+>>> Why would you want to use a preprocessor directive for something that can
+>>> be more shortly and clearly done with plain HTML? Markdown is *designed*
+>>> to be intermixed with HTML. --[[Joey]]
+
+>>>> I tend to disagree.
+>>>> It just doesn't feel right for me to put HTML code straight into Markdown files.
+>>>>
+>>>> Quoting <http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/>:
+>>>>
+>>>>> The idea is that a Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain text, *without looking like it’s been marked up with tags or formatting instructions*.
+>>>>
+>>>> Also, in theorie at least, Markdown might also support other output formats than HTML.
+>>>> Those wouldn't know about how to deal with the intermingled HTML code.
+>>>>
+>>>> --[[tschwinge]]