Markdown: Syntax
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*   [Overview](#overview)
    *   [Philosophy](#philosophy)
    *   [Inline HTML](#html)
    *   [Automatic Escaping for Special Characters](#autoescape)
*   [Block Elements](#block)
    *   [Paragraphs and Line Breaks](#p)
    *   [Headers](#header)
    *   [Blockquotes](#blockquote)
    *   [Lists](#list)
    *   [Code Blocks](#precode)
    *   [Horizontal Rules](#hr)
*   [Span Elements](#span)
    *   [Links](#link)
    *   [Emphasis](#em)
    *   [Code](#code)
    *   [Images](#img)
*   [Miscellaneous](#misc)
    *   [Backslash Escapes](#backslash)
    *   [Automatic Links](#autolink)


**Note:** This document is itself written using Markdown; you
can [see the source for it by adding '.text' to the URL][src].

  [src]: /projects/markdown/syntax.text

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