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 <!--
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Lady <https://www.ladys.computer/about/#lady>
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024, 2025 Lady <https://www.ladys.computer/about/#lady>
 SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 -->
 # 💄📝 Les·M·L
@@ -43,8 +43,23 @@ 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.
+
+If every line in the paragraph begins with (optional white·space
+  followed by) `»` it is quoted (`<html:blockquote>`); if every line
+  begins with `]` it is bracketed.
+The lines, minus this leading, are then re‐analysed.
+Bracketed paragraphs which end quotes are treated as captions
+  (`<html:figcaption>`); otherwise, they are footers (`<html:footer>`).
+
 Non·empty paragraphs are classified as follows :⁠—
 
 - If the paragraph consists of only the following section‐break
@@ -55,7 +70,6 @@ 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` |
@@ -92,16 +106,18 @@ Non·empty paragraphs are classified as follows :⁠—
   | `＿` | `U+FF3F` | `FULLWIDTH LOW LINE` |
   | `～` | `U+FF5E` | `FULLWIDTH TILDE` |
 
-- If every line in the paragraph begins with at least one space, then
-    it is considered to be a quoted paragraph (`<html:blockquote>`).
-  There is only one level of paragraph quoting; quoted paragraphs may
-    not be quoted again.
+- If every line in the paragraph begins with zero or more white·space
+    characters followed by `|`, it is a “preformatted” paragraph and
+    white·space is not collapsed (`<html:pre>`).
 
-- Otherwise, the paragraph is unquoted.
+- Otherwise, the paragraph is ordinary.
 
-After this classification, each quoted or unquoted paragraph is further
+After this classification, each ordinary paragraph is further
   classified by type based on its first character (which is must be
-   followed by white·space to be recognized) :⁠—
+  followed by white·space, a pilcrow, or else the only thing on the
+  line) :⁠—
+
+- If the paragraph is preformatted, it is an ordinary paragraph.
 
 - If the paragraph begins with `⁌`, it is a chapter heading
     (`<html:h1>`).
@@ -153,24 +169,46 @@ 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 continuation paragraph
-    (`<html:div class="continuation">`).
-  Continuation paragraphs may be used to continue a preceding list item
-    or quote.
-  Note, however, that an unquoted paragraph cannot continue a quoted
-    one, or vice·versa.
+- 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.
+  Continuation paragraphs may be used to continue a preceding div or
+    list item.
+  If there is no such preceding div or list item, they will attach to
+    adjacent heading elements to form heading groups (`<html:hgroup>`).
+  Otherwise, they will be treated as ordinary paragraphs.
 
 - Otherwise, it is an ordinary paragraph.
 
-Following this sigil (if any, including trailing white·space) there may
-  be a `¶` followed by zero or more non·white·space characters.
+Following this sigil (if any) there may be a `¶` followed by zero or
+  more non·white·space characters.
 The characters following the `¶` give the identifier for the paragraph,
   which is expected to be unique within a document.
+This may be suffixed with a language tag beginning with `@` and
+  terminated with `$`.
 
 The remaining characters in a paragraph form its contents.
 Markup within paragraphs is delimited with·out exception by pairs of
   characters, with the following precedence :⁠—
 
+- The characters `⌦` and `⌫` indicate inline comments.
+  A single character `⌧` may be used to indicate an “empty” comment
+    (consisting of `U+034F COMBINING GRAPHEME JOINER` for X·M·L
+    compatibility).
+
+- The characters `{@` and `"}` indicate attribute specifications.
+  The attribute specification must contain at least one `="` which
+    separates the key of the attribute from the value.
+  Attributes attach to the previous element or text node, with
+    white·space‐only text nodes after elements ignored; if there is no
+    such previous element or text node, an empty text node is used
+    instead.
+  Multiple attributes can be given in sequence using multiple
+    specifications.
+  Text nodes with attributes are wrapped in `<html:span>`.
+
 - The characters `{🔗` and `>}` indicate a hyperlink to a U·R·L
     (`<html:a>`).
   The hyperlink must contain at least one `<`; the content before the
@@ -188,32 +226,27 @@ Markup within paragraphs is delimited with·out exception by pairs of
 - The characters `⸨` and `⸩` indicate parenthetical content
     (`<html:small>`).
 
-- The characters `☞︎` and `☜︎` indicate strong importance
-    (`<html:strong>`).
-
-- The characters `⹐` and `⹑` indicate emphasis (`<html:em>`).
+- The characters `` ` `` and `´` indicate code (`<html:code>`).
 
 - The characters `⟪` and `⟫` indicate titles (`<html:cite>`).
 
+- The characters `⸶` and `⸷` indicate names (`<html:u class="name">`).
+
 - The characters `⟨` and `⟩` indicate offset text (`<html:i>`).
-  This may be followed by a `@`, a language tag, and a `$` to provide
-    the language of the text.
 
 - The characters `⦃` and `⦄` indicate keyword highlighting
     (`<html:b>`).
 
-- The characters `` ` `` and `´` indicate code (`<html:code>`).
+- The characters `☞︎` and `☜︎` indicate strong importance
+    (`<html:strong>`).
+
+- The characters `⹐` and `⹑` indicate emphasis (`<html:em>`).
 
 Once the tree is built as above, it is remediated into its final form
   by the following steps :⁠—
 
-- Successive quoted paragraphs are joined into one quote.
-  If the final quoted paragraph is an ordinary paragraph which begins
-    with `—` and a space, the quote is wrapped in a `<html:figure>`
-    and the final paragraph becomes its `<html:figcaption>`.
-
 - Continuation paragraphs are joined with the preceding list items or
-    quotes.
+    divs.
 
 - List items of a higher level are nested in preceding list items, when
     present.
@@ -221,11 +254,15 @@ Once the tree is built as above, it is remediated into its final form
 - Successive list items of the same level and class are joined into
     a single list.
 
+- Linebreaks in preformatted paragraphs are replaced with `<html:br>`.
+
 Finally, any character can be escaped by instead providing its Unicode
-  codepoint in the form `<U+NNNN>`, where `NNNN` is one or more
+  codepoint in the form `{U+NNNN}`, where `NNNN` is one or more
   hexadecimal digits.
 Multiple codepoints may be provided separated by periods, as in
-  `<U+WWWW.ZZZZ>`
+  `{U+WWWW.ZZZZ}`.
+Due to limitations in X·S·L·T, characters cannot be escaped in
+  attributes (including link targets).
 
 ## Usage