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  • A Modest Proposal for Markdown Definition Lists

    https://justatheory.com/2009/02/modest-markdown-proposal/

    I realize that greater minds than mind have likely given a lot of thought to how best to implement a “natural” syntax for definition lists in Markdown. The best I’ve seen, however, is that implemented by PHP Markdown Extra, which is also supported by MultiMarkdown. Given the prevalence of these two libraries, I’m assuming that the syntax become the de-facto standard for definition lists in Markdown. But, to my mind at least, it leaves something to be desired. Here’s an extended example, taken from the PHP Markdown Extra documentation, including multiple definitions, multiple paragraphs, and nested formatting (lists, code block):

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