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title: CommonMark Spec
author: John MacFarlane
version: 0.23
-date: 2015-12-29
+date: '2015-12-29'
license: '[CC-BY-SA 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)'
...
@@ -201,91 +201,94 @@ In the examples, the `→` character is used to represent tabs.
## Characters and lines
-Any sequence of [character]s is a valid CommonMark
+Any sequence of [characters] is a valid CommonMark
document.
-A [character](@character) is a Unicode code point. Although some
+A [character](@) is a Unicode code point. Although some
code points (for example, combining accents) do not correspond to
characters in an intuitive sense, all code points count as characters
for purposes of this spec.
This spec does not specify an encoding; it thinks of lines as composed
-of [character]s rather than bytes. A conforming parser may be limited
+of [characters] rather than bytes. A conforming parser may be limited
to a certain encoding.
-A [line](@line) is a sequence of zero or more [character]s
+A [line](@) is a sequence of zero or more [characters]
other than newline (`U+000A`) or carriage return (`U+000D`),
followed by a [line ending] or by the end of file.
-A [line ending](@line-ending) is a newline (`U+000A`), a carriage return
+A [line ending](@) is a newline (`U+000A`), a carriage return
(`U+000D`) not followed by a newline, or a carriage return and a
following newline.
A line containing no characters, or a line containing only spaces
-(`U+0020`) or tabs (`U+0009`), is called a [blank line](@blank-line).
+(`U+0020`) or tabs (`U+0009`), is called a [blank line](@).
The following definitions of character classes will be used in this spec:
-A [whitespace character](@whitespace-character) is a space
+A [whitespace character](@) is a space
(`U+0020`), tab (`U+0009`), newline (`U+000A`), line tabulation (`U+000B`),
form feed (`U+000C`), or carriage return (`U+000D`).
-[Whitespace](@whitespace) is a sequence of one or more [whitespace
-character]s.
+[Whitespace](@) is a sequence of one or more [whitespace
+characters].
-A [Unicode whitespace character](@unicode-whitespace-character) is
+A [Unicode whitespace character](@) is
any code point in the Unicode `Zs` class, or a tab (`U+0009`),
carriage return (`U+000D`), newline (`U+000A`), or form feed
(`U+000C`).
-[Unicode whitespace](@unicode-whitespace) is a sequence of one
-or more [Unicode whitespace character]s.
+[Unicode whitespace](@) is a sequence of one
+or more [Unicode whitespace characters].
-A [space](@space) is `U+0020`.
+A [space](@) is `U+0020`.
-A [non-whitespace character](@non-whitespace-character) is any character
+A [non-whitespace character](@) is any character
that is not a [whitespace character].
-An [ASCII punctuation character](@ascii-punctuation-character)
+An [ASCII punctuation character](@)
is `!`, `"`, `#`, `$`, `%`, `&`, `'`, `(`, `)`,
`*`, `+`, `,`, `-`, `.`, `/`, `:`, `;`, `<`, `=`, `>`, `?`, `@`,
`[`, `\`, `]`, `^`, `_`, `` ` ``, `{`, `|`, `}`, or `~`.
-A [punctuation character](@punctuation-character) is an [ASCII
+A [punctuation character](@) is an [ASCII
punctuation character] or anything in
the Unicode classes `Pc`, `Pd`, `Pe`, `Pf`, `Pi`, `Po`, or `Ps`.
## Tabs
-Tabs in lines are not expanded to [spaces][space]. However,
+Tabs in lines are not expanded to [spaces]. However,
in contexts where indentation is significant for the
document's structure, tabs behave as if they were replaced
by spaces with a tab stop of 4 characters.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
→foo→baz→→bim
.
<pre><code>foo→baz→→bim
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
→foo→baz→→bim
.
<pre><code>foo→baz→→bim
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
a→a
ὐ→a
.
<pre><code>a→a
ὐ→a
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
→bar
@@ -296,24 +299,27 @@ by spaces with a tab stop of 4 characters.
<p>bar</p>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
>→foo→bar
.
<blockquote>
<p>foo→bar</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
→bar
.
<pre><code>foo
bar
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Insecure characters
@@ -324,10 +330,10 @@ with the REPLACEMENT CHARACTER (`U+FFFD`).
# Blocks and inlines
We can think of a document as a sequence of
-[blocks](@block)---structural elements like paragraphs, block
+[blocks](@)---structural elements like paragraphs, block
quotations, lists, headings, rules, and code blocks. Some blocks (like
block quotes and list items) contain other blocks; others (like
-headings and paragraphs) contain [inline](@inline) content---text,
+headings and paragraphs) contain [inline](@) content---text,
links, emphasized text, images, code, and so on.
## Precedence
@@ -336,7 +342,7 @@ Indicators of block structure always take precedence over indicators
of inline structure. So, for example, the following is a list with
two items, not a list with one item containing a code span:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- `one
- two`
.
@@ -344,7 +350,8 @@ two items, not a list with one item containing a code span:
<li>`one</li>
<li>two`</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This means that parsing can proceed in two steps: first, the block
structure of the document can be discerned; second, text lines inside
@@ -358,8 +365,8 @@ one block element does not affect the inline parsing of any other.
## Container blocks and leaf blocks
We can divide blocks into two types:
-[container block](@container-block)s,
-which can contain other blocks, and [leaf block](@leaf-block)s,
+[container block](@)s,
+which can contain other blocks, and [leaf block](@)s,
which cannot.
# Leaf blocks
@@ -372,9 +379,9 @@ Markdown document.
A line consisting of 0-3 spaces of indentation, followed by a sequence
of three or more matching `-`, `_`, or `*` characters, each followed
optionally by any number of spaces, forms a
-[thematic break](@thematic-break).
+[thematic break](@).
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
***
---
___
@@ -382,25 +389,28 @@ ___
<hr />
<hr />
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Wrong characters:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
+++
.
<p>+++</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
===
.
<p>===</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Not enough characters:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
--
**
__
@@ -408,11 +418,12 @@ __
<p>--
**
__</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
One to three spaces indent are allowed:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
***
***
***
@@ -420,64 +431,72 @@ One to three spaces indent are allowed:
<hr />
<hr />
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Four spaces is too many:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
***
.
<pre><code>***
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
***
.
<p>Foo
***</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
More than three characters may be used:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
_____________________________________
.
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Spaces are allowed between the characters:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- - -
.
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
** * ** * ** * **
.
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- - - -
.
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Spaces are allowed at the end:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- - - -
.
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
However, no other characters may occur in the line:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
_ _ _ _ a
a------
@@ -487,20 +506,22 @@ a------
<p>_ _ _ _ a</p>
<p>a------</p>
<p>---a---</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
-It is required that all of the [non-whitespace character]s be the same.
+It is required that all of the [non-whitespace characters] be the same.
So, this is not a thematic break:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*-*
.
<p><em>-</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Thematic breaks do not need blank lines before or after:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
***
- bar
@@ -512,11 +533,12 @@ Thematic breaks do not need blank lines before or after:
<ul>
<li>bar</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Thematic breaks can interrupt a paragraph:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
***
bar
@@ -524,7 +546,8 @@ bar
<p>Foo</p>
<hr />
<p>bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
If a line of dashes that meets the above conditions for being a
thematic break could also be interpreted as the underline of a [setext
@@ -532,19 +555,20 @@ heading], the interpretation as a
[setext heading] takes precedence. Thus, for example,
this is a setext heading, not a paragraph followed by a thematic break:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
---
bar
.
<h2>Foo</h2>
<p>bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
When both a thematic break and a list item are possible
interpretations of a line, the thematic break takes precedence:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
* Foo
* * *
* Bar
@@ -556,11 +580,12 @@ interpretations of a line, the thematic break takes precedence:
<ul>
<li>Bar</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
If you want a thematic break in a list item, use a different bullet:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- Foo
- * * *
.
@@ -570,11 +595,12 @@ If you want a thematic break in a list item, use a different bullet:
<hr />
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## ATX headings
-An [ATX heading](@atx-heading)
+An [ATX heading](@)
consists of a string of characters, parsed as inline content, between an
opening sequence of 1--6 unescaped `#` characters and an optional
closing sequence of any number of unescaped `#` characters.
@@ -588,7 +614,7 @@ characters in the opening sequence.
Simple headings:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
# foo
## foo
### foo
@@ -602,15 +628,17 @@ Simple headings:
<h4>foo</h4>
<h5>foo</h5>
<h6>foo</h6>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
More than six `#` characters is not a heading:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
####### foo
.
<p>####### foo</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
At least one space is required between the `#` characters and the
heading's contents, unless the heading is empty. Note that many
@@ -620,50 +648,55 @@ space was required by the
and it helps prevent things like the following from being parsed as
headings:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
#5 bolt
#hashtag
.
<p>#5 bolt</p>
<p>#hashtag</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A tab will not work:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
#→foo
.
<p>#→foo</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not a heading, because the first `#` is escaped:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
\## foo
.
<p>## foo</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Contents are parsed as inlines:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
# foo *bar* \*baz\*
.
<h1>foo <em>bar</em> *baz*</h1>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Leading and trailing blanks are ignored in parsing inline content:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
# foo
.
<h1>foo</h1>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
One to three spaces indentation are allowed:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
### foo
## foo
# foo
@@ -671,75 +704,83 @@ One to three spaces indentation are allowed:
<h3>foo</h3>
<h2>foo</h2>
<h1>foo</h1>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Four spaces are too much:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
# foo
.
<pre><code># foo
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
# bar
.
<p>foo
# bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A closing sequence of `#` characters is optional:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
## foo ##
### bar ###
.
<h2>foo</h2>
<h3>bar</h3>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
It need not be the same length as the opening sequence:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
# foo ##################################
##### foo ##
.
<h1>foo</h1>
<h5>foo</h5>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Spaces are allowed after the closing sequence:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
### foo ###
.
<h3>foo</h3>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
-A sequence of `#` characters with anything but [space]s following it
+A sequence of `#` characters with anything but [spaces] following it
is not a closing sequence, but counts as part of the contents of the
heading:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
### foo ### b
.
<h3>foo ### b</h3>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The closing sequence must be preceded by a space:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
# foo#
.
<h1>foo#</h1>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Backslash-escaped `#` characters do not count as part
of the closing sequence:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
### foo \###
## foo #\##
# foo \#
@@ -747,12 +788,13 @@ of the closing sequence:
<h3>foo ###</h3>
<h2>foo ###</h2>
<h1>foo #</h1>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
ATX headings need not be separated from surrounding content by blank
lines, and they can interrupt paragraphs:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
****
## foo
****
@@ -760,9 +802,10 @@ lines, and they can interrupt paragraphs:
<hr />
<h2>foo</h2>
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo bar
# baz
Bar foo
@@ -770,11 +813,12 @@ Bar foo
<p>Foo bar</p>
<h1>baz</h1>
<p>Bar foo</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
ATX headings can be empty:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
##
#
### ###
@@ -782,11 +826,12 @@ ATX headings can be empty:
<h2></h2>
<h1></h1>
<h3></h3>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Setext headings
-A [setext heading](@setext-heading) consists of one or more
+A [setext heading](@) consists of one or more
lines of text, each containing at least one [non-whitespace
character], with no more than 3 spaces indentation, followed by
a [setext heading underline]. The lines of text must be such
@@ -796,7 +841,7 @@ interpretable as a [code fence], [ATX heading][ATX headings],
[block quote][block quotes], [thematic break][thematic breaks],
[list item][list items], or [HTML block][HTML blocks].
-A [setext heading underline](@setext-heading-underline) is a sequence of
+A [setext heading underline](@) is a sequence of
`=` characters or a sequence of `-` characters, with no more than 3
spaces indentation and any number of trailing spaces. If a line
containing a single `-` can be interpreted as an
@@ -816,7 +861,7 @@ them.
Simple examples:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo *bar*
=========
@@ -825,22 +870,24 @@ Foo *bar*
.
<h1>Foo <em>bar</em></h1>
<h2>Foo <em>bar</em></h2>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The content of the header may span more than one line:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo *bar
baz*
====
.
<h1>Foo <em>bar
baz</em></h1>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The underlining can be any length:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
-------------------------
@@ -849,12 +896,13 @@ Foo
.
<h2>Foo</h2>
<h1>Foo</h1>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The heading content can be indented up to three spaces, and need
not line up with the underlining:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
---
@@ -867,11 +915,12 @@ not line up with the underlining:
<h2>Foo</h2>
<h2>Foo</h2>
<h1>Foo</h1>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Four spaces indent is too much:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
---
@@ -884,31 +933,34 @@ Four spaces indent is too much:
Foo
</code></pre>
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The setext heading underline can be indented up to three spaces, and
may have trailing spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
----
.
<h2>Foo</h2>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Four spaces is too much:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
---
.
<p>Foo
---</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The setext heading underline cannot contain internal spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
= =
@@ -919,30 +971,33 @@ Foo
= =</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Trailing spaces in the content line do not cause a line break:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
-----
.
<h2>Foo</h2>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Nor does a backslash at the end:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo\
----
.
<h2>Foo\</h2>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Since indicators of block structure take precedence over
indicators of inline structure, the following are setext headings:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
`Foo
----
`
@@ -955,12 +1010,13 @@ of dashes"/>
<p>`</p>
<h2>&lt;a title=&quot;a lot</h2>
<p>of dashes&quot;/&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The setext heading underline cannot be a [lazy continuation
line] in a list item or block quote:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> Foo
---
.
@@ -968,9 +1024,10 @@ line] in a list item or block quote:
<p>Foo</p>
</blockquote>
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
> foo
bar
===
@@ -980,9 +1037,10 @@ bar
bar
===</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- Foo
---
.
@@ -990,25 +1048,27 @@ bar
<li>Foo</li>
</ul>
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A blank line is needed between a paragraph and a following
setext heading, since otherwise the paragraph becomes part
of the heading's content:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
Bar
---
.
<h2>Foo
Bar</h2>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
But in general a blank line is not required before or after
setext headings:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
---
Foo
---
@@ -1020,30 +1080,33 @@ Baz
<h2>Foo</h2>
<h2>Bar</h2>
<p>Baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Setext headings cannot be empty:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
====
.
<p>====</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Setext heading text lines must not be interpretable as block
constructs other than paragraphs. So, the line of dashes
in these examples gets interpreted as a thematic break:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
---
---
.
<hr />
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
-----
.
@@ -1051,18 +1114,20 @@ in these examples gets interpreted as a thematic break:
<li>foo</li>
</ul>
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
---
.
<pre><code>foo
</code></pre>
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
> foo
-----
.
@@ -1070,17 +1135,19 @@ in these examples gets interpreted as a thematic break:
<p>foo</p>
</blockquote>
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
If you want a heading with `> foo` as its literal text, you can
use backslash escapes:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
\> foo
------
.
