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[Python-Markdown][]
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This is a Python implementation of John Gruber's [Markdown][]. 





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It is almost completely compliant with the reference implementation,





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though there are a few known issues. See [Features][] for information 





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on what exactly is supported and what is not. Additional features are 





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supported by the [Available Extensions][].





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[Python-Markdown]: http://freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown





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[Markdown]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/





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[Features]: http://www.freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown/Features





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[Available Extensions]: http://www.freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown/Available_Extensions





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Documentation





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Installation and usage documentation is available in the `docs/` directory





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of the distribution and on the project website at 





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<http://freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown>.





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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][].





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[mailing list]: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/python-markdown-discuss





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[bug tracker]: http://github.com/waylan/Python-Markdown/issues