MANUAL.txt: clarify "standard Markdown" as "original Markdown"

"standard Markdown" might be confused with CommonMark.

Closes #7802.
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Pandoc understands an extended and slightly revised version of
John Gruber's [Markdown] syntax. This document explains the syntax,
noting differences from standard Markdown. Except where noted, these
noting differences from original Markdown. Except where noted, these
differences can be suppressed by using the `markdown_strict` format instead
of `markdown`. Extensions can be enabled or disabled to specify the
behavior more granularly. They are described in the following. See also
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#### Extension: `blank_before_header` ####
Standard Markdown syntax does not require a blank line before a heading.
Original Markdown syntax does not require a blank line before a heading.
Pandoc does require this (except, of course, at the beginning of the
document). The reason for the requirement is that it is all too easy for a
`#` to end up at the beginning of a line by accident (perhaps through line
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#### Extension: `blank_before_blockquote` ####
Standard Markdown syntax does not require a blank line before a
Original Markdown syntax does not require a blank line before a
block quote. Pandoc does require this (except, of course, at
the beginning of the document). The reason for the requirement
is that it is all too easy for a `>` to end up at the beginning
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Ordered lists work just like bulleted lists, except that the items
begin with enumerators rather than bullets.
In standard Markdown, enumerators are decimal numbers followed
In original Markdown, enumerators are decimal numbers followed
by a period and a space. The numbers themselves are ignored, so
there is no difference between this list:
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#### Extension: `fancy_lists` ####
Unlike standard Markdown, pandoc allows ordered list items to be marked
Unlike original Markdown, pandoc allows ordered list items to be marked
with uppercase and lowercase letters and roman numerals, in addition to
Arabic numerals. List markers may be enclosed in parentheses or followed by a
single right-parentheses or period. They must be separated from the
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<strong>hello</strong>
This rule is easier to remember than standard Markdown's rule,
This rule is easier to remember than original Markdown's rule,
which allows only the following characters to be backslash-escaped:
\`*_{}[]()>#+-.!
(However, if the `markdown_strict` format is used, the standard Markdown rule
(However, if the `markdown_strict` format is used, the original Markdown rule
will be used.)
A backslash-escaped space is parsed as a nonbreaking space. In TeX output,
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#### Extension: `markdown_in_html_blocks` ####
Standard Markdown allows you to include HTML "blocks": blocks
Original Markdown allows you to include HTML "blocks": blocks
of HTML between balanced tags that are separated from the surrounding text
with blank lines, and start and end at the left margin. Within
these blocks, everything is interpreted as HTML, not Markdown;
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There is one exception to this rule: text between `<script>`,
`<style>`, and `<textarea>` tags is not interpreted as Markdown.
This departure from standard Markdown should make it easier to mix
This departure from original Markdown should make it easier to mix
Markdown with HTML block elements. For example, one can surround
a block of Markdown text with `<div>` tags without preventing it
from being interpreted as Markdown.