md2html - a simple C utility to convert Markdown to HTML

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Markdown rules

This is the beginning of a paragraph which is continued here.

This is a new paragraph. Italics and bold text *do not...

... carry across* paragraphs, titles or list elements.

####### There are more than six '#' here

• paragraphs
  • insert a space instead of a \n between lines in the same paragraph
  • two lines mark the separation between paragraph and previous/next element
• horizontal rule
  • three or more asterisks, dashes or underscodes on their own line
  • must be separated above and below by an empty line
• titles (no alternate == or -- syntax)
  • must be separated above and below by an empty line
• italicized text
  • does not carry across paragraphs / different elements (titles, etc.)
  • issue a warning if started and not finished by the end of the paragraph / title
• bold text
  • see notes about italicized text
• inline code
  • simple
  • with `backticks` included
  • see notes about italicized text
• blockquotes
  • can contain multiple paragraphs; lines between paragraphs should then start with >, or multiple blockquote elements will be created (one for each paragraph)
  • must be separated above and below by an empty line
• links
  • look like this: [Text](https://example.com)
  • text simply enclosed in braces e.g. [Text] not followed by parentheses should not be counted as link; how?
• lists
  • unordered
  • ordered
  • with sublists