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@@ -1984,7 +1984,6 @@ before or after the link).
The link consists of link text in square brackets, followed by a label in
square brackets. (There can be space between the two.) The link definition
-must begin at the left margin or indented no more than three spaces. It
consists of the bracketed label, followed by a colon and a space, followed by
the URL, and optionally (after a space) a link title either in quotes or in
parentheses.
@@ -2018,6 +2017,16 @@ empty, or omitted entirely:
[my website]: http://foo.bar.baz
+Note: In `Markdown.pl` and most other markdown implementations,
+reference link definitions cannot occur in nested constructions
+such as list items or block quotes. Pandoc lifts this arbitrary
+seeming restriction. So the following is fine in pandoc, though
+not in most other implementations:
+
+ > My block [quote].
+ >
+ > [quote]: /foo
+
### Internal links
To link to another section of the same document, use the automatically