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6 Markdown.pl - Convert Markdown syntax to (X)HTML
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9 This program is distributed as part of Perl's Text::Markdown module,
10 illustrating sample usage.
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12 Markdown can be invoked on any file containing Markdown-syntax, and
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18 Absolutely _nothing_ to see here. _Just a **test**_!
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21 * Yup, test.
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23 <p>This is a <em>test</em>.</p>
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25 <p>Absolutely <em>nothing</em> to see here. <em>Just a <strong>test</strong></em>!</p>
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28 <li>test</li>
29 <li>Yup, test.</li>
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32 If no file is specified, it will expect its input from STDIN:
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35 <p>A <strong>simple</strong> test</p>
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41 shortversion
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45 Produce HTML 4-style tags instead of XHTML - XHTML requires
46 elements that do not wrap a block (i.e. the "hr" tag) to state they
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55 help
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59 Copyright 2004 John Gruber
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61 Copyright 2008 Tomas Doran
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63 The manpage was written by Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> for its use
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66 For full licensing information, please refer to Text::Markdown.pm's
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70 Text::Markdown, <http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/>
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