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+package Text::Dokuwiki::Regexps;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use utf8;
+
+my $SP  = '[\ \t]';
+my $EOL = '\r?\n';
+our $regexps = {};
+
+$regexps->{header} = qr{
+^ (?<header> .+ ) $EOL
+^ (?:<line>  [=-]+ )(?: $EOL | $)
+}mx;
+
+$regexps->{codeblock} = qr%
+^     # first line
+$SP?  # maybe one leading space
+<     # opening tag start
+(?<tag> code | file ) # tag name
+(?:    # optional block
+  (?: $SP+ (?<syntax>\S+) )?
+  (?: $SP+ (?<filename>\S+) )
+)?
+>     # opening tag end
+$SP*  # maybe any number of trailing spaces
+$EOL  # end of first line
+
+(?<block>  # body of block
+  (?:
+    ^      # line start
+    .*     # contents
+    $EOL   # line end (note: no $)
+  )*?      # don't be greedy, other blocks may follow
+)          # block body end
+
+^             # last line
+$SP?          # maybe one leading space
+</\g{tag}>    # the same tag as in first line
+$SP*          # maybe any number of trailing spaces
+(?: $EOL | $) # end of last line
+%mx;
+
+$regexps->{table} = qr/
+(?<table>
+  (?:
+    ^              # line start
+    $SP?           # maybe one leading space
+    [|^]           # at next char is '|' (td) or '^' (th)
+    .*             # rest of line
+    [|^]           # ends with '|' or '^'
+    $SP*           # maybe one or more trailing space(s)
+    (?: $EOL | $ ) # newline or file end
+  )+               # one or more such lines
+)
+/mx;
+
+$regexps->{pre} = qr/
+(?<block>
+  (?:
+    ^              # line start
+    $SP {2}        # at least two spaces
+    .*             # rest of line
+    (?: $EOL | $ ) # newline or file end
+  )+               # one or more lines
+)
+/mx;
+
+$regexps->{blockquote} = qr/
+(?<block>
+  (?:
+    ^              # line start
+    $SP?           # maybe one leading space
+    [>]{1,}        # quote marker(s)
+    .*             # rest of line
+    (?: $EOL | $ ) # newline or file end
+  )+               # one or more lines
+)
+/mx;
+
+$regexps->{list} = qr/
+(?<list>
+  (?:
+    ^              # line start
+    $SP {2,}       # two or more spaces
+    [*-]           # start marker of the list item
+    .+             # rest of line
+    (?: $EOL | $ ) # newline or file end
+  )+               # one or more lines
+)
+/mx;
+
+1;