    ˋˋˋ

    Result:

    
    p { font-family: 'Arial'; color: #ffffff; } 
    
    table { border-width: 0px; border-color:#000000; } 
    
    td { border-width: 1px; border-color:#000000; } 
    
    

 

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Horizontal line

Three consecutive dashes ---, asterisks *** or underscores ___ placed under a blank line will create a horizontal line

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Additional features, using HTML tags.

Add a Table of Content

This is not a native feature of the Discourse forums, but you can manually create a table of content by using HTML headings and ID instead of the ## Markup heading syntax.

Make sure the ID is always prefixed with heading- -

    Example of a table of content

    Syntax

    ### The Hobbit: Table of Content

    [Chapter 1 - An Unexpected Party](#heading--first-header)

    [Chapter 2 - Roast Mutton](#heading--second-header)

    [Chapter 3 - A Short Rest](#heading--third-header)

    [Chapter 4 - Over Hill and Under Hill](#heading--fourth-header)

    <h3 id="heading--first-header">Chapter 1 - An Unexpected Party</h3>

    Bla bla bla

    <h3 id="heading--second-header">Chapter 2 - Roast Mutton</h3>

    Bla bla bla

    <h3 id="heading--third-header">Chapter 3 - A Short Rest</h3>

    Bla bla bla, and bla

    <h3 id="heading--fourth-header">Chapter 4 - Over Hill and Under Hill</h3>

    Bla bla end

    Result:

    The Hobbit: Table of Content

    Chapter 1 - An Unexpected Party

    Chapter 2 - Roast Mutton

    Chapter 3 - A Short Rest

    Chapter 4 - Over Hill and Under Hill

    Chapter 1 - An Unexpected Party

    Bla bla bla

    Chapter 2 - Roast Mutton

    Bla bla bla

    Chapter 3 - A Short Rest

    Bla bla bla, and bla

    Chapter 4 - Over Hill and Under Hill

    Bla bla end

 

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Mimic keyboard keys or buttons

    |Syntax|Result|

    |–|–|

    |<kbd>A</kbd>|A|

    |<kbd>Shift</kbd>|Shift|

    |<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd>|Ctrl+C

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Small text

    |Syntax|Result|

    |–|–|

    |Normal text|Normal text|

    |<small>Small text</small>|Small text

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Abbreviations

This tag allows to define abbreviations, and the long form will be shown when hovering over the text.

    Syntax

    The new <abbr title="Video User Interface">VUI</abbr> is very useful.

    Result

    The new VUI is very useful.

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Insertions and deletions.

Used to explicitly show changes made to a text or to propose change to a text. I guess this can be used also to highlight text. It has nothing to do with a post’s edit history feature.

    Syntax

    A Shotcut project is saved as a <del>.mtl</del> <ins>.mlt</ins> file

    Result

    A Shotcut project is saved as a .mtl .mlt file

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Non-breaking space

    Useful to create blank spaces inside your text, or vertical space when placed on its own line.

    Syntax

    &nbsp;&nbsp; Line starting with two blank spaces

    &nbsp; Line starting with one blank space

    Line with no blank space

    Result

       Line starting with two blank spaces

      Line starting with one blank space

    Line with no blank space

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Tabulation

Mimic tabulation by using list tags like <ul></ul> or <ol></ol> without their <li> elements. This is useful to indent an entire paragraph or an image.

    NOTE: Always put a blank line under <ul> and under </ul>

    Syntax

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum maximus tristique nisl, vulputate mattis lacus molestie vel. Vivamus vulputate elit nibh, id finibus purus egestas sit amet.

    <ul>

    Vestibulum venenatis mollis varius. Nullam eleifend sollicitudin odio, viverra venenatis ante venenatis ac.

    </ul>

    Pellentesque eleifend magna id metus vestibulum porta.

    Result

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum maximus tristique nisl, vulputate mattis lacus molestie vel. Vivamus vulputate elit nibh, id finibus purus egestas sit amet.

      Vestibulum venenatis mollis varius. Nullam eleifend sollicitudin odio, viverra venenatis ante venenatis ac convallis mauris.

    Pellentesque eleifend magna id metus vestibulum porta. Etiam tincidunt, est et pellentesque gravida, lacus urna convallis mauris, non condimentum mauris lorem quis ligula.

 

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I know it was very long information, but it is useful at the same time too!

Fun Fact:- I have done insane markdown, BBCode and HTML formatting in this post and it took me over 2.5 hours to write down the whole post and 6 days to get this much information.

And as I have Grammarly installed on chrome it made impossible to write the whole thing as it was suggesting me to change this and that whole time.

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Creation Of Polls

This forums doesn’t support polls for starting users (Maybe also for all users, However, I don’t know about all users as I am only a new user here) now, However, Other Discourse Forum Supports by clicking the gear icon and then polls.

But here is the code formatting that you can use to do so:-

[poll type=regular results=always public=true chartType=bar]

# Example

* Example 1

* Example 2

* Example 3

* Example 4

* Example 5

[/poll]

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I hope this remark about safety would not be considered breaking laws of your country by harassing an individual… :wink:

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