paragraphs formatted to fit within 60 characters:

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This is some text in the first paragraph.

  An indented paragraph with just two lines.

The third paragraph. It is followed by some random lines

with spurious spaces.

No indention here, despite the uneven left margin.

  Only the left-most line (this line!) is significant for

  the indentation

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paragraphs formatted to fit within 30 characters:

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This is some text in the first

paragraph.

  An indented paragraph with

  just two lines.

The third paragraph. It is

followed by some random lines

with spurious spaces.

No indention here, despite the

uneven left margin.

  Only the left-most line

  (this line!) is significant

  for the indentation

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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.

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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.

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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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