<h2>&gt; foo</h2>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
**Compatibility note:** Most existing Markdown implementations
do not allow the text of setext headings to span multiple lines.
@@ -1105,7 +1172,7 @@ increases the expressive power of CommonMark, by allowing
multiline headings. Authors who want interpretation 1 can
put a blank line after the first paragraph:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
bar
@@ -1115,12 +1182,13 @@ baz
<p>Foo</p>
<h2>bar</h2>
<p>baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Authors who want interpretation 2 can put blank lines around
the thematic break,
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
bar
@@ -1132,12 +1200,13 @@ baz
bar</p>
<hr />
<p>baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
or use a thematic break that cannot count as a [setext heading
line], such as
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
bar
* * *
@@ -1147,11 +1216,12 @@ baz
bar</p>
<hr />
<p>baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Authors who want interpretation 3 can use backslash escapes:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
bar
\---
@@ -1161,16 +1231,17 @@ baz
bar
---
baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Indented code blocks
-An [indented code block](@indented-code-block) is composed of one or more
-[indented chunk]s separated by blank lines.
-An [indented chunk](@indented-chunk) is a sequence of non-blank lines,
+An [indented code block](@) is composed of one or more
+[indented chunks] separated by blank lines.
+An [indented chunk](@) is a sequence of non-blank lines,
each indented four or more spaces. The contents of the code block are
the literal contents of the lines, including trailing
-[line ending]s, minus four spaces of indentation.
+[line endings], minus four spaces of indentation.
An indented code block has no [info string].
An indented code block cannot interrupt a paragraph, so there must be
@@ -1178,20 +1249,21 @@ a blank line between a paragraph and a following indented code block.
(A blank line is not needed, however, between a code block and a following
paragraph.)
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
a simple
indented code block
.
<pre><code>a simple
indented code block
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
If there is any ambiguity between an interpretation of indentation
as a code block and as indicating that material belongs to a [list
item][list items], the list item interpretation takes precedence:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
bar
@@ -1202,9 +1274,10 @@ item][list items], the list item interpretation takes precedence:
<p>bar</p>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. foo
- bar
@@ -1217,13 +1290,14 @@ item][list items], the list item interpretation takes precedence:
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The contents of a code block are literal text, and do not get parsed
as Markdown:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a/>
*hi*
@@ -1234,11 +1308,12 @@ as Markdown:
- one
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here we have three chunks separated by blank lines:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
chunk1
chunk2
@@ -1255,12 +1330,13 @@ chunk2
chunk3
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Any initial spaces beyond four will be included in the content, even
in interior blank lines:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
chunk1
chunk2
@@ -1269,37 +1345,40 @@ in interior blank lines:
chunk2
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
An indented code block cannot interrupt a paragraph. (This
allows hanging indents and the like.)
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
bar
.
<p>Foo
bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
However, any non-blank line with fewer than four leading spaces ends
the code block immediately. So a paragraph may occur immediately
after indented code:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
bar
.
<pre><code>foo
</code></pre>
<p>bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
And indented code can occur immediately before and after other kinds of
blocks:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
# Heading
foo
Heading
@@ -1314,23 +1393,25 @@ Heading
<pre><code>foo
</code></pre>
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The first line can be indented more than four spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
bar
.
<pre><code> foo
bar
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Blank lines preceding or following an indented code block
are not included in it:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
@@ -1339,29 +1420,31 @@ are not included in it:
.
<pre><code>foo
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Trailing spaces are included in the code block's content:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
.
<pre><code>foo
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Fenced code blocks
-A [code fence](@code-fence) is a sequence
+A [code fence](@) is a sequence
of at least three consecutive backtick characters (`` ` ``) or
tildes (`~`). (Tildes and backticks cannot be mixed.)
-A [fenced code block](@fenced-code-block)
+A [fenced code block](@)
begins with a code fence, indented no more than three spaces.
The line with the opening code fence may optionally contain some text
following the code fence; this is trimmed of leading and trailing
-spaces and called the [info string](@info-string).
+spaces and called the [info string](@).
The [info string] may not contain any backtick
characters. (The reason for this restriction is that otherwise
some inline code would be incorrectly interpreted as the
@@ -1397,7 +1480,7 @@ particular treatment of the [info string].
Here is a simple example with backticks:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
<
>
@@ -1406,11 +1489,12 @@ Here is a simple example with backticks:
<pre><code>&lt;
&gt;
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
With tildes:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
~~~
<
>
@@ -1419,12 +1503,13 @@ With tildes:
<pre><code>&lt;
&gt;
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The closing code fence must use the same character as the opening
fence:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
aaa
~~~
@@ -1433,9 +1518,10 @@ aaa
<pre><code>aaa
~~~
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
~~~
aaa
```
@@ -1444,11 +1530,12 @@ aaa
<pre><code>aaa
```
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The closing code fence must be at least as long as the opening fence:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
````
aaa
```
@@ -1457,9 +1544,10 @@ aaa
<pre><code>aaa
```
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
~~~~
aaa
~~~
@@ -1468,18 +1556,20 @@ aaa
<pre><code>aaa
~~~
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Unclosed code blocks are closed by the end of the document
(or the enclosing [block quote][block quotes] or [list item][list items]):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
.
<pre><code></code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
`````
```
@@ -1489,9 +1579,10 @@ aaa
```
aaa
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
> ```
> aaa
@@ -1502,11 +1593,12 @@ bbb
</code></pre>
</blockquote>
<p>bbb</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A code block can have all empty lines as its content:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
@@ -1515,22 +1607,24 @@ A code block can have all empty lines as its content:
<pre><code>
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A code block can be empty:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
```
.
<pre><code></code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Fences can be indented. If the opening fence is indented,
content lines will have equivalent opening indentation removed,
if present:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
aaa
aaa
@@ -1539,9 +1633,10 @@ aaa
<pre><code>aaa
aaa
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
aaa
aaa
@@ -1552,9 +1647,10 @@ aaa
aaa
aaa
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
aaa
aaa
@@ -1565,11 +1661,12 @@ aaa
aaa
aaa
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Four spaces indentation produces an indented code block:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
aaa
```
@@ -1578,32 +1675,35 @@ Four spaces indentation produces an indented code block:
aaa
```
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Closing fences may be indented by 0-3 spaces, and their indentation
need not match that of the opening fence:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
aaa
```
.
<pre><code>aaa
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
aaa
```
.
<pre><code>aaa
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not a closing fence, because it is indented 4 spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
aaa
```
@@ -1611,20 +1711,22 @@ aaa
<pre><code>aaa
```
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Code fences (opening and closing) cannot contain internal spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
``` ```
aaa
.
<p><code></code>
aaa</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
~~~~~~
aaa
~~~ ~~
@@ -1632,12 +1734,13 @@ aaa
<pre><code>aaa
~~~ ~~
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Fenced code blocks can interrupt paragraphs, and can be followed
directly by paragraphs, without a blank line between:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
```
bar
@@ -1648,12 +1751,13 @@ baz
<pre><code>bar
</code></pre>
<p>baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Other blocks can also occur before and after fenced code blocks
without an intervening blank line:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
---
~~~
@@ -1665,14 +1769,15 @@ bar
<pre><code>bar
</code></pre>
<h1>baz</h1>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
An [info string] can be provided after the opening code fence.
Opening and closing spaces will be stripped, and the first word, prefixed
with `language-`, is used as the value for the `class` attribute of the
`code` element within the enclosing `pre` element.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
```ruby
def foo(x)
return 3
@@ -1683,9 +1788,10 @@ end
return 3
end
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
~~~~ ruby startline=3 $%@#$
def foo(x)
return 3
@@ -1696,47 +1802,51 @@ end
return 3
end
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
````;
````
.
<pre><code class="language-;"></code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-[Info string]s for backtick code blocks cannot contain backticks:
-.
+[Info strings] for backtick code blocks cannot contain backticks:
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
``` aa ```
foo
.
<p><code>aa</code>
foo</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-Closing code fences cannot have [info string]s:
-.
+Closing code fences cannot have [info strings]:
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
``` aaa
```
.
<pre><code>``` aaa
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## HTML blocks
-An [HTML block](@html-block) is a group of lines that is treated
+An [HTML block](@) is a group of lines that is treated
as raw HTML (and will not be escaped in HTML output).
There are seven kinds of [HTML block], which can be defined
by their start and end conditions. The block begins with a line that
-meets a [start condition](@start-condition) (after up to three spaces
+meets a [start condition](@) (after up to three spaces
optional indentation). It ends with the first subsequent line that
-meets a matching [end condition](@end-condition), or the last line of
+meets a matching [end condition](@), or the last line of
the document, if no line is encountered that meets the
[end condition]. If the first line meets both the [start condition]
and the [end condition], the block will contain just that line.
@@ -1790,7 +1900,7 @@ of long tags inside a wrapped paragraph as starting HTML blocks.)
Some simple examples follow. Here are some basic HTML blocks
of type 6:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<table>
<tr>
<td>
@@ -1809,9 +1919,10 @@ okay.
</tr>
</table>
<p>okay.</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<div>
*hello*
<foo><a>
@@ -1819,21 +1930,23 @@ okay.
<div>
*hello*
<foo><a>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A block can also start with a closing tag:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
</div>
*foo*
.
</div>
*foo*
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here we have two HTML blocks with a Markdown paragraph between them:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<DIV CLASS="foo">
*Markdown*
@@ -1843,12 +1956,13 @@ Here we have two HTML blocks with a Markdown paragraph between them:
<DIV CLASS="foo">
<p><em>Markdown</em></p>
</DIV>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The tag on the first line can be partial, as long
as it is split where there would be whitespace:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<div id="foo"
class="bar">
</div>
@@ -1856,9 +1970,10 @@ as it is split where there would be whitespace:
<div id="foo"
class="bar">
</div>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<div id="foo" class="bar
baz">
</div>
@@ -1866,10 +1981,11 @@ as it is split where there would be whitespace:
<div id="foo" class="bar
baz">
</div>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
An open tag need not be closed:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<div>
*foo*
@@ -1878,49 +1994,54 @@ An open tag need not be closed:
<div>
*foo*
<p><em>bar</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A partial tag need not even be completed (garbage
in, garbage out):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<div id="foo"
*hi*
.
<div id="foo"
*hi*
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<div class
foo
.
<div class
foo
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The initial tag doesn't even need to be a valid
tag, as long as it starts like one:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<div *???-&&&-<---
*foo*
.
<div *???-&&&-<---
*foo*
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
In type 6 blocks, the initial tag need not be on a line by
itself:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<div><a href="bar">*foo*</a></div>
.
<div><a href="bar">*foo*</a></div>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<table><tr><td>
foo
</td></tr></table>
@@ -1928,7 +2049,8 @@ foo
<table><tr><td>
foo
</td></tr></table>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Everything until the next blank line or end of document
gets included in the HTML block. So, in the following
@@ -1936,7 +2058,7 @@ example, what looks like a Markdown code block
is actually part of the HTML block, which continues until a blank
line or the end of the document is reached:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<div></div>
``` c
int x = 33;
@@ -1946,13 +2068,14 @@ int x = 33;
``` c
int x = 33;
```
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
To start an [HTML block] with a tag that is *not* in the
list of block-level tags in (6), you must put the tag by
itself on the first line (and it must be complete):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a href="foo">
*bar*
</a>
@@ -1960,11 +2083,12 @@ itself on the first line (and it must be complete):
<a href="foo">
*bar*
</a>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
In type 7 blocks, the [tag name] can be anything:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<Warning>
*bar*
</Warning>
@@ -1972,9 +2096,10 @@ In type 7 blocks, the [tag name] can be anything:
<Warning>
*bar*
</Warning>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<i class="foo">
*bar*
</i>
@@ -1982,15 +2107,17 @@ In type 7 blocks, the [tag name] can be anything:
<i class="foo">
*bar*
</i>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
</ins>
*bar*
.
</ins>
*bar*
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
These rules are designed to allow us to work with tags that
can function as either block-level or inline-level tags.
@@ -1998,7 +2125,7 @@ The `<del>` tag is a nice example. We can surround content with
`<del>` tags in three different ways. In this case, we get a raw
HTML block, because the `<del>` tag is on a line by itself:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<del>
*foo*
</del>
@@ -2006,13 +2133,14 @@ HTML block, because the `<del>` tag is on a line by itself:
<del>
*foo*
</del>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
In this case, we get a raw HTML block that just includes
the `<del>` tag (because it ends with the following blank
line). So the contents get interpreted as CommonMark:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<del>
*foo*
@@ -2022,18 +2150,20 @@ line). So the contents get interpreted as CommonMark:
<del>
<p><em>foo</em></p>
</del>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Finally, in this case, the `<del>` tags are interpreted
as [raw HTML] *inside* the CommonMark paragraph. (Because
the tag is not on a line by itself, we get inline HTML
rather than an [HTML block].)
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<del>*foo*</del>
.
<p><del><em>foo</em></del></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
HTML tags designed to contain literal content
(`script`, `style`, `pre`), comments, processing instructions,
@@ -2044,7 +2174,7 @@ As a result, these blocks can contain blank lines:
A pre tag (type 1):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<pre language="haskell"><code>
import Text.HTML.TagSoup
@@ -2058,11 +2188,12 @@ import Text.HTML.TagSoup
main :: IO ()
main = print $ parseTags tags
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A script tag (type 1):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<script type="text/javascript">
// JavaScript example
@@ -2074,11 +2205,12 @@ document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Hello JavaScript!";
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Hello JavaScript!";
</script>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A style tag (type 1):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<style
type="text/css">
h1 {color:red;}
@@ -2092,13 +2224,14 @@ h1 {color:red;}
p {color:blue;}
</style>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
If there is no matching end tag, the block will end at the
end of the document (or the enclosing [block quote][block quotes]
or [list item][list items]):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<style
type="text/css">
@@ -2108,9 +2241,10 @@ foo
type="text/css">
foo
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
> <div>
> foo
@@ -2121,9 +2255,10 @@ bar
foo
</blockquote>
<p>bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- <div>
- foo
.
@@ -2133,30 +2268,33 @@ foo
</li>
<li>foo</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The end tag can occur on the same line as the start tag:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<style>p{color:red;}</style>
*foo*
.
<style>p{color:red;}</style>
<p><em>foo</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<!-- foo -->*bar*
*baz*
.
<!-- foo -->*bar*
<p><em>baz</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that anything on the last line after the
end tag will be included in the [HTML block]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<script>
foo
</script>1. *bar*
@@ -2164,11 +2302,12 @@ foo
<script>
foo
</script>1. *bar*
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A comment (type 2):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<!-- Foo
bar
@@ -2178,12 +2317,13 @@ bar
bar
baz -->
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A processing instruction (type 3):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<?php
echo '>';
@@ -2195,19 +2335,21 @@ A processing instruction (type 3):
echo '>';
?>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A declaration (type 4):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<!DOCTYPE html>
.
