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@@ -336,9 +336,14 @@ the Unicode classes `Pc`, `Pd`, `Pe`, `Pf`, `Pi`, `Po`, or `Ps`. ## Tabs 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. +in contexts where whitespace helps to define block structure, +tabs behave as if they were replaced by spaces with a tab stop +of 4 characters. + +Thus, for exmaple, a tab can be used instead of four spaces +in an indented code block. (Note, however, that internal +tabs are passed through as literal tabs, not expanded to +spaces.) ```````````````````````````````` example →foo→baz→→bim @@ -347,7 +352,6 @@ by spaces with a tab stop of 4 characters. </code></pre> ```````````````````````````````` - ```````````````````````````````` example →foo→baz→→bim . @@ -355,7 +359,6 @@ by spaces with a tab stop of 4 characters. </code></pre> ```````````````````````````````` - ```````````````````````````````` example a→a ὐ→a @@ -365,6 +368,9 @@ by spaces with a tab stop of 4 characters. </code></pre> ```````````````````````````````` +In the following example, a continuation paragraph of a list +item is indented with a tab; this has exactly the same effect +as indentation with four spaces would: ```````````````````````````````` example - foo @@ -393,6 +399,15 @@ by spaces with a tab stop of 4 characters. </ul> ```````````````````````````````` +Normally the `>` that begins a block quote may be followed +optionally by a space, which is not considered part of the +content. In the following case `>` is followed by a tab, +which is treated as if it were expanded into spaces. +Since one of theses spaces is considered part of the +delimiter, `foo` is considered to be indented six spaces +inside the block quote context, so we get an indented +code block starting with two spaces. + ```````````````````````````````` example >→→foo . @@ -441,6 +456,17 @@ bar </ul> ```````````````````````````````` +```````````````````````````````` example +#→Foo +. +<h1>Foo</h1> +```````````````````````````````` + +```````````````````````````````` example +*→*→*→ +. +<hr /> +```````````````````````````````` ## Insecure characters |