Textile

http://mowens.com supports Textile, "A Humane Web Text Generator," and utilizes a customized version of the Textile PHP class to make your comments pretty, usable, and "humane." The following Textile usages are supported.

Phrase modifiers:

_emphasis_
*strong*
__italic__
**bold**
??citation??
-deleted text-
+inserted text+
^^superscript^
~_subscript~
%span%
@code@

Block modifiers:

hn. heading
bq. Blockquote
fnn. Footnote
p. Paragraph
bc. Block code
pre. Pre-formatted
# Numeric list
* Bulleted list

Links:

"linktext":http://…

Please note that all links will get the 'nofollow' treatment.

Punctuation:

"quotes" → “quotes”
'quotes' → ‘quotes’
it's → it’s
em -- dash → em — dash
en - dash → en – dash
2 x 4 → 2 × 4
foo(tm) → foo™
foo(r) → foo®
foo(c) → foo©

Acronyms:

ABC(Always Be Closing)

Footnotes:

See foo[1].

fn1. Foo.