>>> asterisk, plus and hyphen
* star
- dash
+ plus

<<<
<ul><li>star</li></ul><ul><li>dash</li></ul><ul><li>plus</li></ul>
>>> new markers begin new lists
* a
1. b

<<<
<ul><li>a</li></ul><ol><li>b</li></ol>
>>> allow a tab after the marker
*	a
1.	b

<<<
<ul><li>a</li></ul><ol><li>b</li></ol>
>>> wrap items in paragraphs if blank lines separate
* one

* two

<<<
<ul><li>
<p>one</p></li><li>
<p>two</p></li></ul>
>>> force paragraph on item before and after blank lines
* one
* two

* three

<<<
<ul><li>
<p>one</p></li><li>
<p>two</p></li><li>
<p>three</p></li></ul>
>>> do not force paragraph if item is already block
* > quote

* # header

<<<
<ul><li>
<blockquote>
<p>quote</p></blockquote></li><li>
<h1>header</h1></li></ul>
>>> can contain multiple paragraphs
* one

  two

* three

<<<
<ul><li>
<p>one</p>
<p>two</p></li><li>
<p>three</p></li></ul>
>>> can span newlines
* one
  two
* three

<<<
<ul><li>one
two</li><li>three</li></ul>
>>> can nest lists
* one
  * nested one
  * nested two

* two

<<<
<ul><li>
<p>one</p><ul><li>nested one</li><li>nested two</li></ul></li><li>
<p>two</p></li></ul>
>>> list item allows lazy continuations
- list
item

<<<
<ul><li>list
item</li></ul>
>>> list item turns what might be an h2 into nothing
- list
---

<<<
<ul><li>list</li></ul>
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