Color in the markdown documentation?

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Hi,

I am trying to write a README and there is a section that is important. I need to highlight the text in red, but I do not think this is supported. Is this correct?

Cheers.

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Since Markdown doesn’t support it, then it’s not going to be possible unless using some other kind of format. For example you can try what is suggested here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35465557/how-to-apply-color-on-text-in-markdown

you can probably just play around with various types of HTML to get it to how you want it to be, be it red text, or some other HTML effects. That can be added in markdown files and should display - at least in a web browser.

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Hi @iwalker

Thanks for your reply, that HTML does not work with our mark down for some reason, it appears the same color as normal text. What works is the latex snippet:

$\color{blue}{\text{some text}}$

Which is not ideal, but I guess it’s better than having it all black and white.

Cheers.

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