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

Another possibility for not displayed local image is unintentional indent of the image reference - spaces before ![alt text](file).

This makes it 'code block' instead of 'image inclusion'. Just remove the leading spaces.