<!DOCTYPE html>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
CDATA (type 5):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<![CDATA[
function matchwo(a,b)
{
@@ -2233,11 +2375,12 @@ function matchwo(a,b)
}
}
]]>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The opening tag can be indented 1-3 spaces, but not 4:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<!-- foo -->
<!-- foo -->
@@ -2245,9 +2388,10 @@ The opening tag can be indented 1-3 spaces, but not 4:
<!-- foo -->
<pre><code>&lt;!-- foo --&gt;
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<div>
<div>
@@ -2255,12 +2399,13 @@ The opening tag can be indented 1-3 spaces, but not 4:
<div>
<pre><code>&lt;div&gt;
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
An HTML block of types 1--6 can interrupt a paragraph, and need not be
preceded by a blank line.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
<div>
bar
@@ -2270,12 +2415,13 @@ bar
<div>
bar
</div>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
However, a following blank line is needed, except at the end of
a document, and except for blocks of types 1--5, above:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<div>
bar
</div>
@@ -2285,11 +2431,12 @@ bar
bar
</div>
*foo*
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
HTML blocks of type 7 cannot interrupt a paragraph:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
<a href="bar">
baz
@@ -2297,7 +2444,8 @@ baz
<p>Foo
<a href="bar">
baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This rule differs from John Gruber's original Markdown syntax
specification, which says:
@@ -2329,7 +2477,7 @@ simply separate the Markdown from the HTML using blank lines:
Compare:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<div>
*Emphasized* text.
@@ -2339,9 +2487,10 @@ Compare:
<div>
<p><em>Emphasized</em> text.</p>
</div>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<div>
*Emphasized* text.
</div>
@@ -2349,7 +2498,8 @@ Compare:
<div>
*Emphasized* text.
</div>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Some Markdown implementations have adopted a convention of
interpreting content inside tags as text if the open tag has
@@ -2362,7 +2512,7 @@ blocks into Markdown documents with 100% reliability. However,
*in most cases* this will work fine, because the blank lines in
HTML are usually followed by HTML block tags. For example:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<table>
<tr>
@@ -2382,13 +2532,14 @@ Hi
</td>
</tr>
</table>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
There are problems, however, if the inner tags are indented
*and* separated by spaces, as then they will be interpreted as
an indented code block:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<table>
<tr>
@@ -2409,7 +2560,8 @@ an indented code block:
</code></pre>
</tr>
</table>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Fortunately, blank lines are usually not necessary and can be
deleted. The exception is inside `<pre>` tags, but as described
@@ -2418,7 +2570,7 @@ lines.
## Link reference definitions
-A [link reference definition](@link-reference-definition)
+A [link reference definition](@)
consists of a [link label], indented up to three spaces, followed
by a colon (`:`), optional [whitespace] (including up to one
[line ending]), a [link destination],
@@ -2426,24 +2578,25 @@ optional [whitespace] (including up to one
[line ending]), and an optional [link
title], which if it is present must be separated
from the [link destination] by [whitespace].
-No further [non-whitespace character]s may occur on the line.
+No further [non-whitespace characters] may occur on the line.
A [link reference definition]
does not correspond to a structural element of a document. Instead, it
-defines a label which can be used in [reference link]s
+defines a label which can be used in [reference links]
and reference-style [images] elsewhere in the document. [Link
reference definitions] can come either before or after the links that use
them.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]: /url "title"
[foo]
.
<p><a href="/url" title="title">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]:
/url
'the title'
@@ -2451,17 +2604,19 @@ them.
[foo]
.
<p><a href="/url" title="the title">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[Foo*bar\]]:my_(url) 'title (with parens)'
[Foo*bar\]]
.
<p><a href="my_(url)" title="title (with parens)">Foo*bar]</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[Foo bar]:
<my%20url>
'title'
@@ -2469,11 +2624,12 @@ them.
[Foo bar]
.
<p><a href="my%20url" title="title">Foo bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The title may extend over multiple lines:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]: /url '
title
line1
@@ -2487,11 +2643,12 @@ title
line1
line2
">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
However, it may not contain a [blank line]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]: /url 'title
with blank line'
@@ -2501,123 +2658,135 @@ with blank line'
<p>[foo]: /url 'title</p>
<p>with blank line'</p>
<p>[foo]</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The title may be omitted:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]:
/url
[foo]
.
<p><a href="/url">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The link destination may not be omitted:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]:
[foo]
.
<p>[foo]:</p>
<p>[foo]</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Both title and destination can contain backslash escapes
and literal backslashes:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]: /url\bar\*baz "foo\"bar\baz"
[foo]
.
<p><a href="/url%5Cbar*baz" title="foo&quot;bar\baz">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A link can come before its corresponding definition:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]
[foo]: url
.
<p><a href="url">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
If there are several matching definitions, the first one takes
precedence:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]
[foo]: first
[foo]: second
.
<p><a href="first">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
As noted in the section on [Links], matching of labels is
case-insensitive (see [matches]).
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[FOO]: /url
[Foo]
.
<p><a href="/url">Foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[ΑΓΩ]: /φου
[αγω]
.
<p><a href="/%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%85">αγω</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here is a link reference definition with no corresponding link.
It contributes nothing to the document.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]: /url
.
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here is another one:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[
foo
]: /url
bar
.
<p>bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not a link reference definition, because there are
-[non-whitespace character]s after the title:
+[non-whitespace characters] after the title:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]: /url "title" ok
.
<p>[foo]: /url &quot;title&quot; ok</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is a link reference definition, but it has no title:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]: /url
"title" ok
.
<p>&quot;title&quot; ok</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not a link reference definition, because it is indented
four spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]: /url "title"
[foo]
@@ -2625,12 +2794,13 @@ four spaces:
<pre><code>[foo]: /url &quot;title&quot;
</code></pre>
<p>[foo]</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not a link reference definition, because it occurs inside
a code block:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
```
[foo]: /url
```
@@ -2640,11 +2810,12 @@ a code block:
<pre><code>[foo]: /url
</code></pre>
<p>[foo]</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A [link reference definition] cannot interrupt a paragraph.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
[bar]: /baz
@@ -2653,12 +2824,13 @@ Foo
<p>Foo
[bar]: /baz</p>
<p>[bar]</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
However, it can directly follow other block elements, such as headings
and thematic breaks, and it need not be followed by a blank line.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
# [Foo]
[foo]: /url
> bar
@@ -2667,12 +2839,13 @@ and thematic breaks, and it need not be followed by a blank line.
<blockquote>
<p>bar</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
-Several [link reference definition]s
+Several [link reference definitions]
can occur one after another, without intervening blank lines.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]: /foo-url "foo"
[bar]: /bar-url
"bar"
@@ -2685,14 +2858,15 @@ can occur one after another, without intervening blank lines.
<p><a href="/foo-url" title="foo">foo</a>,
<a href="/bar-url" title="bar">bar</a>,
<a href="/baz-url">baz</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-[Link reference definition]s can occur
+
+[Link reference definitions] can occur
inside block containers, like lists and block quotations. They
affect the entire document, not just the container in which they
are defined:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]
> [foo]: /url
@@ -2700,13 +2874,14 @@ are defined:
<p><a href="/url">foo</a></p>
<blockquote>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Paragraphs
A sequence of non-blank lines that cannot be interpreted as other
-kinds of blocks forms a [paragraph](@paragraph).
+kinds of blocks forms a [paragraph](@).
The contents of the paragraph are the result of parsing the
paragraph's raw content as inlines. The paragraph's raw content
is formed by concatenating the lines and removing initial and final
@@ -2714,18 +2889,19 @@ is formed by concatenating the lines and removing initial and final
A simple example with two paragraphs:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
aaa
bbb
.
<p>aaa</p>
<p>bbb</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Paragraphs can contain multiple lines, but no blank lines:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
aaa
bbb
@@ -2736,11 +2912,12 @@ ddd
bbb</p>
<p>ccc
ddd</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Multiple blank lines between paragraph have no effect:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
aaa
@@ -2748,22 +2925,24 @@ bbb
.
<p>aaa</p>
<p>bbb</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Leading spaces are skipped:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
aaa
bbb
.
<p>aaa
bbb</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Lines after the first may be indented any amount, since indented
code blocks cannot interrupt paragraphs.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
aaa
bbb
ccc
@@ -2771,49 +2950,53 @@ aaa
<p>aaa
bbb
ccc</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
However, the first line may be indented at most three spaces,
or an indented code block will be triggered:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
aaa
bbb
.
<p>aaa
bbb</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
aaa
bbb
.
<pre><code>aaa
</code></pre>
<p>bbb</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Final spaces are stripped before inline parsing, so a paragraph
that ends with two or more spaces will not end with a [hard line
break]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
aaa
bbb
.
<p>aaa<br />
bbb</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Blank lines
-[Blank line]s between block-level elements are ignored,
+[Blank lines] between block-level elements are ignored,
except for the role they play in determining whether a [list]
is [tight] or [loose].
Blank lines at the beginning and end of the document are also ignored.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
aaa
@@ -2825,7 +3008,8 @@ aaa
.
<p>aaa</p>
<h1>aaa</h1>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
# Container blocks
@@ -2850,7 +3034,7 @@ these constructions. (A recipe is provided below in the section entitled
## Block quotes
-A [block quote marker](@block-quote-marker)
+A [block quote marker](@)
consists of 0-3 spaces of initial indent, plus (a) the character `>` together
with a following space, or (b) a single character `>` not followed by a space.
@@ -2867,7 +3051,7 @@ The following rules define [block quotes]:
more lines in which the next [non-whitespace character] after the [block
quote marker] is [paragraph continuation
text] is a block quote with *Bs* as its content.
- [Paragraph continuation text](@paragraph-continuation-text) is text
+ [Paragraph continuation text](@) is text
that will be parsed as part of the content of a paragraph, but does
not occur at the beginning of the paragraph.
@@ -2878,7 +3062,7 @@ Nothing else counts as a [block quote](#block-quotes).
Here is a simple example:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> # Foo
> bar
> baz
@@ -2888,11 +3072,12 @@ Here is a simple example:
<p>bar
baz</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The spaces after the `>` characters can be omitted:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
># Foo
>bar
> baz
@@ -2902,11 +3087,12 @@ The spaces after the `>` characters can be omitted:
<p>bar
baz</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The `>` characters can be indented 1-3 spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> # Foo
> bar
> baz
@@ -2916,11 +3102,12 @@ The `>` characters can be indented 1-3 spaces:
<p>bar
baz</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Four spaces gives us a code block:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> # Foo
> bar
> baz
@@ -2929,12 +3116,13 @@ Four spaces gives us a code block:
&gt; bar
&gt; baz
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The Laziness clause allows us to omit the `>` before a
paragraph continuation line:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> # Foo
> bar
baz
@@ -2944,12 +3132,13 @@ baz
<p>bar
baz</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A block quote can contain some lazy and some non-lazy
continuation lines:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> bar
baz
> foo
@@ -2959,10 +3148,11 @@ baz
baz
foo</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Laziness only applies to lines that would have been continuations of
-paragraphs had they been prepended with [block quote marker]s.
+paragraphs had they been prepended with [block quote markers].
For example, the `> ` cannot be omitted in the second line of
``` markdown
@@ -2972,7 +3162,7 @@ For example, the `> ` cannot be omitted in the second line of
without changing the meaning:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> foo
---
.
@@ -2980,7 +3170,8 @@ without changing the meaning:
<p>foo</p>
</blockquote>
<hr />
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Similarly, if we omit the `> ` in the second line of
@@ -2991,7 +3182,7 @@ Similarly, if we omit the `> ` in the second line of
then the block quote ends after the first line:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> - foo
- bar
.
@@ -3003,12 +3194,13 @@ then the block quote ends after the first line:
<ul>
<li>bar</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
For the same reason, we can't omit the `> ` in front of
subsequent lines of an indented or fenced code block:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> foo
bar
.
@@ -3018,9 +3210,10 @@ subsequent lines of an indented or fenced code block:
</blockquote>
<pre><code>bar
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
> ```
foo
```
@@ -3030,12 +3223,13 @@ foo
</blockquote>
<p>foo</p>
<pre><code></code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that in the following case, we have a paragraph
continuation line:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> foo
- bar
.
@@ -3043,7 +3237,8 @@ continuation line:
<p>foo
- bar</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
To see why, note that in
@@ -3058,25 +3253,27 @@ interrupt paragraphs, so it is a [paragraph continuation line].
A block quote can be empty:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
>
.
<blockquote>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
>
>
>
.
<blockquote>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A block quote can have initial or final blank lines:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
>
> foo
>
@@ -3084,11 +3281,12 @@ A block quote can have initial or final blank lines:
<blockquote>
<p>foo</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A blank line always separates block quotes:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> foo
> bar
@@ -3099,7 +3297,8 @@ A blank line always separates block quotes:
<blockquote>
<p>bar</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
(Most current Markdown implementations, including John Gruber's
original `Markdown.pl`, will parse this example as a single block quote
@@ -3109,7 +3308,7 @@ whether two block quotes or one are wanted.)
Consecutiveness means that if we put these block quotes together,
we get a single block quote:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> foo
> bar
.
@@ -3117,11 +3316,12 @@ we get a single block quote:
<p>foo
bar</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
To get a block quote with two paragraphs, use:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> foo
>
> bar
@@ -3130,11 +3330,12 @@ To get a block quote with two paragraphs, use:
<p>foo</p>
<p>bar</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Block quotes can interrupt paragraphs:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
> bar
.
@@ -3142,12 +3343,13 @@ foo
<blockquote>
<p>bar</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
In general, blank lines are not needed before or after block
quotes:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> aaa
***
> bbb
@@ -3159,12 +3361,13 @@ quotes:
<blockquote>
<p>bbb</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
However, because of laziness, a blank line is needed between
a block quote and a following paragraph:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> bar
baz
.
@@ -3172,9 +3375,10 @@ baz
<p>bar
baz</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
> bar
baz
@@ -3183,9 +3387,10 @@ baz
<p>bar</p>
</blockquote>
<p>baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
> bar
>
baz
@@ -3194,13 +3399,14 @@ baz
<p>bar</p>
</blockquote>
<p>baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
It is a consequence of the Laziness rule that any number
of initial `>`s may be omitted on a continuation line of a
nested block quote:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> > > foo
bar
.
@@ -3212,9 +3418,10 @@ bar</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
>>> foo
> bar
>>baz
@@ -3228,14 +3435,15 @@ baz</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
When including an indented code block in a block quote,
remember that the [block quote marker] includes
both the `>` and a following space. So *five spaces* are needed after
the `>`:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> code
> not code
@@ -3247,18 +3455,19 @@ the `>`:
<blockquote>
<p>not code</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## List items
-A [list marker](@list-marker) is a
+A [list marker](@) is a
[bullet list marker] or an [ordered list marker].
