Github markdown escape checkbox mark

Question

I am pretty new to markdown and I couldn't find an answer to this problem: On github, when doing: * \[X], a checkbox checked is appearing. Is there any way to get this output (the star is the puce of the list) * [X] ? I could try to use an unicode char to represent a similar X, but I'd rather have something more clean.

Thank you.

On my markdown, I have two lines which output two different things : * \[X]: Plugin for firefox Which work correctly even without backslack, and the other one : * \[X] [TamperData]: modify and tamper HTTP requests which does'nt work, [TamperData] is a link referenced later in the markdown. — laxa
– laxa, Commented Jan 7, 2016 at 18:21

mgarciaisaia · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-06 22:12:46Z

You have to write - [X] Sample for getting a checked checkbox - I didn't get one typing \[X] Sample nor [X] Sample.

If you want to escape that, you can just do \- [X] Sample.

I've just tested that using the Preview tab, and it works. If the actual result is different, that should be an issue.

I have updated my question. This is in a list with a star, you can check the page there.
I have tried * \[X] and *\* [X] and they both don't work (at least in the preview editor).

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