Markdown Export (The Org Manual)

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### 13.11 Markdown Export

The Markdown export back-end, “md”, converts an Org file to Markdown format, as defined at http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/.

Since it is built on top of the HTML back-end (see HTML Export), it converts every Org construct not defined in Markdown syntax, such as tables, to HTML.

#### Markdown export commands

`C-c C-e m m` (`org-md-export-to-markdown`)

  Export to a text file with Markdown syntax. For ‘`myfile.org`’, Org exports to ‘`myfile.md`’, overwritten without warning.

`C-c C-e m M` (`org-md-export-as-markdown`)

  Export to a temporary buffer. Does not create a file.

`C-c C-e m o`

  Export as a text file with Markdown syntax, then open it.

#### Header and sectioning structure

Based on `org-md-headline-style`, Markdown export can generate headlines of both atx and setext types. atx limits headline levels to two whereas setext limits headline levels to six. Beyond these limits, the export back-end converts headlines to lists. To set a limit to a level before the absolute limit (see Export Settings).