-A [bullet list marker](@bullet-list-marker)
+A [bullet list marker](@)
is a `-`, `+`, or `*` character.
-An [ordered list marker](@ordered-list-marker)
+An [ordered list marker](@)
is a sequence of 1--9 arabic digits (`0-9`), followed by either a
`.` character or a `)` character. (The reason for the length
limit is that with 10 digits we start seeing integer overflows
@@ -3279,7 +3488,7 @@ The following rules define [list items]:
For example, let *Ls* be the lines
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
A paragraph
with two lines.
@@ -3294,13 +3503,14 @@ with two lines.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>A block quote.</p>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
And let *M* be the marker `1.`, and *N* = 2. Then rule #1 says
that the following is an ordered list item with start number 1,
and the same contents as *Ls*:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. A paragraph
with two lines.
@@ -3319,7 +3529,8 @@ with two lines.</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The most important thing to notice is that the position of
the text after the list marker determines how much indentation
@@ -3332,7 +3543,7 @@ item.
Here are some examples showing how far content must be indented to be
put under the list item:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- one
two
@@ -3341,9 +3552,10 @@ put under the list item:
<li>one</li>
</ul>
<p>two</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- one
two
@@ -3354,9 +3566,10 @@ put under the list item:
<p>two</p>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- one
two
@@ -3366,9 +3579,10 @@ put under the list item:
</ul>
<pre><code> two
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- one
two
@@ -3379,7 +3593,8 @@ put under the list item:
<p>two</p>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
It is tempting to think of this in terms of columns: the continuation
blocks must be indented at least to the column of the first
@@ -3389,7 +3604,7 @@ is needed. Which column this indentation reaches will depend on
how the list item is embedded in other constructions, as shown by
this example:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> > 1. one
>>
>> two
@@ -3404,7 +3619,8 @@ this example:
</ol>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here `two` occurs in the same column as the list marker `1.`,
but is actually contained in the list item, because there is
@@ -3415,7 +3631,7 @@ occurs far to the right of the initial text of the list item, `one`, but
it is not considered part of the list item, because it is not indented
far enough past the blockquote marker:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
>>- one
>>
> > two
@@ -3428,25 +3644,27 @@ far enough past the blockquote marker:
<p>two</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that at least one space is needed between the list marker and
any following content, so these are not list items:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
-one
2.two
.
<p>-one</p>
<p>2.two</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A list item may not contain blocks that are separated by more than
one blank line. Thus, two blank lines will end a list, unless the
two blanks are contained in a [fenced code block].
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
bar
@@ -3503,11 +3721,12 @@ bar
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A list item may contain any kind of block:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. foo
```
@@ -3529,14 +3748,15 @@ A list item may contain any kind of block:
</blockquote>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A list item that contains an indented code block will preserve
empty lines within the code block verbatim, unless there are two
or more empty lines in a row (since as described above, two
blank lines end the list):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- Foo
bar
@@ -3552,9 +3772,10 @@ baz
</code></pre>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- Foo
bar
@@ -3571,49 +3792,55 @@ baz
</ul>
<pre><code> baz
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that ordered list start numbers must be nine digits or less:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
123456789. ok
.
<ol start="123456789">
<li>ok</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
1234567890. not ok
.
<p>1234567890. not ok</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A start number may begin with 0s:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
0. ok
.
<ol start="0">
<li>ok</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
003. ok
.
<ol start="3">
<li>ok</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A start number may not be negative:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
-1. not ok
.
<p>-1. not ok</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
2. **Item starting with indented code.** If a sequence of lines *Ls*
@@ -3632,7 +3859,7 @@ An indented code block will have to be indented four spaces beyond
the edge of the region where text will be included in the list item.
In the following case that is 6 spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
bar
@@ -3644,11 +3871,12 @@ In the following case that is 6 spaces:
</code></pre>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
And in this case it is 11 spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
10. foo
bar
@@ -3660,13 +3888,14 @@ And in this case it is 11 spaces:
</code></pre>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
If the *first* block in the list item is an indented code block,
then by rule #2, the contents must be indented *one* space after the
list marker:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
indented code
paragraph
@@ -3678,9 +3907,10 @@ paragraph
<p>paragraph</p>
<pre><code>more code
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. indented code
paragraph
@@ -3696,12 +3926,13 @@ paragraph
</code></pre>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that an additional space indent is interpreted as space
inside the code block:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. indented code
paragraph
@@ -3717,7 +3948,8 @@ inside the code block:
</code></pre>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that rules #1 and #2 only apply to two cases: (a) cases
in which the lines to be included in a list item begin with a
@@ -3727,16 +3959,17 @@ block. In a case like the following, where the first block begins with
a three-space indent, the rules do not allow us to form a list item by
indenting the whole thing and prepending a list marker:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
bar
.
<p>foo</p>
<p>bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
bar
@@ -3745,14 +3978,15 @@ bar
<li>foo</li>
</ul>
<p>bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not a significant restriction, because when a block begins
with 1-3 spaces indent, the indentation can always be removed without
a change in interpretation, allowing rule #1 to be applied. So, in
the above case:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
bar
@@ -3763,7 +3997,8 @@ the above case:
<p>bar</p>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
3. **Item starting with a blank line.** If a sequence of lines *Ls*
starting with a single [blank line] constitute a (possibly empty)
@@ -3779,7 +4014,7 @@ the above case:
Here are some list items that start with a blank line but are not empty:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
-
foo
-
@@ -3800,13 +4035,14 @@ Here are some list items that start with a blank line but are not empty:
</code></pre>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A list item can begin with at most one blank line.
In the following example, `foo` is not part of the list
item:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
-
foo
@@ -3815,11 +4051,12 @@ item:
<li></li>
</ul>
<p>foo</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here is an empty bullet list item:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
-
- bar
@@ -3829,11 +4066,12 @@ Here is an empty bullet list item:
<li></li>
<li>bar</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
It does not matter whether there are spaces following the [list marker]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
-
- bar
@@ -3843,11 +4081,12 @@ It does not matter whether there are spaces following the [list marker]:
<li></li>
<li>bar</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here is an empty ordered list item:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. foo
2.
3. bar
@@ -3857,17 +4096,19 @@ Here is an empty ordered list item:
<li></li>
<li>bar</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A list may start or end with an empty list item:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*
.
<ul>
<li></li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
4. **Indentation.** If a sequence of lines *Ls* constitutes a list item
@@ -3878,7 +4119,7 @@ A list may start or end with an empty list item:
Indented one space:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. A paragraph
with two lines.
@@ -3897,11 +4138,12 @@ with two lines.</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Indented two spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. A paragraph
with two lines.
@@ -3920,11 +4162,12 @@ with two lines.</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Indented three spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. A paragraph
with two lines.
@@ -3943,11 +4186,12 @@ with two lines.</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Four spaces indent gives a code block:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. A paragraph
with two lines.
@@ -3962,7 +4206,8 @@ Four spaces indent gives a code block:
&gt; A block quote.
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
5. **Laziness.** If a string of lines *Ls* constitute a [list
@@ -3972,11 +4217,11 @@ Four spaces indent gives a code block:
[paragraph continuation text] is a
list item with the same contents and attributes. The unindented
lines are called
- [lazy continuation line](@lazy-continuation-line)s.
+ [lazy continuation line](@)s.
-Here is an example with [lazy continuation line]s:
+Here is an example with [lazy continuation lines]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. A paragraph
with two lines.
@@ -3995,11 +4240,12 @@ with two lines.</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Indentation can be partially deleted:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. A paragraph
with two lines.
.
@@ -4007,11 +4253,12 @@ Indentation can be partially deleted:
<li>A paragraph
with two lines.</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
These examples show how laziness can work in nested structures:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
> 1. > Blockquote
continued here.
.
@@ -4025,9 +4272,10 @@ continued here.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
> 1. > Blockquote
> continued here.
.
@@ -4041,7 +4289,8 @@ continued here.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
6. **That's all.** Nothing that is not counted as a list item by rules
@@ -4053,7 +4302,7 @@ in order to be included in the list item.
So, in this case we need two spaces indent:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
- bar
- baz
@@ -4069,11 +4318,12 @@ So, in this case we need two spaces indent:
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
One is not enough:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
- bar
- baz
@@ -4083,11 +4333,12 @@ One is not enough:
<li>bar</li>
<li>baz</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here we need four, because the list marker is wider:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
10) foo
- bar
.
@@ -4098,11 +4349,12 @@ Here we need four, because the list marker is wider:
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Three is not enough:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
10) foo
- bar
.
@@ -4112,11 +4364,12 @@ Three is not enough:
<ul>
<li>bar</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A list may be the first block in a list item:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- - foo
.
<ul>
@@ -4126,9 +4379,10 @@ A list may be the first block in a list item:
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. - 2. foo
.
<ol>
@@ -4142,11 +4396,12 @@ A list may be the first block in a list item:
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A list item can contain a heading:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- # Foo
- Bar
---
@@ -4160,7 +4415,8 @@ A list item can contain a heading:
<h2>Bar</h2>
baz</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
### Motivation
@@ -4350,39 +4606,39 @@ takes four spaces (a common case), but diverge in other cases.
## Lists
-A [list](@list) is a sequence of one or more
+A [list](@) is a sequence of one or more
list items [of the same type]. The list items
may be separated by single [blank lines], but two
blank lines end all containing lists.
-Two list items are [of the same type](@of-the-same-type)
+Two list items are [of the same type](@)
if they begin with a [list marker] of the same type.
Two list markers are of the
same type if (a) they are bullet list markers using the same character
(`-`, `+`, or `*`) or (b) they are ordered list numbers with the same
delimiter (either `.` or `)`).
-A list is an [ordered list](@ordered-list)
+A list is an [ordered list](@)
if its constituent list items begin with
-[ordered list marker]s, and a
-[bullet list](@bullet-list) if its constituent list
-items begin with [bullet list marker]s.
+[ordered list markers], and a
+[bullet list](@) if its constituent list
+items begin with [bullet list markers].
-The [start number](@start-number)
+The [start number](@)
of an [ordered list] is determined by the list number of
its initial list item. The numbers of subsequent list items are
disregarded.
-A list is [loose](@loose) if any of its constituent
+A list is [loose](@) if any of its constituent
list items are separated by blank lines, or if any of its constituent
list items directly contain two block-level elements with a blank line
-between them. Otherwise a list is [tight](@tight).
+between them. Otherwise a list is [tight](@).
(The difference in HTML output is that paragraphs in a loose list are
wrapped in `<p>` tags, while paragraphs in a tight list are not.)
Changing the bullet or ordered list delimiter starts a new list:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
- bar
+ baz
@@ -4394,9 +4650,10 @@ Changing the bullet or ordered list delimiter starts a new list:
<ul>
<li>baz</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. foo
2. bar
3) baz
@@ -4408,13 +4665,14 @@ Changing the bullet or ordered list delimiter starts a new list:
<ol start="3">
<li>baz</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
In CommonMark, a list can interrupt a paragraph. That is,
no blank line is needed to separate a paragraph from a following
list:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo
- bar
- baz
@@ -4424,12 +4682,13 @@ Foo
<li>bar</li>
<li>baz</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
`Markdown.pl` does not allow this, through fear of triggering a list
via a numeral in a hard-wrapped line:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
The number of windows in my house is
14. The number of doors is 6.
.
@@ -4437,7 +4696,8 @@ The number of windows in my house is
<ol start="14">
<li>The number of doors is 6.</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Oddly, `Markdown.pl` *does* allow a blockquote to interrupt a paragraph,
even though the same considerations might apply. We think that the two
@@ -4454,7 +4714,7 @@ blank lines:
Second, we are attracted to a
-> [principle of uniformity](@principle-of-uniformity):
+> [principle of uniformity](@):
> if a chunk of text has a certain
> meaning, it will continue to have the same meaning when put into a
> container block (such as a list item or blockquote).
@@ -4494,7 +4754,7 @@ seems more consistent with established practice with Markdown.
There can be blank lines between items, but two blank lines end
a list:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
- bar
@@ -4513,13 +4773,14 @@ a list:
<ul>
<li>baz</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
As illustrated above in the section on [list items],
two blank lines between blocks *within* a list item will also end a
list:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
@@ -4533,11 +4794,12 @@ list:
<ul>
<li>baz</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Indeed, two blank lines will end *all* containing lists:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
- bar
- baz
@@ -4558,14 +4820,15 @@ Indeed, two blank lines will end *all* containing lists:
</ul>
<pre><code> bim
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Thus, two blank lines can be used to separate consecutive lists of
the same type, or to separate a list from an indented code block
that would otherwise be parsed as a subparagraph of the final list
item:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
- bar
@@ -4581,9 +4844,10 @@ item:
<li>baz</li>
<li>bim</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
notcode
@@ -4604,14 +4868,15 @@ item:
</ul>
<pre><code>code
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
List items need not be indented to the same level. The following
list items will be treated as items at the same list level,
since none is indented enough to belong to the previous list
item:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- a
- b
- c
@@ -4633,9 +4898,10 @@ item:
<li>h</li>
<li>i</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. a
2. b
@@ -4653,12 +4919,13 @@ item:
<p>c</p>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is a loose list, because there is a blank line between
two of the list items:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- a
- b
@@ -4675,11 +4942,12 @@ two of the list items:
<p>c</p>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
So is this, with a empty second item:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
* a
*
@@ -4694,13 +4962,14 @@ So is this, with a empty second item:
<p>c</p>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
These are loose lists, even though there is no space between the items,
because one of the items directly contains two block-level elements
with a blank line between them:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- a
- b
@@ -4719,9 +4988,10 @@ with a blank line between them:
<p>d</p>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- a
- b
@@ -4739,11 +5009,12 @@ with a blank line between them:
<p>d</p>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is a tight list, because the blank lines are in a code block:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- a
- ```
b
@@ -4762,13 +5033,14 @@ This is a tight list, because the blank lines are in a code block:
</li>
<li>c</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is a tight list, because the blank line is between two
paragraphs of a sublist. So the sublist is loose while
the outer list is tight:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- a
- b
@@ -4786,12 +5058,13 @@ the outer list is tight:
</li>
<li>d</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is a tight list, because the blank line is inside the
block quote:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
* a
> b
>
@@ -4805,12 +5078,13 @@ block quote:
</li>
<li>c</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This list is tight, because the consecutive block elements
are not separated by blank lines:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- a
> b
```
@@ -4828,19 +5102,21 @@ are not separated by blank lines:
</li>
<li>d</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A single-paragraph list is tight:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
- a
.
<ul>
<li>a</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- a
- b
.
