11.11.2.5 Preformatted Text

To write preformatted text inside a section, indent the code by two spaces after ‘#’ at the beginning of each line and leave the lines above and below the preformatted text blank, except for ‘#’ at the beginning of those lines.

##
# This following text is preformatted:
#
#  "To be, or not to be: that is the question:
#  Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
#  The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
#  Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
#  And by opposing end them?  To die: to sleep;"
#
#  --"Hamlet" by W. Shakespeare

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