An h1 header
Paragraphs are separated by a blank line.
2nd paragraph. Italic, bold, and monospace. Itemized lists
look like:
- this one
- that one
- the other one
Note that --- not considering the asterisk --- the actual text content starts at 4-columns in.
Block quotes are written like so.
They can span multiple paragraphs, if you like.
Use 3 dashes for an em-dash. Use 2 dashes for ranges (ex., "it's all in chapters 12--14"). Three dots ... will be converted to an ellipsis. Unicode is supported. ☺
An h2 header
Here's a numbered list:
- first item
- second item
- third item
An h3 header
Now a nested list:
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First, get these ingredients:
- carrots
- celery
- lentils
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Boil some water.
Here's a link to a website, to a local doc, and to a section heading in the current doc. Here's a footnote 1.
Here's a definition list:
- apples
- Good for making applesauce. oranges
- Citrus! tomatoes
- There's no "e" in tomatoe.
Again, text is indented 4 spaces. (Put a blank line between each term/definition pair to spread things out more.)
Here's a "line block":
| Line one | Line too | Line tree
and images can be specified like so:

Inline math equations go in like so: $\omega = d\phi / dt$. Display math should get its own line and be put in in double-dollarsigns:
$$I = \int \rho R^{2} dV$$
And note that you can backslash-escape any punctuation characters which you wish to be displayed literally, ex.: `foo`, *bar*, etc.
Footnotes
Footnote 1 link[^first].
Footnote 2 link[^second].
Inline footnote^[Text of inline footnote] definition.
Duplicated footnote reference[^second].
[^first]: Footnote **can have markup**
and multiple paragraphs.
[^second]: Footnote text.
Footnote 1 link1.
Footnote 2 link2.
Inline footnote3 definition.
Duplicated footnote reference2.
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Footnote can have markup
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