@@ -4851,12 +5127,13 @@ A single-paragraph list is tight:
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This list is loose, because of the blank line between the
two block elements in the list item:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
1. ```
foo
```
@@ -4870,11 +5147,12 @@ two block elements in the list item:
<p>bar</p>
</li>
</ol>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here the outer list is loose, the inner list tight:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
* foo
* bar
@@ -4889,9 +5167,10 @@ Here the outer list is loose, the inner list tight:
<p>baz</p>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
- a
- b
- c
@@ -4916,7 +5195,8 @@ Here the outer list is loose, the inner list tight:
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
# Inlines
@@ -4924,11 +5204,12 @@ Inlines are parsed sequentially from the beginning of the character
stream to the end (left to right, in left-to-right languages).
Thus, for example, in
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
`hi`lo`
.
<p><code>hi</code>lo`</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
`hi` is parsed as code, leaving the backtick at the end as a literal
backtick.
@@ -4937,25 +5218,27 @@ backtick.
Any ASCII punctuation character may be backslash-escaped:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
\!\"\#\$\%\&\'\(\)\*\+\,\-\.\/\:\;\<\=\>\?\@\[\\\]\^\_\`\{\|\}\~
.
<p>!&quot;#$%&amp;'()*+,-./:;&lt;=&gt;?@[\]^_`{|}~</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Backslashes before other characters are treated as literal
backslashes:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
\→\A\a\ \3\φ\«
.
<p>\→\A\a\ \3\φ\«</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Escaped characters are treated as regular characters and do
not have their usual Markdown meanings:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
\*not emphasized*
\<br/> not a tag
\[not a link](/foo)
@@ -4973,88 +5256,99 @@ not have their usual Markdown meanings:
* not a list
# not a heading
[foo]: /url &quot;not a reference&quot;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
If a backslash is itself escaped, the following character is not:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
\\*emphasis*
.
<p>\<em>emphasis</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A backslash at the end of the line is a [hard line break]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo\
bar
.
<p>foo<br />
bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Backslash escapes do not work in code blocks, code spans, autolinks, or
raw HTML:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
`` \[\` ``
.
<p><code>\[\`</code></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
\[\]
.
<pre><code>\[\]
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
~~~
\[\]
~~~
.
<pre><code>\[\]
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<http://example.com?find=\*>
.
<p><a href="http://example.com?find=%5C*">http://example.com?find=\*</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a href="/bar\/)">
.
<a href="/bar\/)">
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
But they work in all other contexts, including URLs and link titles,
-link references, and [info string]s in [fenced code block]s:
+link references, and [info strings] in [fenced code blocks]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo](/bar\* "ti\*tle")
.
<p><a href="/bar*" title="ti*tle">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]
[foo]: /bar\* "ti\*tle"
.
<p><a href="/bar*" title="ti*tle">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
``` foo\+bar
foo
```
.
<pre><code class="language-foo+bar">foo
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Entity and numeric character references
@@ -5067,13 +5361,13 @@ need not store information about whether a particular character
was represented in the source using a Unicode character or
an entity reference.
-[Entity references](@entity-references) consist of `&` + any of the valid
+[Entity references](@) consist of `&` + any of the valid
HTML5 entity names + `;`. The
document <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/entities.json>
is used as an authoritative source for the valid entity
references and their corresponding code points.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
&nbsp; &amp; &copy; &AElig; &Dcaron;
&frac34; &HilbertSpace; &DifferentialD;
&ClockwiseContourIntegral; &ngE;
@@ -5081,176 +5375,193 @@ references and their corresponding code points.
<p>  &amp; © Æ Ď
¾ ℋ ⅆ
∲ ≧̸</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
[Decimal numeric character
-references](@decimal-numeric-character-references)
+references](@)
consist of `&#` + a string of 1--8 arabic digits + `;`. A
numeric character reference is parsed as the corresponding
Unicode character. Invalid Unicode code points will be replaced by
the REPLACEMENT CHARACTER (`U+FFFD`). For security reasons,
the code point `U+0000` will also be replaced by `U+FFFD`.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
&#35; &#1234; &#992; &#98765432; &#0;
.
<p># Ӓ Ϡ � �</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
[Hexadecimal numeric character
-references](@hexadecimal-numeric-character-references) consist of `&#` +
+references](@) consist of `&#` +
either `X` or `x` + a string of 1-8 hexadecimal digits + `;`.
They too are parsed as the corresponding Unicode character (this
time specified with a hexadecimal numeral instead of decimal).
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
&#X22; &#XD06; &#xcab;
.
<p>&quot; ആ ಫ</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here are some nonentities:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
&nbsp &x; &#; &#x;
&ThisIsNotDefined; &hi?;
.
<p>&amp;nbsp &amp;x; &amp;#; &amp;#x;
&amp;ThisIsNotDefined; &amp;hi?;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Although HTML5 does accept some entity references
without a trailing semicolon (such as `&copy`), these are not
recognized here, because it makes the grammar too ambiguous:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
&copy
.
<p>&amp;copy</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Strings that are not on the list of HTML5 named entities are not
recognized as entity references either:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
&MadeUpEntity;
.
<p>&amp;MadeUpEntity;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Entity and numeric character references are recognized in any
context besides code spans or code blocks, including
-URLs, [link title]s, and [fenced code block][] [info string]s:
+URLs, [link titles], and [fenced code block][] [info strings]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a href="&ouml;&ouml;.html">
.
<a href="&ouml;&ouml;.html">
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo](/f&ouml;&ouml; "f&ouml;&ouml;")
.
<p><a href="/f%C3%B6%C3%B6" title="föö">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]
[foo]: /f&ouml;&ouml; "f&ouml;&ouml;"
.
<p><a href="/f%C3%B6%C3%B6" title="föö">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
``` f&ouml;&ouml;
foo
```
.
<pre><code class="language-föö">foo
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Entity and numeric character references are treated as literal
text in code spans and code blocks:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
`f&ouml;&ouml;`
.
<p><code>f&amp;ouml;&amp;ouml;</code></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
f&ouml;f&ouml;
.
<pre><code>f&amp;ouml;f&amp;ouml;
</code></pre>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Code spans
-A [backtick string](@backtick-string)
+A [backtick string](@)
is a string of one or more backtick characters (`` ` ``) that is neither
preceded nor followed by a backtick.
-A [code span](@code-span) begins with a backtick string and ends with
+A [code span](@) begins with a backtick string and ends with
a backtick string of equal length. The contents of the code span are
the characters between the two backtick strings, with leading and
-trailing spaces and [line ending]s removed, and
+trailing spaces and [line endings] removed, and
[whitespace] collapsed to single spaces.
This is a simple code span:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
`foo`
.
<p><code>foo</code></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here two backticks are used, because the code contains a backtick.
This example also illustrates stripping of leading and trailing spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
`` foo ` bar ``
.
<p><code>foo ` bar</code></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This example shows the motivation for stripping leading and trailing
spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
` `` `
.
<p><code>``</code></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-[Line ending]s are treated like spaces:
-.
+[Line endings] are treated like spaces:
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
``
foo
``
.
<p><code>foo</code></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
-Interior spaces and [line ending]s are collapsed into
+Interior spaces and [line endings] are collapsed into
single spaces, just as they would be by a browser:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
`foo bar
baz`
.
<p><code>foo bar baz</code></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Q: Why not just leave the spaces, since browsers will collapse them
anyway? A: Because we might be targeting a non-HTML format, and we
shouldn't rely on HTML-specific rendering assumptions.
(Existing implementations differ in their treatment of internal
-spaces and [line ending]s. Some, including `Markdown.pl` and
+spaces and [line endings]. Some, including `Markdown.pl` and
`showdown`, convert an internal [line ending] into a
`<br />` tag. But this makes things difficult for those who like to
hard-wrap their paragraphs, since a line break in the midst of a code
@@ -5258,20 +5569,22 @@ span will cause an unintended line break in the output. Others just
leave internal spaces as they are, which is fine if only HTML is being
targeted.)
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
`foo `` bar`
.
<p><code>foo `` bar</code></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that backslash escapes do not work in code spans. All backslashes
are treated literally:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
`foo\`bar`
.
<p><code>foo\</code>bar`</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Backslash escapes are never needed, because one can always choose a
string of *n* backtick characters as delimiters, where the code does
@@ -5282,67 +5595,75 @@ constructs except HTML tags and autolinks. Thus, for example, this is
not parsed as emphasized text, since the second `*` is part of a code
span:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo`*`
.
<p>*foo<code>*</code></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
And this is not parsed as a link:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[not a `link](/foo`)
.
<p>[not a <code>link](/foo</code>)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Code spans, HTML tags, and autolinks have the same precedence.
Thus, this is code:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
`<a href="`">`
.
<p><code>&lt;a href=&quot;</code>&quot;&gt;`</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
But this is an HTML tag:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a href="`">`
.
<p><a href="`">`</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
And this is code:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
`<http://foo.bar.`baz>`
.
<p><code>&lt;http://foo.bar.</code>baz&gt;`</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
But this is an autolink:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<http://foo.bar.`baz>`
.
<p><a href="http://foo.bar.%60baz">http://foo.bar.`baz</a>`</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
When a backtick string is not closed by a matching backtick string,
we just have literal backticks:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
```foo``
.
<p>```foo``</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
`foo
.
<p>`foo</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Emphasis and strong emphasis
@@ -5390,19 +5711,19 @@ no emphasis: foo_bar_baz
The rules given below capture all of these patterns, while allowing
for efficient parsing strategies that do not backtrack.
-First, some definitions. A [delimiter run](@delimiter-run) is either
+First, some definitions. A [delimiter run](@) is either
a sequence of one or more `*` characters that is not preceded or
followed by a `*` character, or a sequence of one or more `_`
characters that is not preceded or followed by a `_` character.
-A [left-flanking delimiter run](@left-flanking-delimiter-run) is
+A [left-flanking delimiter run](@) is
a [delimiter run] that is (a) not followed by [Unicode whitespace],
and (b) either not followed by a [punctuation character], or
preceded by [Unicode whitespace] or a [punctuation character].
For purposes of this definition, the beginning and the end of
the line count as Unicode whitespace.
-A [right-flanking delimiter run](@right-flanking-delimiter-run) is
+A [right-flanking delimiter run](@) is
a [delimiter run] that is (a) not preceded by [Unicode whitespace],
and (b) either not preceded by a [punctuation character], or
followed by [Unicode whitespace] or a [punctuation character].
@@ -5453,7 +5774,7 @@ are a bit more complex than the ones given here.)
The following rules define emphasis and strong emphasis:
-1. A single `*` character [can open emphasis](@can-open-emphasis)
+1. A single `*` character [can open emphasis](@)
iff (if and only if) it is part of a [left-flanking delimiter run].
2. A single `_` character [can open emphasis] iff
@@ -5462,7 +5783,7 @@ The following rules define emphasis and strong emphasis:
or (b) part of a [right-flanking delimiter run]
preceded by punctuation.
-3. A single `*` character [can close emphasis](@can-close-emphasis)
+3. A single `*` character [can close emphasis](@)
iff it is part of a [right-flanking delimiter run].
4. A single `_` character [can close emphasis] iff
@@ -5471,7 +5792,7 @@ The following rules define emphasis and strong emphasis:
or (b) part of a [left-flanking delimiter run]
followed by punctuation.
-5. A double `**` [can open strong emphasis](@can-open-strong-emphasis)
+5. A double `**` [can open strong emphasis](@)
iff it is part of a [left-flanking delimiter run].
6. A double `__` [can open strong emphasis] iff
@@ -5480,7 +5801,7 @@ The following rules define emphasis and strong emphasis:
or (b) part of a [right-flanking delimiter run]
preceded by punctuation.
-7. A double `**` [can close strong emphasis](@can-close-strong-emphasis)
+7. A double `**` [can close strong emphasis](@)
iff it is part of a [right-flanking delimiter run].
8. A double `__` [can close strong emphasis]
@@ -5547,141 +5868,157 @@ These rules can be illustrated through a series of examples.
Rule 1:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo bar*
.
<p><em>foo bar</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not emphasis, because the opening `*` is followed by
whitespace, and hence not part of a [left-flanking delimiter run]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
a * foo bar*
.
<p>a * foo bar*</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not emphasis, because the opening `*` is preceded
by an alphanumeric and followed by punctuation, and hence
not part of a [left-flanking delimiter run]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
a*"foo"*
.
<p>a*&quot;foo&quot;*</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Unicode nonbreaking spaces count as whitespace, too:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
* a *
.
<p>* a *</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Intraword emphasis with `*` is permitted:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo*bar*
.
<p>foo<em>bar</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
5*6*78
.
<p>5<em>6</em>78</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 2:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
_foo bar_
.
<p><em>foo bar</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not emphasis, because the opening `_` is followed by
whitespace:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
_ foo bar_
.
<p>_ foo bar_</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not emphasis, because the opening `_` is preceded
by an alphanumeric and followed by punctuation:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
a_"foo"_
.
<p>a_&quot;foo&quot;_</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Emphasis with `_` is not allowed inside words:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo_bar_
.
<p>foo_bar_</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
5_6_78
.
<p>5_6_78</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
пристаням_стремятся_
.
<p>пристаням_стремятся_</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here `_` does not generate emphasis, because the first delimiter run
is right-flanking and the second left-flanking:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
aa_"bb"_cc
.
<p>aa_&quot;bb&quot;_cc</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is emphasis, even though the opening delimiter is
both left- and right-flanking, because it is preceded by
punctuation:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo-_(bar)_
.
<p>foo-<em>(bar)</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 3:
This is not emphasis, because the closing delimiter does
not match the opening delimiter:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
_foo*
.
<p>_foo*</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not emphasis, because the closing `*` is preceded by
whitespace:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo bar *
.
<p>*foo bar *</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A newline also counts as whitespace:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo bar
*
.
@@ -5689,34 +6026,38 @@ A newline also counts as whitespace:
<ul>
<li></li>
</ul>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not emphasis, because the second `*` is
preceded by punctuation and followed by an alphanumeric
(hence it is not part of a [right-flanking delimiter run]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*(*foo)
.
<p>*(*foo)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The point of this restriction is more easily appreciated
with this example:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*(*foo*)*
.
<p><em>(<em>foo</em>)</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Intraword emphasis with `*` is allowed:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo*bar
.
<p><em>foo</em>bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 4:
@@ -5724,164 +6065,184 @@ Rule 4:
This is not emphasis, because the closing `_` is preceded by
whitespace:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
_foo bar _
.
<p>_foo bar _</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not emphasis, because the second `_` is
preceded by punctuation and followed by an alphanumeric:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
_(_foo)
.
<p>_(_foo)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is emphasis within emphasis:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
_(_foo_)_
.
<p><em>(<em>foo</em>)</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Intraword emphasis is disallowed for `_`:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
_foo_bar
.
<p>_foo_bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
_пристаням_стремятся
.
<p>_пристаням_стремятся</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
_foo_bar_baz_
.
<p><em>foo_bar_baz</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is emphasis, even though the closing delimiter is
both left- and right-flanking, because it is followed by
punctuation:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
_(bar)_.
