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authorJohn MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>2016-06-27 15:03:49 -0700
committerJohn MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>2016-06-27 15:03:49 -0700
commit5ca9ca1d5e70cbfe8eeae12f96e761c405ad8f86 (patch)
tree92f7310ae7991bac1c8dfa470ad5478edb25a333 /spec.txt
parent813d7e32ec6de0578478854ff6c15f86eddfc43a (diff)
Clarified tab usage in thematic breaks.
Closes #410.
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@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ 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
+optionally by any number of spaces or tabs, forms a
[thematic break](@).
```````````````````````````````` example
@@ -615,6 +615,15 @@ Spaces are allowed at the end:
````````````````````````````````
+Tabs are allowed both between and after the characters:
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
+-→-→-→-→
+.
+<hr />
+````````````````````````````````
+
+
However, no other characters may occur in the line:
```````````````````````````````` example
@@ -630,8 +639,8 @@ a------
````````````````````````````````
-It is required that all of the [non-whitespace characters] be the same.
-So, this is not a thematic break:
+It is required that all of the characters (besides spaces and
+tabs) be the same. So, this is not a thematic break:
```````````````````````````````` example
*-*