Support “comment” paragraphs

[LesML] / README.markdown

diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 7df7fdecb1a948fff11ff43c224747226f330884..2901a5d2a727f574dae63254416971dfb138597c 100644 (file)
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ Following the shebang line, document metadata may be provided in the
 The body of the document begins after the last line which begins with
   the string `%%`, or after the shebang line if none exists.
 
+Multiple documents can be catenated into a single file; a new document
+  is begun on any line which starts with `#!lesml` or `##`.
+Documents in the later case inherit the latest preceding `#!lesml`
+  declaration.
+`##` may be followed by other text; this is treated as an interdocument
+  comment.
+
 Documents are broken into paragraphs by blank lines.
 Empty paragraphs are ignored.
 Non·empty paragraphs are classified as follows :⁠—
@@ -55,7 +62,6 @@ Non·empty paragraphs are classified as follows :⁠—
 
   | Character | Codepoint | Unicode Name |
   | --------- | --------- | ------------ |
-  | `#` | `U+0023` | `NUMBER SIGN` |
   | `*` | `U+002A` | `ASTERISK` |
   | `-` | `U+002D` | `HYPHEN-MINUS` |
   | `.` | `U+002E` | `FULL STOP` |
@@ -153,6 +159,10 @@ After this classification, each quoted or unquoted paragraph is further
 - If the paragraph begins with `⚠︎`, it is a warning note
     (`<html:div role="note" class="warn">`).
 
+- If the paragraph begins with `#`, it is a comment.
+  Comments produce X·M·L comment nodes and can be used to break up list
+    items into separate lists.
+
 - If the paragraph begins with `⋯`, it is a continuation paragraph
     (`<html:div class="continuation">`).
   Continuation paragraphs may be used to continue a preceding list item