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Markup
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Markup within reStructuredText documents tells the ReST parser when to do something
special in the document.  reStructuredText markup can be divided up into 2 categories:

- implicit:  when text formatting is interpreted by the ReST parser and is a natural
  part of the document's structure, such as section headings, bullet lists, and
  word- or phrase-emphasis.  The markup used is meant to be as minimal and
  unobtrusive as possible.

- explicit:  is when the markup is an actual command to the ReST parser.  It begins
  with 2 periods and a space (".. ") as the first non-whitespace characters on a
  line, and is followed by a recognized markup command followed by 2 colons.  And
  what then follows it depends on the markup command.  Example:

  .. code:: rst

      .. code::

          code block here, relayed verbatim by the ReST parser.



.. include:: external_links.txt