` tags in the HTML output. For example, this input: + + * Bird + * Magic + +will turn into: + +
Bird
Magic
+
+
+It's worth noting that it's possible to trigger an ordered list by
+accident, by writing something like this:
+
+ 1986. What a great season.
+
+In other words, a *number-period-space* sequence at the beginning of a
+line. To avoid this, you can backslash-escape the period:
+
+ 1986\. What a great season.
+
+
+
+
+Code Blocks
+-----------
+
+Pre-formatted code blocks are used for writing about programming or
+markup source code. Rather than forming normal paragraphs, the lines
+of a code block are interpreted literally. Markdown wraps a code block
+in both `` and `` tags.
+
+To produce a code block in Markdown, simply indent every line of the
+block by at least 4 spaces or 1 tab. For example, given this input:
+
+ This is a normal paragraph:
+
+ This is a code block.
+
+Markdown will generate:
+
+ This is a normal paragraph:
+
+ This is a code block.
+
+
+One level of indentation -- 4 spaces or 1 tab -- is removed from each
+line of the code block. For example, this:
+
+ Here is an example of AppleScript:
+
+ tell application "Foo"
+ beep
+ end tell
+
+will turn into:
+
+ Here is an example of AppleScript:
+
+ tell application "Foo"
+ beep
+ end tell
+
+
+A code block continues until it reaches a line that is not indented
+(or the end of the article).
+
+Within a code block, ampersands (`&`) and angle brackets (`<` and `>`)
+are automatically converted into HTML entities. This makes it very
+easy to include example HTML source code using Markdown -- just paste
+it and indent it, and Markdown will handle the hassle of encoding the
+ampersands and angle brackets. For example, this:
+
+
+
+will turn into:
+
+ <div class="footer">
+ © 2004 Foo Corporation
+ </div>
+
+
+Regular Markdown syntax is not processed within code blocks. E.g.,
+asterisks are just literal asterisks within a code block. This means
+it's also easy to use Markdown to write about Markdown's own syntax.
+
+
+
+
+Span Elements
+=============
+
+
+Links
+-----
+
+Markdown supports two style of links: *inline* and *reference*.
+
+In both styles, the link text is delimited by [square brackets].
+
+To create an inline link, use a set of regular parentheses immediately
+after the link text's closing square bracket. Inside the parentheses,
+put the URL where you want the link to point, along with an *optional*
+title for the link, surrounded in quotes. For example:
+
+ This is [an example](http://example.com/ "Title") inline link.
+
+ [This link](http://example.net/) has no title attribute.
+
+Will produce:
+
+ This is
+ an example inline link.
+
+ This link has no
+ title attribute.
+
+If you're referring to a local resource on the same server, you can
+use relative paths:
+
+ See my [About](/about/) page for details.
+
+Reference-style links use a second set of square brackets, inside
+which you place a label of your choosing to identify the link:
+
+ This is [an example][id] reference-style link.
+
+You can optionally use a space to separate the sets of brackets:
+
+ This is [an example] [id] reference-style link.
+
+Then, anywhere in the document, you define your link label like this,
+on a line by itself:
+
+ [id]: http://example.com/ "Optional Title Here"
+
+That is:
+
+* Square brackets containing the link identifier (optionally
+ indented from the left margin using up to three spaces);
+* followed by a colon;
+* followed by one or more spaces (or tabs);
+* followed by the URL for the link;
+* optionally followed by a title attribute for the link, enclosed
+ in double or single quotes, or enclosed in parentheses.
+
+The following three link definitions are equivalent:
+
+ [foo]: http://example.com/ "Optional Title Here"
+ [foo]: http://example.com/ 'Optional Title Here'
+ [foo]: http://example.com/ (Optional Title Here)
+
+**Note:** There is a known bug in Markdown.pl 1.0.1 which prevents
+single quotes from being used to delimit link titles.
+
+The link URL may, optionally, be surrounded by angle brackets:
+
+ [id]: Use the printf() function.
+
+To include a literal backtick character within a code span, you can use
+multiple backticks as the opening and closing delimiters:
+
+ ``There is a literal backtick (`) here.``
+
+which will produce this:
+
+ There is a literal backtick (`) here.
+
+The backtick delimiters surrounding a code span may include spaces --
+one after the opening, one before the closing. This allows you to place
+literal backtick characters at the beginning or end of a code span:
+
+ A single backtick in a code span: `` ` ``
+
+ A backtick-delimited string in a code span: `` `foo` ``
+
+will produce:
+
+ A single backtick in a code span: `
+
+ A backtick-delimited string in a code span: `foo`
+
+With a code span, ampersands and angle brackets are encoded as HTML
+entities automatically, which makes it easy to include example HTML
+tags. Markdown will turn this:
+
+ Please don't use any `