There a just a few simple rules, see https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc I would add that verbatim text is sometimes

There a just a few simple rules, see https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc I would add that verbatim text is sometimes hard to read because it doesn't wrap long lines and small screens require the reader to scroll horizontally so try not to use it for large/wide blocks of text. Also bullet lists are usually written as separate, ordinary paragraphs for each item with an asterisk or dash as the paragraphs first character.