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Paragraphs have the following format:
line1 ... lineN
Leading and trailing whitespace on lines is generally ignored. Paragraphs are separated by blank lines or:
For normal paragraphs, simply specify the text on one or more lines. For example:
I like products which are simple to use and do what I expect. We should encourage engineers to design more products with these qualities.
A paragraph can be given a style using the following syntax:
style":"line1 ... lineN
Tagged paragraphs do not need to be separated by blank lines. style is a sequence of one or more of the following characters:
Whitespace is not permitted before the ":" but is generally ignored immediately after it. The style is optional and defaults to N (for Normal). The text is also optional.
Commonly used paragraph styles are given below.
| Style | Description |
| N | normal paragraph (the default) |
| H1 .. H6 | chapter heading at level 1-6 |
| A1 .. A6 | appendix heading at level 1-6 |
| P1 .. P6 | plain heading at level 1-6 |
| Note | a single paragraph note |
| E | fixed-width (example) text |
For example:
Note: Life is too short to drink bad wine.
The result is:
For certain styles, the following syntax is also supported:
special_style line1 ... lineN
The special styles available are:
| Style | Description |
| . .. ...... | paragraph or plain list item at level 1-6 |
| * .. ****** | unordered list at level 1-6 |
| - .. ----- | unordered list at level 2-6 |
| ^ .. ^^^^^^ | first entry in an ordered list at level 1-6 |
| + .. ++++++ | next entry in an ordered list at level 1-6 |
For example:
* fruits: - peach - banana * vegetables: - potato - carrots.
The result is:
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