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Is there a syntax for links with no text in Markdown?

I want to write 

http://www.foo.com/

and get a link with the URL as the text (e.g., in HTML output). I do not want to write 

[http://www.foo.com/](http://www.foo.com/)

Is it possible?

Solution

  • Yes, here is the relevant section of the documentation:

    AUTOMATIC LINKS

    Markdown supports a shortcut style for creating “automatic” links for URLs and email addresses: simply surround the URL or email address with angle brackets. What this means is that if you want to show the actual text of a URL or email address, and also have it be a clickable link, you can do this:

    <http://example.com/>

    Markdown will turn this into:

    <a href="http://example.com/">http://example.com/</a>