this test-suite document is a demonstration of z.m.l. -- "zen markup language" -- a system by which a set of simple formatting rules can take the place of complicated markup languages.
this document is "marked up" in z.m.l. and will spring to life when displayed by a z.m.l.-viewer.
furthermore, a z.m.l.-viewer can perform all of the tasks necessary to implement the features that this test-suite represents: the hot-linking, the styling, different layouts, tables, pictures, formatting for plays, the lists, the whole thing, without the difficulty of heavy markup languages.