tightening and added example

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/_pandoc.qmd b/_pandoc.qmd
index b8c50a8..6df5b51 100644
--- a/_pandoc.qmd
+++ b/_pandoc.qmd
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ is shaped in the spirit of Markdown
 
 The Pandoc AST evolved from the needs of tracking Markdown.
 It mainly keeps track of structure of content,
-and only to a limited extend handles layout:
+and only to a limited extent handles layout:
 import from layout-rich document formats reduces such information,
 and export to layout-rich document formats
 use templates to effectively impose a normalized style.
@@ -65,10 +65,16 @@ each representing an element of the content --
 some object types containing lists of other element objects,
 and some themselves holding a string of content.
 
-A Reader function breaks content into element objects,
-e.g. the "Hello, world! example @fig-hello
-(ignoring the metadata part)
-gets broken down into these four elements:
+A Reader function breaks content into element objects.
+For example, this short Markdown text:
+
+```markdown
+# Greeting
+
+Hello, world!
+```
+
+...gets broken down into these seven elements:
 
 * `Pandoc` block, containing two block objects
   * `Header` block, containing one inline objects
@@ -88,6 +94,18 @@ where a line break requires explicit markup
 and any amount of simple space is treated as one soft-break,
 which means that it behaves as either a single word delimiting space
 or as a line break if needed by the rendering medium.
+For example, this Markdown text:
+
+```markdown
+This is
+just           one
+  line.
+```
+
+Renders (regarding spacing) in an output document such as HTML or PDF like this:
+
+> This is just one line.
+
 Grouping content into sets of inline elements within block elements
 is aligned with HTML distinction between blocks and inlines,
 where content is either part of a relative loose string
@@ -107,7 +125,7 @@ in the link target of all link elements.
 
 Since the full AST is available,
 the filter API can also be used to reorganise content,
-e.g. to redefine plain tekst as belonging to a link,
+e.g. to redefine plain text as belonging to a link,
 or vice versa,
 but if content is "put into the wrong boxes"
 (for example if parsed wrongly as is done in this project),