.
<p><em>(bar)</em>.</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 5:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo bar**
.
<p><strong>foo bar</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not strong emphasis, because the opening delimiter is
followed by whitespace:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
** foo bar**
.
<p>** foo bar**</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not strong emphasis, because the opening `**` is preceded
by an alphanumeric and followed by punctuation, and hence
not part of a [left-flanking delimiter run]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
a**"foo"**
.
<p>a**&quot;foo&quot;**</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Intraword strong emphasis with `**` is permitted:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo**bar**
.
<p>foo<strong>bar</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 6:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
__foo bar__
.
<p><strong>foo bar</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not strong emphasis, because the opening delimiter is
followed by whitespace:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
__ foo bar__
.
<p>__ foo bar__</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A newline counts as whitespace:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
__
foo bar__
.
<p>__
foo bar__</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not strong emphasis, because the opening `__` is preceded
by an alphanumeric and followed by punctuation:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
a__"foo"__
.
<p>a__&quot;foo&quot;__</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Intraword strong emphasis is forbidden with `__`:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo__bar__
.
<p>foo__bar__</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
5__6__78
.
<p>5__6__78</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
пристаням__стремятся__
.
<p>пристаням__стремятся__</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
__foo, __bar__, baz__
.
<p><strong>foo, <strong>bar</strong>, baz</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is strong emphasis, even though the opening delimiter is
both left- and right-flanking, because it is preceded by
punctuation:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo-__(bar)__
.
<p>foo-<strong>(bar)</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 7:
@@ -5889,11 +6250,12 @@ Rule 7:
This is not strong emphasis, because the closing delimiter is preceded
by whitespace:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo bar **
.
<p>**foo bar **</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
(Nor can it be interpreted as an emphasized `*foo bar *`, because of
Rule 11.)
@@ -5901,215 +6263,242 @@ Rule 11.)
This is not strong emphasis, because the second `**` is
preceded by punctuation and followed by an alphanumeric:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
**(**foo)
.
<p>**(**foo)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The point of this restriction is more easily appreciated
with these examples:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*(**foo**)*
.
<p><em>(<strong>foo</strong>)</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
**Gomphocarpus (*Gomphocarpus physocarpus*, syn.
*Asclepias physocarpa*)**
.
<p><strong>Gomphocarpus (<em>Gomphocarpus physocarpus</em>, syn.
<em>Asclepias physocarpa</em>)</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo "*bar*" foo**
.
<p><strong>foo &quot;<em>bar</em>&quot; foo</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Intraword emphasis:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo**bar
.
<p><strong>foo</strong>bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 8:
This is not strong emphasis, because the closing delimiter is
preceded by whitespace:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
__foo bar __
.
<p>__foo bar __</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is not strong emphasis, because the second `__` is
preceded by punctuation and followed by an alphanumeric:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
__(__foo)
.
<p>__(__foo)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The point of this restriction is more easily appreciated
with this example:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
_(__foo__)_
.
<p><em>(<strong>foo</strong>)</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Intraword strong emphasis is forbidden with `__`:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
__foo__bar
.
<p>__foo__bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
__пристаням__стремятся
.
<p>__пристаням__стремятся</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
__foo__bar__baz__
.
<p><strong>foo__bar__baz</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is strong emphasis, even though the closing delimiter is
both left- and right-flanking, because it is followed by
punctuation:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
__(bar)__.
.
<p><strong>(bar)</strong>.</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 9:
Any nonempty sequence of inline elements can be the contents of an
emphasized span.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo [bar](/url)*
.
<p><em>foo <a href="/url">bar</a></em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo
bar*
.
<p><em>foo
bar</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
In particular, emphasis and strong emphasis can be nested
inside emphasis:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
_foo __bar__ baz_
.
<p><em>foo <strong>bar</strong> baz</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
_foo _bar_ baz_
.
<p><em>foo <em>bar</em> baz</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
__foo_ bar_
.
<p><em><em>foo</em> bar</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo *bar**
.
<p><em>foo <em>bar</em></em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo **bar** baz*
.
<p><em>foo <strong>bar</strong> baz</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
But note:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo**bar**baz*
.
<p><em>foo</em><em>bar</em><em>baz</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The difference is that in the preceding case, the internal delimiters
[can close emphasis], while in the cases with spaces, they cannot.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
***foo** bar*
.
<p><em><strong>foo</strong> bar</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo **bar***
.
<p><em>foo <strong>bar</strong></em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note, however, that in the following case we get no strong
emphasis, because the opening delimiter is closed by the first
`*` before `bar`:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo**bar***
.
<p><em>foo</em><em>bar</em>**</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Indefinite levels of nesting are possible:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo **bar *baz* bim** bop*
.
<p><em>foo <strong>bar <em>baz</em> bim</strong> bop</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo [*bar*](/url)*
.
<p><em>foo <a href="/url"><em>bar</em></a></em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
There can be no empty emphasis or strong emphasis:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
** is not an empty emphasis
.
<p>** is not an empty emphasis</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
**** is not an empty strong emphasis
.
<p>**** is not an empty strong emphasis</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 10:
@@ -6117,431 +6506,492 @@ Rule 10:
Any nonempty sequence of inline elements can be the contents of an
strongly emphasized span.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo [bar](/url)**
.
<p><strong>foo <a href="/url">bar</a></strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo
bar**
.
<p><strong>foo
bar</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
In particular, emphasis and strong emphasis can be nested
inside strong emphasis:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
__foo _bar_ baz__
.
<p><strong>foo <em>bar</em> baz</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
__foo __bar__ baz__
.
<p><strong>foo <strong>bar</strong> baz</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
____foo__ bar__
.
<p><strong><strong>foo</strong> bar</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo **bar****
.
<p><strong>foo <strong>bar</strong></strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo *bar* baz**
.
<p><strong>foo <em>bar</em> baz</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
But note:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo*bar*baz**
.
<p><em><em>foo</em>bar</em>baz**</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The difference is that in the preceding case, the internal delimiters
[can close emphasis], while in the cases with spaces, they cannot.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
***foo* bar**
.
<p><strong><em>foo</em> bar</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo *bar***
.
<p><strong>foo <em>bar</em></strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Indefinite levels of nesting are possible:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo *bar **baz**
bim* bop**
.
<p><strong>foo <em>bar <strong>baz</strong>
bim</em> bop</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo [*bar*](/url)**
.
<p><strong>foo <a href="/url"><em>bar</em></a></strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
There can be no empty emphasis or strong emphasis:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
__ is not an empty emphasis
.
<p>__ is not an empty emphasis</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
____ is not an empty strong emphasis
.
<p>____ is not an empty strong emphasis</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 11:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo ***
.
<p>foo ***</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo *\**
.
<p>foo <em>*</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo *_*
.
<p>foo <em>_</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo *****
.
<p>foo *****</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo **\***
.
<p>foo <strong>*</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo **_**
.
<p>foo <strong>_</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that when delimiters do not match evenly, Rule 11 determines
that the excess literal `*` characters will appear outside of the
emphasis, rather than inside it:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo*
.
<p>*<em>foo</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo**
.
<p><em>foo</em>*</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
***foo**
.
<p>*<strong>foo</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
****foo*
.
<p>***<em>foo</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo***
.
<p><strong>foo</strong>*</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo****
.
<p><em>foo</em>***</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 12:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo ___
.
<p>foo ___</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo _\__
.
<p>foo <em>_</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo _*_
.
<p>foo <em>*</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo _____
.
<p>foo _____</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo __\___
.
<p>foo <strong>_</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo __*__
.
<p>foo <strong>*</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
__foo_
.
<p>_<em>foo</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that when delimiters do not match evenly, Rule 12 determines
that the excess literal `_` characters will appear outside of the
emphasis, rather than inside it:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
_foo__
.
<p><em>foo</em>_</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
___foo__
.
<p>_<strong>foo</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
____foo_
.
<p>___<em>foo</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
__foo___
.
<p><strong>foo</strong>_</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
_foo____
.
<p><em>foo</em>___</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 13 implies that if you want emphasis nested directly inside
emphasis, you must use different delimiters:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo**
.
<p><strong>foo</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
*_foo_*
.
<p><em><em>foo</em></em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
__foo__
.
<p><strong>foo</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
_*foo*_
.
<p><em><em>foo</em></em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
However, strong emphasis within strong emphasis is possible without
switching delimiters:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
****foo****
.
<p><strong><strong>foo</strong></strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
____foo____
.
<p><strong><strong>foo</strong></strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 13 can be applied to arbitrarily long sequences of
delimiters:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
******foo******
.
<p><strong><strong><strong>foo</strong></strong></strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 14:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
***foo***
.
<p><strong><em>foo</em></strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
_____foo_____
.
<p><strong><strong><em>foo</em></strong></strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 15:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo _bar* baz_
.
<p><em>foo _bar</em> baz_</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo*bar**
.
<p><em><em>foo</em>bar</em>*</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo __bar *baz bim__ bam*
.
<p><em>foo <strong>bar *baz bim</strong> bam</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 16:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
**foo **bar baz**
.
<p>**foo <strong>bar baz</strong></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo *bar baz*
.
<p>*foo <em>bar baz</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Rule 17:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*[bar*](/url)
.
<p>*<a href="/url">bar*</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
_foo [bar_](/url)
.
<p>_foo <a href="/url">bar_</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
*<img src="foo" title="*"/>
.
<p>*<img src="foo" title="*"/></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
**<a href="**">
.
<p>**<a href="**"></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
__<a href="__">
.
<p>__<a href="__"></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
*a `*`*
.
<p><em>a <code>*</code></em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
_a `_`_
.
<p><em>a <code>_</code></em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
**a<http://foo.bar/?q=**>
.
<p>**a<a href="http://foo.bar/?q=**">http://foo.bar/?q=**</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
__a<http://foo.bar/?q=__>
.
<p>__a<a href="http://foo.bar/?q=__">http://foo.bar/?q=__</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Links
A link contains [link text] (the visible text), a [link destination]
(the URI that is the link destination), and optionally a [link title].
-There are two basic kinds of links in Markdown. In [inline link]s the
+There are two basic kinds of links in Markdown. In [inline links] the
destination and title are given immediately after the link text. In
-[reference link]s the destination and title are defined elsewhere in
+[reference links] the destination and title are defined elsewhere in
the document.
-A [link text](@link-text) consists of a sequence of zero or more
+A [link text](@) consists of a sequence of zero or more
inline elements enclosed by square brackets (`[` and `]`). The
following rules apply:
@@ -6554,7 +7004,7 @@ following rules apply:
with an open bracket `[`, a sequence of zero or more inlines, and
a close bracket `]`.
-- Backtick [code span]s, [autolink]s, and raw [HTML tag]s bind more tightly
+- Backtick [code spans], [autolinks], and raw [HTML tags] bind more tightly
than the brackets in link text. Thus, for example,
`` [foo`]` `` could not be a link text, since the second `]`
is part of a code span.
@@ -6562,7 +7012,7 @@ following rules apply:
- The brackets in link text bind more tightly than markers for
[emphasis and strong emphasis]. Thus, for example, `*[foo*](url)` is a link.
-A [link destination](@link-destination) consists of either
+A [link destination](@) consists of either
- a sequence of zero or more characters between an opening `<` and a
closing `>` that contains no spaces, line breaks, or unescaped
@@ -6574,7 +7024,7 @@ A [link destination](@link-destination) consists of either
a balanced pair of unescaped parentheses that is not itself
inside a balanced pair of unescaped parentheses.
-A [link title](@link-title) consists of either
+A [link title](@) consists of either
- a sequence of zero or more characters between straight double-quote
characters (`"`), including a `"` character only if it is
@@ -6587,10 +7037,10 @@ A [link title](@link-title) consists of either
- a sequence of zero or more characters between matching parentheses
(`(...)`), including a `)` character only if it is backslash-escaped.
-Although [link title]s may span multiple lines, they may not contain
+Although [link titles] may span multiple lines, they may not contain
a [blank line].
-An [inline link](@inline-link) consists of a [link text] followed immediately
+An [inline link](@) consists of a [link text] followed immediately
by a left parenthesis `(`, optional [whitespace], an optional
[link destination], an optional [link title] separated from the link
destination by [whitespace], optional [whitespace], and a right
@@ -6604,106 +7054,119 @@ above.
Here is a simple inline link:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](/uri "title")
.
<p><a href="/uri" title="title">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The title may be omitted:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](/uri)
.
<p><a href="/uri">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Both the title and the destination may be omitted:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link]()
.
<p><a href="">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](<>)
.
<p><a href="">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The destination cannot contain spaces or line breaks,
even if enclosed in pointy brackets:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](/my uri)
.
<p>[link](/my uri)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](</my uri>)
.
<p>[link](&lt;/my uri&gt;)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](foo
bar)
.
<p>[link](foo
bar)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](<foo
bar>)
.
<p>[link](<foo
bar>)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
One level of balanced parentheses is allowed without escaping:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link]((foo)and(bar))
.
<p><a href="(foo)and(bar)">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
However, if you have parentheses within parentheses, you need to escape
or use the `<...>` form:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](foo(and(bar)))
.
<p>[link](foo(and(bar)))</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](foo(and\(bar\)))
.
<p><a href="foo(and(bar))">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](<foo(and(bar))>)
.
<p><a href="foo(and(bar))">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Parentheses and other symbols can also be escaped, as usual
in Markdown:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](foo\)\:)
.
<p><a href="foo):">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A link can contain fragment identifiers and queries:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](#fragment)
[link](http://example.com#fragment)
@@ -6713,16 +7176,18 @@ A link can contain fragment identifiers and queries:
<p><a href="#fragment">link</a></p>
<p><a href="http://example.com#fragment">link</a></p>
<p><a href="http://example.com?foo=3#frag">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that a backslash before a non-escapable character is
just a backslash:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](foo\bar)
.
<p><a href="foo%5Cbar">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
URL-escaping should be left alone inside the destination, as all
URL-escaped characters are also valid URL characters. Entity and
@@ -6733,25 +7198,27 @@ does not enforce any particular policy for rendering URLs in
HTML or other formats. Renderers may make different decisions
about how to escape or normalize URLs in the output.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](foo%20b&auml;)
.
<p><a href="foo%20b%C3%A4">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that, because titles can often be parsed as destinations,
if you try to omit the destination and keep the title, you'll
get unexpected results:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link]("title")
.
<p><a href="%22title%22">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Titles may be in single quotes, double quotes, or parentheses:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](/url "title")
[link](/url 'title')
[link](/url (title))
@@ -6759,32 +7226,36 @@ Titles may be in single quotes, double quotes, or parentheses:
<p><a href="/url" title="title">link</a>
<a href="/url" title="title">link</a>
<a href="/url" title="title">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Backslash escapes and entity and numeric character references
may be used in titles:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](/url "title \"&quot;")
.
