[Python-Markdown][]
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This is a Python implementation of John Gruber's [Markdown][]. 
It is almost completely compliant with the reference implementation,
though there are a few known issues. See [Features][] for information 
on what exactly is supported and what is not. Additional features are 
supported by the [Available Extensions][].

[Python-Markdown]: http://packages.python.org/Markdown/
[Markdown]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
[Features]: http://packages.python.org/Markdown/index.html#Features
[Available Extensions]: http://packages.python.org/Markdown/extensions/index.html


Documentation
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Installation and usage documentation is available in the `docs/` directory
of the distribution and on the project website at 
<http://packages.python.org/Markdown/>.

Support
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You may ask for help and discuss various other issues on the [mailing list][] and report bugs on the [bug tracker][].

[mailing list]: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/python-markdown-discuss
[bug tracker]: http://github.com/waylan/Python-Markdown/issues 
