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Cutdown Specification v0.8.0

  Cutdown Markup Language Specification  Abstract  Table of Contents  1Conventions  Identifier Character Set  Segment  Block Type  Inline Type  2Comments  2.1Single # is literal  2.2## — Line Comment (Reflection)  Trailing inline ## (on a structural line)  Standalone ## comment line  2.3### — CommentBlock (block comment)  2.4Page assembly  2.5Render policy  2.6Interaction with attributes  3Document Model  Document  Page  4Block Segments  4.1Paragraph  4.2Section (Heading)  4.3Meta (Front Matter)  4.4CodeBlock  4.5MathBlock  4.6QuoteBlock  4.7List  4.7.1ListItem  4.7.2TaskItem  4.8Table  Header rows  Column alignment  Pipe table specifics  Multiline table specifics  Empty tables  Reflection  Caption and escaping  4.9ImageBlock  4.10PageBreak  4.11FileRef  4.12FileRefGroup  4.13NamedBlock  4.14RefDefinition  4.15SpoilerBlock  4.16CommentBlock  5Inline Segments  5.1Text  5.2Emphasis  5.3Strong  5.4Highlight  5.5Link  Link types and meaning  5.6CodeInline  5.7MathInline  5.8QuoteInline  5.9ImageInline  5.10Span (NamedInline segment)  5.11Variable  5.12Spoiler  5.13TextBreak  5.14Line Comment (##)  6Universal Attributes and Captions  6.1Syntax  6.2Placement  Block Opening Lines — Last-Attr Rule  Per-segment placement rules  Scope-chain rule (Rule B)  Trailing attr lines and loose-list detection  6.3Orphan Attributes  6.4Attribute Inside Link Text  6.5Caption Line  7Input Interpretation  8Escaping  8.1Special Characters  8.2Block-Opener Escapes  8.3Opaque-Block Closer Escapes  9Parsing Algorithm  9.1Phase 1 — Input Interpretation  9.2Phase 2 — Block Identification  9.3Phase 3 — Block Classification  9.4Phase 4 — Inline Parsing  9.4.1Degradation classes  9.5Derived Structure  9.5.1Sectionization fold  9.5.2Pagination fold  9.6PageBreak  10Block Structure and Block Boundaries  10.1Block Boundaries  10.2Leading and Trailing Whitespace  10.3Block Classification  10.4Syntax Primitives  10.4.1Doubled-symbol inline delimiter  10.4.2Tripled-symbol block delimiter  10.4.3Delimiter placement  10.4.4Symbol repetition  10.4.5Delimiter collisions  10.5List Indentation Model  10.6Container-Edge Blank Lines  11Precedence Rules  12Whitespace Rules  12.2Inline Block Whitespace  13Special Character Reference  14AST Node (Segment) Reference  Root Segments  Block Segments  Synthetic Segments  Inline Segments  Special Nodes  Location Type  Reflection Type  Attributes Type  15Name and Compliance  

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Readme\Conformance corpus\escape-non-special

escape-non-special

Backslash before non-special character emits both characters literally

Input

\a

Output AST

- type: Paragraph
  children:
    - type: Text
      value: \a