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+== Introducing Em ==
+
+Em is a *limited* markup language that compiles to HTML.
+It is similar to Markdown, but it has a few key advantages:
+
+ 1. It is more readable.
+ 2. It is simpler to parse.
+ 3. There is *not* more than one way to do it (sorry Larry).
+For any given HTML output, there is only a single possible Em input.
+
+As was said above, Em is also more limited than Markdown,
+because it values plain-text readability more than power.
+Most clearly, hyperlinks cannot have arbitrary link text;
+they have to be formatted in a fashion similar to how they
+are included in e-mails:
+
+	It can be downloaded here [1].
+	
+	[1] v1.zip
+
+This is translated to the following HTML:
+
+	<p>It can be downloaded here (<a href="v1.zip">link</a>).
+
+This limitation is intentional, because there is no other readable way
+of specifying what text is part of the link text.  But it should be remembered
+that the purpose of Em -- and of Markdown -- is not to be a general-purpose
+HTML preprocessor, but rather to be a simple, readable markup language.
+In many ways, Markdown has come short of this original goal.
+
+The name Em is an abbreviation of e-mail, because the format
+could be used in a plain-text e-mail without anyone noticing.
+It is also an allusion to the unit called em.
+
+== Syntax ==
+
+=== Block-level elements ===
+
+Block-level elements are separated using one empty line.
+This empty line is removed in the final HTML output.
+
+Lists begin with a single space:
+
+ - Test
+ - Test
+ - Test
+
+ 1. Test
+ 2. Test
+ 3. Test
+
+ term: definition
+ term: definition
+
+Lists within lists begin with another space.  Tables, which normally start
+with two spaces, cannot be put inside a list.
+
+Tables begin with two spaces; cells are separated with tabs.
+Empty cells have a single empty space.
+
+  Column 1	Column 2		Column 3
+  Test		Test			Test
+
+Code blocks begin with a tab (or four spaces?):
+
+	#include <stdio.h>
+	main(){
+		puts("Hello world!");
+	}
+
+If "paragraph lists" are wanted, then normal paragraphs should be used:
+
+	1. This is the first point.
+	Bla bla bla.
+	
+	2. This is the second point.
+	Bla bla bla.
+
+Headings are formatted with equal signs:
+
+	= First-level heading =
+	
+	== Second-level heading ==
+	
+	=== Third-level heading ===
+
+The equal signs on the right side are not optional.
+
+A paragraph containing three hyphens signifies a horizontal rule:
+
+	---
+
+== Inline formatting ==
+
+Three types of inline formatting are supported:
+
+ b:	underline (_)
+ i:	asterisk (*)
+ tt:	backquote (`)
+
+They are valid only at word borders.
+One type of inline formatting cannot contain another one.
+
+Only visual formatting (b, i, tt) is supported, not semantic (strong, em, code),
+as the HTML translator cannot possibly know the semantics of the text.
+
+Links are available only as in plain-text e-mail [1].
+
+ [1] http://like.this.example.com/
+
+When converting to HTML, references containing only a URL are converted
+to (link), optionally localized.  References containing text are shown as footnotes.
+
+Reference lists are a special case of lists, which is why they begin with a space.
+\ No newline at end of file