markdown of a post



The MarkDown [syntax](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax "by Daring Fireball"). The plain [text source](/markdown "please use it") of this post.

> Markdown is intended to be as easy-to-read and easy-to-write as is feasible.

> Readability, however, is emphasized above all else. A Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it's been marked up with tags or formatting instructions.

# this is h1
## h2 (reserved for post title here)
### this is h3
#### this is h4
##### this is h5
###### this is h6

> This is a blockquote with two paragraphs.

> The second paragraph.

>> a nested blockquote

* list item 1 (unfortunately, the python translator doesn't support ordered list)
* list item 2

This is a normal paragraph.

    This is a code block in PRE, by using 1 tab or 4 spaces indent.

a line and `code marked by backticks` within a normal paragraph

Below this normal paragraph is a line.

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[An example](http://pl4.me/ "inline link title") of inline link.

I like [the][] reference-style link.
[the]: http://pl4.me/ "optional reference style link title"

*single asterisks for emphasis, as em*

**double asterisks for emphasis, as strong**

Oh, by the way, use backslash to escape the special characters.