<p><a href="/url" title="title &quot;&quot;">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Nested balanced quotes are not allowed without escaping:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](/url "title "and" title")
.
<p>[link](/url &quot;title &quot;and&quot; title&quot;)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
But it is easy to work around this by using a different quote type:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link](/url 'title "and" title')
.
<p><a href="/url" title="title &quot;and&quot; title">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
(Note: `Markdown.pl` did allow double quotes inside a double-quoted
title, and its test suite included a test demonstrating this.
@@ -6803,144 +7274,161 @@ the same way in inline links and link reference definitions.)
[Whitespace] is allowed around the destination and title:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link]( /uri
"title" )
.
<p><a href="/uri" title="title">link</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
But it is not allowed between the link text and the
following parenthesis:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link] (/uri)
.
<p>[link] (/uri)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The link text may contain balanced brackets, but not unbalanced ones,
unless they are escaped:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link [foo [bar]]](/uri)
.
<p><a href="/uri">link [foo [bar]]</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link] bar](/uri)
.
<p>[link] bar](/uri)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link [bar](/uri)
.
<p>[link <a href="/uri">bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link \[bar](/uri)
.
<p><a href="/uri">link [bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The link text may contain inline content:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link *foo **bar** `#`*](/uri)
.
<p><a href="/uri">link <em>foo <strong>bar</strong> <code>#</code></em></a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[![moon](moon.jpg)](/uri)
.
<p><a href="/uri"><img src="moon.jpg" alt="moon" /></a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
However, links may not contain other links, at any level of nesting.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo [bar](/uri)](/uri)
.
<p>[foo <a href="/uri">bar</a>](/uri)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo *[bar [baz](/uri)](/uri)*](/uri)
.
<p>[foo <em>[bar <a href="/uri">baz</a>](/uri)</em>](/uri)</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
![[[foo](uri1)](uri2)](uri3)
.
<p><img src="uri3" alt="[foo](uri2)" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
These cases illustrate the precedence of link text grouping over
emphasis grouping:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*[foo*](/uri)
.
<p>*<a href="/uri">foo*</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo *bar](baz*)
.
<p><a href="baz*">foo *bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that brackets that *aren't* part of links do not take
precedence:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo [bar* baz]
.
<p><em>foo [bar</em> baz]</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
These cases illustrate the precedence of HTML tags, code spans,
and autolinks over link grouping:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo <bar attr="](baz)">
.
<p>[foo <bar attr="](baz)"></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo`](/uri)`
.
<p>[foo<code>](/uri)</code></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo<http://example.com/?search=](uri)>
.
<p>[foo<a href="http://example.com/?search=%5D(uri)">http://example.com/?search=](uri)</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
-There are three kinds of [reference link](@reference-link)s:
+There are three kinds of [reference link](@)s:
[full](#full-reference-link), [collapsed](#collapsed-reference-link),
and [shortcut](#shortcut-reference-link).
-A [full reference link](@full-reference-link)
+A [full reference link](@)
consists of a [link text] immediately followed by a [link label]
that [matches] a [link reference definition] elsewhere in the document.
-A [link label](@link-label) begins with a left bracket (`[`) and ends
+A [link label](@) begins with a left bracket (`[`) and ends
with the first right bracket (`]`) that is not backslash-escaped.
Between these brackets there must be at least one [non-whitespace character].
Unescaped square bracket characters are not allowed in
-[link label]s. A link label can have at most 999
+[link labels]. A link label can have at most 999
characters inside the square brackets.
-One label [matches](@matches)
+One label [matches](@)
another just in case their normalized forms are equal. To normalize a
label, perform the *Unicode case fold* and collapse consecutive internal
[whitespace] to a single space. If there are multiple
@@ -6953,165 +7441,181 @@ matching [link reference definition].
Here is a simple example:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo][bar]
[bar]: /url "title"
.
<p><a href="/url" title="title">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The rules for the [link text] are the same as with
-[inline link]s. Thus:
+[inline links]. Thus:
The link text may contain balanced brackets, but not unbalanced ones,
unless they are escaped:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link [foo [bar]]][ref]
[ref]: /uri
.
<p><a href="/uri">link [foo [bar]]</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link \[bar][ref]
[ref]: /uri
.
<p><a href="/uri">link [bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The link text may contain inline content:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[link *foo **bar** `#`*][ref]
[ref]: /uri
.
<p><a href="/uri">link <em>foo <strong>bar</strong> <code>#</code></em></a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[![moon](moon.jpg)][ref]
[ref]: /uri
.
<p><a href="/uri"><img src="moon.jpg" alt="moon" /></a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
However, links may not contain other links, at any level of nesting.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo [bar](/uri)][ref]
[ref]: /uri
.
<p>[foo <a href="/uri">bar</a>]<a href="/uri">ref</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo *bar [baz][ref]*][ref]
[ref]: /uri
.
<p>[foo <em>bar <a href="/uri">baz</a></em>]<a href="/uri">ref</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
-(In the examples above, we have two [shortcut reference link]s
+(In the examples above, we have two [shortcut reference links]
instead of one [full reference link].)
The following cases illustrate the precedence of link text grouping over
emphasis grouping:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*[foo*][ref]
[ref]: /uri
.
<p>*<a href="/uri">foo*</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo *bar][ref]
[ref]: /uri
.
<p><a href="/uri">foo *bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
These cases illustrate the precedence of HTML tags, code spans,
and autolinks over link grouping:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo <bar attr="][ref]">
[ref]: /uri
.
<p>[foo <bar attr="][ref]"></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo`][ref]`
[ref]: /uri
.
<p>[foo<code>][ref]</code></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo<http://example.com/?search=][ref]>
[ref]: /uri
.
<p>[foo<a href="http://example.com/?search=%5D%5Bref%5D">http://example.com/?search=][ref]</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Matching is case-insensitive:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo][BaR]
[bar]: /url "title"
.
<p><a href="/url" title="title">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Unicode case fold is used:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[Толпой][Толпой] is a Russian word.
[ТОЛПОЙ]: /url
.
<p><a href="/url">Толпой</a> is a Russian word.</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Consecutive internal [whitespace] is treated as one space for
purposes of determining matching:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[Foo
bar]: /url
[Baz][Foo bar]
.
<p><a href="/url">Baz</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
No [whitespace] is allowed between the [link text] and the
[link label]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo] [bar]
[bar]: /url "title"
.
<p>[foo] <a href="/url" title="title">bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]
[bar]
@@ -7119,15 +7623,16 @@ No [whitespace] is allowed between the [link text] and the
.
<p>[foo]
<a href="/url" title="title">bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
This is a departure from John Gruber's original Markdown syntax
description, which explicitly allows whitespace between the link
text and the link label. It brings reference links in line with
-[inline link]s, which (according to both original Markdown and
+[inline links], which (according to both original Markdown and
this spec) cannot have whitespace after the link text. More
importantly, it prevents inadvertent capture of consecutive
-[shortcut reference link]s. If whitespace is allowed between the
+[shortcut reference links]. If whitespace is allowed between the
link text and the link label, then in the following we will have
a single reference link, not two shortcut reference links, as
intended:
@@ -7140,7 +7645,7 @@ intended:
[bar]: /url2
```
-(Note that [shortcut reference link]s were introduced by Gruber
+(Note that [shortcut reference links] were introduced by Gruber
himself in a beta version of `Markdown.pl`, but never included
in the official syntax description. Without shortcut reference
links, it is harmless to allow space between the link text and
@@ -7148,10 +7653,10 @@ link label; but once shortcut references are introduced, it is
too dangerous to allow this, as it frequently leads to
unintended results.)
-When there are multiple matching [link reference definition]s,
+When there are multiple matching [link reference definitions],
the first is used:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]: /url1
[foo]: /url2
@@ -7159,80 +7664,88 @@ the first is used:
[bar][foo]
.
<p><a href="/url1">bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that matching is performed on normalized strings, not parsed
inline content. So the following does not match, even though the
labels define equivalent inline content:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[bar][foo\!]
[foo!]: /url
.
<p>[bar][foo!]</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
-[Link label]s cannot contain brackets, unless they are
+[Link labels] cannot contain brackets, unless they are
backslash-escaped:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo][ref[]
[ref[]: /uri
.
<p>[foo][ref[]</p>
<p>[ref[]: /uri</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo][ref[bar]]
[ref[bar]]: /uri
.
<p>[foo][ref[bar]]</p>
<p>[ref[bar]]: /uri</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[[[foo]]]
[[[foo]]]: /url
.
<p>[[[foo]]]</p>
<p>[[[foo]]]: /url</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo][ref\[]
[ref\[]: /uri
.
<p><a href="/uri">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that in this example `]` is not backslash-escaped:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[bar\\]: /uri
[bar\\]
.
<p><a href="/uri">bar\</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A [link label] must contain at least one [non-whitespace character]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[]
[]: /uri
.
<p>[]</p>
<p>[]: /uri</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[
]
@@ -7243,9 +7756,10 @@ A [link label] must contain at least one [non-whitespace character]:
]</p>
<p>[
]: /uri</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
-A [collapsed reference link](@collapsed-reference-link)
+A [collapsed reference link](@)
consists of a [link label] that [matches] a
[link reference definition] elsewhere in the
document, followed by the string `[]`.
@@ -7254,37 +7768,40 @@ which are used as the link's text. The link's URI and title are
provided by the matching reference link definition. Thus,
`[foo][]` is equivalent to `[foo][foo]`.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo][]
[foo]: /url "title"
.
<p><a href="/url" title="title">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[*foo* bar][]
[*foo* bar]: /url "title"
.
<p><a href="/url" title="title"><em>foo</em> bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The link labels are case-insensitive:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[Foo][]
[foo]: /url "title"
.
<p><a href="/url" title="title">Foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
As with full reference links, [whitespace] is not
allowed between the two sets of brackets:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]
[]
@@ -7292,9 +7809,10 @@ allowed between the two sets of brackets:
.
<p><a href="/url" title="title">foo</a>
[]</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
-A [shortcut reference link](@shortcut-reference-link)
+A [shortcut reference link](@)
consists of a [link label] that [matches] a
[link reference definition] elsewhere in the
document and is not followed by `[]` or a link label.
@@ -7303,132 +7821,144 @@ which are used as the link's text. the link's URI and title
are provided by the matching link reference definition.
Thus, `[foo]` is equivalent to `[foo][]`.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo]
[foo]: /url "title"
.
<p><a href="/url" title="title">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[*foo* bar]
[*foo* bar]: /url "title"
.
<p><a href="/url" title="title"><em>foo</em> bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[[*foo* bar]]
[*foo* bar]: /url "title"
.
<p>[<a href="/url" title="title"><em>foo</em> bar</a>]</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
[[bar [foo]
[foo]: /url
.
<p>[[bar <a href="/url">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The link labels are case-insensitive:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[Foo]
[foo]: /url "title"
.
<p><a href="/url" title="title">Foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A space after the link text should be preserved:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo] bar
[foo]: /url
.
<p><a href="/url">foo</a> bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
If you just want bracketed text, you can backslash-escape the
opening bracket to avoid links:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
\[foo]
[foo]: /url "title"
.
<p>[foo]</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that this is a link, because a link label ends with the first
following closing bracket:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo*]: /url
*[foo*]
.
<p>*<a href="/url">foo*</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Full references take precedence over shortcut references:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo][bar]
[foo]: /url1
[bar]: /url2
.
<p><a href="/url2">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
In the following case `[bar][baz]` is parsed as a reference,
`[foo]` as normal text:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo][bar][baz]
[baz]: /url
.
<p>[foo]<a href="/url">bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here, though, `[foo][bar]` is parsed as a reference, since
`[bar]` is defined:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo][bar][baz]
[baz]: /url1
[bar]: /url2
.
<p><a href="/url2">foo</a><a href="/url1">baz</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Here `[foo]` is not parsed as a shortcut reference, because it
is followed by a link label (even though `[bar]` is not defined):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
[foo][bar][baz]
[baz]: /url1
[foo]: /url2
.
<p>[foo]<a href="/url1">bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Images
Syntax for images is like the syntax for links, with one
difference. Instead of [link text], we have an
-[image description](@image-description). The rules for this are the
+[image description](@). The rules for this are the
same as for [link text], except that (a) an
image description starts with `![` rather than `[`, and
(b) an image description may contain links.
@@ -7436,31 +7966,35 @@ An image description has inline elements
as its contents. When an image is rendered to HTML,
this is standardly used as the image's `alt` attribute.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
![foo](/url "title")
.
<p><img src="/url" alt="foo" title="title" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
![foo *bar*]
[foo *bar*]: train.jpg "train & tracks"
.
<p><img src="train.jpg" alt="foo bar" title="train &amp; tracks" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
![foo ![bar](/url)](/url2)
.
<p><img src="/url2" alt="foo bar" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
![foo [bar](/url)](/url2)
.
<p><img src="/url2" alt="foo bar" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Though this spec is concerned with parsing, not rendering, it is
recommended that in rendering to HTML, only the plain string content
@@ -7469,96 +8003,107 @@ the above example, the alt attribute's value is `foo bar`, not `foo
[bar](/url)` or `foo <a href="/url">bar</a>`. Only the plain string
content is rendered, without formatting.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
![foo *bar*][]
[foo *bar*]: train.jpg "train & tracks"
.
<p><img src="train.jpg" alt="foo bar" title="train &amp; tracks" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
![foo *bar*][foobar]
[FOOBAR]: train.jpg "train & tracks"
.
<p><img src="train.jpg" alt="foo bar" title="train &amp; tracks" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
![foo](train.jpg)
.
<p><img src="train.jpg" alt="foo" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
My ![foo bar](/path/to/train.jpg "title" )
.
<p>My <img src="/path/to/train.jpg" alt="foo bar" title="title" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
![foo](<url>)
.
<p><img src="url" alt="foo" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
![](/url)
.
<p><img src="/url" alt="" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Reference-style:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
![foo][bar]
[bar]: /url
.
<p><img src="/url" alt="foo" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
![foo][bar]
[BAR]: /url
.
<p><img src="/url" alt="foo" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Collapsed:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
![foo][]
[foo]: /url "title"
.
<p><img src="/url" alt="foo" title="title" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
![*foo* bar][]
[*foo* bar]: /url "title"
.
<p><img src="/url" alt="foo bar" title="title" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The labels are case-insensitive:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
![Foo][]
[foo]: /url "title"
.
<p><img src="/url" alt="Foo" title="title" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
As with reference links, [whitespace] is not allowed
between the two sets of brackets:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
![foo]
[]
@@ -7566,170 +8111,187 @@ between the two sets of brackets:
.
<p><img src="/url" alt="foo" title="title" />
[]</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Shortcut:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
![foo]
[foo]: /url "title"
.
<p><img src="/url" alt="foo" title="title" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
![*foo* bar]
[*foo* bar]: /url "title"
.
