How do I display local image in markdown?

Question

Does anyone know how to display a local image in markdown? I don\'t want to setup a webserver for that.

I try the following in markdown, but it doesn\'t work:

Answer 1

Adding a local image worked for me by like so: ![alt text](file://IMG_20181123_115829.jpg)

Without the file:// prefix it did not work (Win10, Notepad++ with MarkdownViewer++ addon)

Edit: I found out it also works with html tags, and that is way better:

Edit2: In Atom editor it only works without the file:// prefix. What a mess.