Are you putting spaces between ] and ( ? You shouldn't.
ajh
On Jan 13, 2012, at 9:52 AM, "R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar" <chyavana
at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Folks,
>
> I am just starting out with Markdown and am trying to get two elements
working:
>
> (1) An inline HTML link; and
>
> (2) An inline mailto: link
>
> as shown in the text below:
>
> We invite you to [browse] (http://academy.swanlotus.com/index.html) this
website. Take a look and see if you find anything useful. And do [drop us a
line] (mailto:feedback at swanlotus.com) with your comments for improvement.
>
> I tried it out on Dingus and failed to get the expected HTML version like:
>
> We invite you to <a
href="http://academy.swanlotus.com/index.html">browse</a>
this website. Take a look and see if you find anything useful. And do <a
href="mailto:feedback at swanlotus.com">drop us a line</a>
with your comments for improvement.
>
> Instead, Dingus gave me:
>
> We invite you to [browse] (http://academy.swanlotus.com/index.html) this
website. Take a look and see if you find anything useful. And do [drop us a
line] (mailto:feedback at swanlotus.com) with your comments for improvement.
>
> This is my first experience with Markdown, although I am conversant with
HTML and very conversant with LaTeX.
>
> What am I doing wrong and why am I not getting the expected HTML markup?
>
> FYI, I am on Kubuntu 11.10 using Markdown, version 1.0.1 from the standard
.deb package.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Chandra
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