<p><img src="/url" alt="foo bar" title="title" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Note that link labels cannot contain unescaped brackets:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
![[foo]]
[[foo]]: /url "title"
.
<p>![[foo]]</p>
<p>[[foo]]: /url &quot;title&quot;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
The link labels are case-insensitive:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
![Foo]
[foo]: /url "title"
.
<p><img src="/url" alt="Foo" title="title" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
If you just want bracketed text, you can backslash-escape the
opening `!` and `[`:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
\!\[foo]
[foo]: /url "title"
.
<p>![foo]</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
If you want a link after a literal `!`, backslash-escape the
`!`:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
\![foo]
[foo]: /url "title"
.
<p>!<a href="/url" title="title">foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Autolinks
-[Autolink](@autolink)s are absolute URIs and email addresses inside
+[Autolink](@)s are absolute URIs and email addresses inside
`<` and `>`. They are parsed as links, with the URL or email address
as the link label.
-A [URI autolink](@uri-autolink) consists of `<`, followed by an
+A [URI autolink](@) consists of `<`, followed by an
[absolute URI] not containing `<`, followed by `>`. It is parsed as
a link to the URI, with the URI as the link's label.
-An [absolute URI](@absolute-uri),
+An [absolute URI](@),
for these purposes, consists of a [scheme] followed by a colon (`:`)
followed by zero or more characters other than ASCII
[whitespace] and control characters, `<`, and `>`. If
the URI includes these characters, they must be percent-encoded
(e.g. `%20` for a space).
-For purposes of this spec, a [scheme](@scheme) is any sequence
+For purposes of this spec, a [scheme](@) is any sequence
of 2--32 characters beginning with an ASCII letter and followed
by any combination of ASCII letters, digits, or the symbols plus
("+"), period ("."), or hyphen ("-").
Here are some valid autolinks:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<http://foo.bar.baz>
.
<p><a href="http://foo.bar.baz">http://foo.bar.baz</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<http://foo.bar.baz/test?q=hello&id=22&boolean>
.
<p><a href="http://foo.bar.baz/test?q=hello&amp;id=22&amp;boolean">http://foo.bar.baz/test?q=hello&amp;id=22&amp;boolean</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<irc://foo.bar:2233/baz>
.
<p><a href="irc://foo.bar:2233/baz">irc://foo.bar:2233/baz</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Uppercase is also fine:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<MAILTO:FOO@BAR.BAZ>
.
<p><a href="MAILTO:FOO@BAR.BAZ">MAILTO:FOO@BAR.BAZ</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-Note that many strings that count as [absolute URI]s for
+
+Note that many strings that count as [absolute URIs] for
purposes of this spec are not valid URIs, because their
schemes are not registered or because of other problems
with their syntax:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a+b+c:d>
.
<p><a href="a+b+c:d">a+b+c:d</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<made-up-scheme://foo,bar>
.
<p><a href="made-up-scheme://foo,bar">made-up-scheme://foo,bar</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<http://../>
.
<p><a href="http://../">http://../</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<localhost:5001/foo>
.
<p><a href="localhost:5001/foo">localhost:5001/foo</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Spaces are not allowed in autolinks:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<http://foo.bar/baz bim>
.
<p>&lt;http://foo.bar/baz bim&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Backslash-escapes do not work inside autolinks:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<http://example.com/\[\>
.
<p><a href="http://example.com/%5C%5B%5C">http://example.com/\[\</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
-An [email autolink](@email-autolink)
+An [email autolink](@)
consists of `<`, followed by an [email address],
followed by `>`. The link's label is the email address,
and the URL is `mailto:` followed by the email address.
-An [email address](@email-address),
+An [email address](@),
for these purposes, is anything that matches
the [non-normative regex from the HTML5
spec](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/forms.html#e-mail-state-(type=email)):
@@ -7739,63 +8301,72 @@ spec](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/forms.html#e-mail-state-(type=email
Examples of email autolinks:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<foo@bar.example.com>
.
<p><a href="mailto:foo@bar.example.com">foo@bar.example.com</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<foo+special@Bar.baz-bar0.com>
.
<p><a href="mailto:foo+special@Bar.baz-bar0.com">foo+special@Bar.baz-bar0.com</a></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Backslash-escapes do not work inside email autolinks:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<foo\+@bar.example.com>
.
<p>&lt;foo+@bar.example.com&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
These are not autolinks:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<>
.
<p>&lt;&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
< http://foo.bar >
.
<p>&lt; http://foo.bar &gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<m:abc>
.
<p>&lt;m:abc&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<foo.bar.baz>
.
<p>&lt;foo.bar.baz&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
http://example.com
.
<p>http://example.com</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo@bar.example.com
.
<p>foo@bar.example.com</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Raw HTML
@@ -7806,380 +8377,416 @@ so custom tags (and even, say, DocBook tags) may be used.
Here is the grammar for tags:
-A [tag name](@tag-name) consists of an ASCII letter
+A [tag name](@) consists of an ASCII letter
followed by zero or more ASCII letters, digits, or
hyphens (`-`).
-An [attribute](@attribute) consists of [whitespace],
+An [attribute](@) consists of [whitespace],
an [attribute name], and an optional
[attribute value specification].
-An [attribute name](@attribute-name)
+An [attribute name](@)
consists of an ASCII letter, `_`, or `:`, followed by zero or more ASCII
letters, digits, `_`, `.`, `:`, or `-`. (Note: This is the XML
specification restricted to ASCII. HTML5 is laxer.)
-An [attribute value specification](@attribute-value-specification)
+An [attribute value specification](@)
consists of optional [whitespace],
a `=` character, optional [whitespace], and an [attribute
value].
-An [attribute value](@attribute-value)
+An [attribute value](@)
consists of an [unquoted attribute value],
a [single-quoted attribute value], or a [double-quoted attribute value].
-An [unquoted attribute value](@unquoted-attribute-value)
+An [unquoted attribute value](@)
is a nonempty string of characters not
including spaces, `"`, `'`, `=`, `<`, `>`, or `` ` ``.
-A [single-quoted attribute value](@single-quoted-attribute-value)
+A [single-quoted attribute value](@)
consists of `'`, zero or more
characters not including `'`, and a final `'`.
-A [double-quoted attribute value](@double-quoted-attribute-value)
+A [double-quoted attribute value](@)
consists of `"`, zero or more
characters not including `"`, and a final `"`.
-An [open tag](@open-tag) consists of a `<` character, a [tag name],
-zero or more [attribute]s, optional [whitespace], an optional `/`
+An [open tag](@) consists of a `<` character, a [tag name],
+zero or more [attributes], optional [whitespace], an optional `/`
character, and a `>` character.
-A [closing tag](@closing-tag) consists of the string `</`, a
+A [closing tag](@) consists of the string `</`, a
[tag name], optional [whitespace], and the character `>`.
-An [HTML comment](@html-comment) consists of `<!--` + *text* + `-->`,
+An [HTML comment](@) consists of `<!--` + *text* + `-->`,
where *text* does not start with `>` or `->`, does not end with `-`,
and does not contain `--`. (See the
[HTML5 spec](http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html#comments).)
-A [processing instruction](@processing-instruction)
+A [processing instruction](@)
consists of the string `<?`, a string
of characters not including the string `?>`, and the string
`?>`.
-A [declaration](@declaration) consists of the
+A [declaration](@) consists of the
string `<!`, a name consisting of one or more uppercase ASCII letters,
[whitespace], a string of characters not including the
character `>`, and the character `>`.
-A [CDATA section](@cdata-section) consists of
+A [CDATA section](@) consists of
the string `<![CDATA[`, a string of characters not including the string
`]]>`, and the string `]]>`.
-An [HTML tag](@html-tag) consists of an [open tag], a [closing tag],
+An [HTML tag](@) consists of an [open tag], a [closing tag],
an [HTML comment], a [processing instruction], a [declaration],
or a [CDATA section].
Here are some simple open tags:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a><bab><c2c>
.
<p><a><bab><c2c></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Empty elements:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a/><b2/>
.
<p><a/><b2/></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
[Whitespace] is allowed:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a /><b2
data="foo" >
.
<p><a /><b2
data="foo" ></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
With attributes:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a foo="bar" bam = 'baz <em>"</em>'
_boolean zoop:33=zoop:33 />
.
<p><a foo="bar" bam = 'baz <em>"</em>'
_boolean zoop:33=zoop:33 /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Custom tag names can be used:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo <responsive-image src="foo.jpg" />
.
<p>Foo <responsive-image src="foo.jpg" /></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Illegal tag names, not parsed as HTML:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<33> <__>
.
<p>&lt;33&gt; &lt;__&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Illegal attribute names:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a h*#ref="hi">
.
<p>&lt;a h*#ref=&quot;hi&quot;&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Illegal attribute values:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a href="hi'> <a href=hi'>
.
<p>&lt;a href=&quot;hi'&gt; &lt;a href=hi'&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Illegal [whitespace]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
< a><
foo><bar/ >
.
<p>&lt; a&gt;&lt;
foo&gt;&lt;bar/ &gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Missing [whitespace]:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a href='bar'title=title>
.
<p>&lt;a href='bar'title=title&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Closing tags:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
</a></foo >
.
<p></a></foo ></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Illegal attributes in closing tag:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
</a href="foo">
.
<p>&lt;/a href=&quot;foo&quot;&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Comments:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo <!-- this is a
comment - with hyphen -->
.
<p>foo <!-- this is a
comment - with hyphen --></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo <!-- not a comment -- two hyphens -->
.
<p>foo &lt;!-- not a comment -- two hyphens --&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Not comments:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo <!--> foo -->
foo <!-- foo--->
.
<p>foo &lt;!--&gt; foo --&gt;</p>
<p>foo &lt;!-- foo---&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Processing instructions:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo <?php echo $a; ?>
.
<p>foo <?php echo $a; ?></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Declarations:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo <!ELEMENT br EMPTY>
.
<p>foo <!ELEMENT br EMPTY></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
CDATA sections:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo <![CDATA[>&<]]>
.
<p>foo <![CDATA[>&<]]></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Entity and numeric character references are preserved in HTML
attributes:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo <a href="&ouml;">
.
<p>foo <a href="&ouml;"></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Backslash escapes do not work in HTML attributes:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo <a href="\*">
.
<p>foo <a href="\*"></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a href="\"">
.
<p>&lt;a href=&quot;&quot;&quot;&gt;</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Hard line breaks
A line break (not in a code span or HTML tag) that is preceded
by two or more spaces and does not occur at the end of a block
-is parsed as a [hard line break](@hard-line-break) (rendered
+is parsed as a [hard line break](@) (rendered
in HTML as a `<br />` tag):
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
baz
.
<p>foo<br />
baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
For a more visible alternative, a backslash before the
[line ending] may be used instead of two spaces:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo\
baz
.
<p>foo<br />
baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
More than two spaces can be used:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
baz
.
<p>foo<br />
baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Leading spaces at the beginning of the next line are ignored:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
bar
.
<p>foo<br />
bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo\
bar
.
<p>foo<br />
bar</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Line breaks can occur inside emphasis, links, and other constructs
that allow inline content:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo
bar*
.
<p><em>foo<br />
bar</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
*foo\
bar*
.
<p><em>foo<br />
bar</em></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Line breaks do not occur inside code spans
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
`code
span`
.
<p><code>code span</code></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
`code\
span`
.
<p><code>code\ span</code></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
or HTML tags:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a href="foo
bar">
.
<p><a href="foo
bar"></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
<a href="foo\
bar">
.
<p><a href="foo\
bar"></p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Hard line breaks are for separating inline content within a block.
Neither syntax for hard line breaks works at the end of a paragraph or
other block element:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo\
.
<p>foo\</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
.
<p>foo</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
### foo\
.
<h3>foo\</h3>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
### foo
.
<h3>foo</h3>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
## Soft line breaks
@@ -8189,24 +8796,26 @@ softbreak. (A softbreak may be rendered in HTML either as a
[line ending] or as a space. The result will be the same in
browsers. In the examples here, a [line ending] will be used.)
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
baz
.
<p>foo
baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Spaces at the end of the line and beginning of the next line are
removed:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
foo
baz
.
<p>foo
baz</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
A conforming parser may render a soft line break in HTML either as a
line break or as a space.
@@ -8219,34 +8828,37 @@ as hard line breaks.
Any characters not given an interpretation by the above rules will
be parsed as plain textual content.
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
hello $.;'there
.
<p>hello $.;'there</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
-.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
Foo χρῆν
.
<p>Foo χρῆν</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
Internal spaces are preserved verbatim:
-.
+```````````````````````````````` example
Multiple spaces
.
<p>Multiple spaces</p>
-.
+````````````````````````````````
+
<!-- END TESTS -->
-# Appendix: A parsing strategy {-}
+# Appendix: A parsing strategy
In this appendix we describe some features of the parsing strategy
used in the CommonMark reference implementations.
-## Overview {-}
+## Overview
Parsing has two phases:
@@ -8284,7 +8896,7 @@ marked by arrows:
"aliquando id"
```
-## Phase 1: block structure {-}
+## Phase 1: block structure
Each line that is processed has an effect on this tree. The line is
analyzed and, depending on its contents, the document may be altered
@@ -8426,7 +9038,7 @@ We thus obtain the final tree:
"aliquando id"
```
-## Phase 2: inline structure {-}
+## Phase 2: inline structure
Once all of the input has been parsed, all open blocks are closed.
@@ -8457,7 +9069,7 @@ Notice how the [line ending] in the first paragraph has
been parsed as a `softbreak`, and the asterisks in the first list item
have become an `emph`.
-### An algorithm for parsing nested emphasis and links {-}
+### An algorithm for parsing nested emphasis and links
By far the trickiest part of inline parsing is handling emphasis,
strong emphasis, links, and images. This is done using the following
@@ -8469,7 +9081,7 @@ When we're parsing inlines and we hit either
- a `[` or `![`
we insert a text node with these symbols as its literal content, and we
-add a pointer to this text node to the [delimiter stack](@delimiter-stack).
+add a pointer to this text node to the [delimiter stack](@).
The [delimiter stack] is a doubly linked list. Each
element contains a pointer to a text node, plus information about
@@ -8487,7 +9099,7 @@ procedure (see below).
When we hit the end of the input, we call the *process emphasis*
procedure (see below), with `stack_bottom` = NULL.
-#### *look for link or image* {-}
+#### *look for link or image*
Starting at the top of the delimiter stack, we look backwards
through the stack for an opening `[` or `![` delimiter.
@@ -8518,7 +9130,7 @@ through the stack for an opening `[` or `![` delimiter.
`[` delimiters before the opening delimiter to *inactive*. (This
will prevent us from getting links within links.)
-#### *process emphasis* {-}
+#### *process emphasis*
Parameter `stack_bottom` sets a lower bound to how far we
descend in the [delimiter stack]. If it is NULL, we can