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 # See https://tutorialtodoapp.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ for nice home page!
 
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 *You will learn to:*
 
 - write your docs in Org mode
 - create tables
 - create custom code blocks
 - and much more!
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 This is an Org mode document, using the ~.org~ extension (supported by GitHub).
 
 *Org mode* is an easy-to-write /plain text/ formatting syntax for authoring notes,
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 Reading through all the [[http://orgmode.org/org.pdf][documentation]] is highly recommended, but for the truly
 impatient, following are some quick steps to get started.
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 # This paper talks about...