paragraphs formatted to fit within 60 characters:

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This is some text in the first paragraph.

  A small indented paragraph. It is followed by some lines

  containing random whitespace.

The third and final paragraph.

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paragraphs formatted to fit within 30 characters:

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This is some text in the first

paragraph.

  A small indented paragraph.

  It is followed by some lines

  containing random

  whitespace.

The third and final paragraph.

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definitions formatted to fit within 60 characters:

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A Term

  Definition. The indented lines make up the definition.

Another Term

    Another definition. The final line in the definition

    determines the indentation, so this will be indented

    with four spaces.

  A Nested/Indented Term

    Definition.

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definitions formatted to fit within 30 characters:

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A Term

  Definition. The indented

  lines make up the

  definition.

Another Term

    Another definition. The

    final line in the

    definition determines the

    indentation, so this will

    be indented with four

    spaces.

  A Nested/Indented Term

    Definition.

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literals formatted to fit within 60 characters:

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The fully minimized form is the most convenient form:

  Hello

    literal

      world

In the partially minimized form a paragraph simply ends with

space-double-colon.

  ////////////////////////////////////////

  long un-wrapped line in a literal block

  \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

  This literal block is started with '::',

    the so-called expanded form. The paragraph

      with '::' disappears in the final output.

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literals formatted to fit within 30 characters:

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The fully minimized form is

the most convenient form:

  Hello

    literal

      world

In the partially minimized

form a paragraph simply ends

with space-double-colon.

  ////////////////////////////////////////

  long un-wrapped line in a literal block

  \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

  This literal block is started with '::',

    the so-called expanded form. The paragraph

      with '::' disappears in the final output.

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lists formatted to fit within 60 characters:

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- This is the first list item.

  Second paragraph in the first list item.

- List items need not be separated by a blank line.

- And will be rendered without one in any case.

We can have indented lists:

  - This is an indented list item

  - Another indented list item:

      - A literal block in the middle

            of an indented list.

      (The above is not a list item since we are in the literal block.)

  Literal block with no indentation (apart from

  the two spaces added to all literal blocks).

1. This is an enumerated list (first item).

2. Continuing with the second item.

(1) foo

(2) bar

1) Another

2) List

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lists formatted to fit within 30 characters:

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- This is the first list item.

  Second paragraph in the

  first list item.

- List items need not be

  separated by a blank line.

- And will be rendered without

  one in any case.

We can have indented lists:

  - This is an indented list

    item

  - Another indented list

    item:

      - A literal block in the middle

            of an indented list.

      (The above is not a list item since we are in the literal block.)

  Literal block with no indentation (apart from

  the two spaces added to all literal blocks).

1. This is an enumerated list

   (first item).

2. Continuing with the second

   item.

(1) foo

(2) bar

1) Another

2) List

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options formatted to fit within 60 characters:

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There is support for simple option lists, but only with long

options:

--all      Output all.

--both     Output both (this description is quite long).

--long     Output all day long.

--par      This option has two paragraphs in its

           description. This is the first.

           This is the second.  Blank lines may be omitted

           between options (as above) or left in (as here).

The next paragraph looks like an option list, but lacks the

two-space marker after the option. It is treated as a normal

paragraph:

--foo bar baz

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options formatted to fit within 30 characters:

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There is support for simple

option lists, but only with

long options:

--all      Output all.

--both     Output both (this

           description is

           quite long).

--long     Output all day

           long.

--par      This option has two

           paragraphs in its

           description. This

           is the first.

           This is the second.

           Blank lines may be

           omitted between

           options (as above)

           or left in (as

           here).

The next paragraph looks like

an option list, but lacks the

two-space marker after the

option. It is treated as a

normal paragraph:

--foo bar baz

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fields formatted to fit within 60 characters:

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a   First item.

ab  Second item. Indentation and wrapping is handled

    automatically.

Next list:

small       The larger key below triggers full indentation

            here.

much too large

            This key is big enough to get its own line.

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fields formatted to fit within 30 characters:

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a   First item.

ab  Second item. Indentation

    and wrapping is handled

    automatically.

Next list:

small       The larger key

            below triggers

            full indentation

            here.

much too large

            This key is big

            enough to get its

            own line.

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