This page tests preformat blocks, which are blocks of text on a page that
are intended to be displayed exactly as shown in the raw data.

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Regular preformat block [edit section]

= Regular preformat block =
Regular HTML formatting here.

{'{{
This should be in preformat
    with indents and all
here
 is
  a
   staircase
    of
     indents
}'}}

This is the test block:
{{HTML(<pre>)}}
{''''{{
This should be in preformat
    with indents and all
here
 is
  a
   staircase
    of
     indents
}''''}}
{{HTML(</pre>)}}
----
Here is the result:
{{{
This should be in preformat
    with indents and all
here
 is
  a
   staircase
    of
     indents
}}}

preformat block with text on first line [edit section]

= preformat block with text on first line =
More regular HTML formatting.

{'Error: macro 'preformat on same line as start,
with another line internally
}''''' not found

Here is the test block:
{{HTML(<pre>)}}
{''''{{preformat on same line as start,
with another line internally
}''''}}
{{HTML(</pre>)}}
----
Here is the result:
{{{preformat on same line as start,
with another line internally
}}}

preformat block with internal blank lines [edit section]

= preformat block with internal blank lines =

this is a line

{{{
this is a line

this is after a blank line
I'm not sure what the 'split' action will do with this!!
}}}

BUG - missing blank line in preformat block [edit section]

== BUG - missing blank line in preformat block ==