Modified markdown reader to allow ordered list items to begin

with (single) letters, as well as numbers.  The list item marker
may now be terminated either by '.' or by ')'.  These extensions
to standard markdown are documented in README.


git-svn-id: https://pandoc.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@211 788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b

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@@ -283,6 +283,35 @@ paragraph.  Since "Second" is followed by a list, and not a blank
 line, it isn't treated as a paragraph.  The fact that the list
 is followed by a blank line is irrelevant. 
 
+Unlike standard markdown, Pandoc allows ordered list items to be
+marked with single letters, instead of numbers.  So, for example,
+this source yields a nested ordered list:
+
+    1.  First
+    2.  Second
+        a.  Fee
+        b.  Fie
+    3.  Third
+
+Pandoc also extends standard markdown in allowing list item markers
+to be terminated by ')':
+
+    1)  First
+    2)  Second
+        A)  Fee
+        B)  Fie
+    3)  Third
+
+Note that Pandoc pays no attention to the *type* of ordered list
+item marker used.  Thus, the following is treated just the same as
+the example above:
+
+    A)  First
+    1.  Second
+        2.  Fee
+        B)  Fie
+    C)  Third
+
 ## Literal quotes in titles
 
 Standard markdown allows unescaped literal quotes in titles, as