welcome!
this is a document intended to demonstrate the range of features common throughout the e-texts in the project gutenberg library, and indeed to the majority of printed books.
project gutenberg is a volunteer effort for digitizing the text of public-domain books, for viewing and distribution in cyberspace.
it was begun by michael hart back in 1971, with the goal of creating 10,000 e-texts, a milestone achieved in 2003, thanks to a big boost from distributed proofreaders, which allows people to proofread online -- thousands of them doing a page at a time, volunteering bits and pieces of their time.
if you want to support the p.g. library with software, a markup system, or so on, you should be able to handle its features, and you can use this file as a &>ldquo;test-suite&>rdquo; to verify that your system is fully capable.
this document should be self-explanatory. tabs have been substituted with &>ldquo;~tab~&>rdquo;, so that they will become visible to you, so they could be changed back for your testing. other than that, no changes should be needed.
if you find inconsistencies in this test-suite, do please let me know immediately. thank you.