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+#
+#
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
+#        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## This module implements a `reStructuredText`:idx: (RST) and
+## `Markdown`:idx: parser.
+## User's manual on supported markup syntax and command line usage can be
+## found in [Nim-flavored Markdown and reStructuredText](markdown_rst.html).
+##
+## * See also [Nim DocGen Tools Guide](docgen.html) for handling of
+##   ``.nim`` files.
+## * See also [packages/docutils/rstgen module](rstgen.html) to know how to
+##   generate HTML or Latex strings (for embedding them into custom documents).
+##
+## Choice between Markdown and RST as well as optional additional features are
+## turned on by passing ``options:`` [RstParseOptions] to [proc rstParse].
+
+import
+  std/[os, strutils, enumutils, algorithm, lists, sequtils,
+  tables, strscans]
+import dochelpers, rstidx, rstast
+import std/private/miscdollars
+from highlite import SourceLanguage, getSourceLanguage
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/[assertions, syncio]
+
+
+type
+  RstParseOption* = enum     ## options for the RST parser
+    roSupportSmilies,         ## make the RST parser support smilies like ``:)``
+    roSupportRawDirective,    ## support the ``raw`` directive (don't support
+                              ## it for sandboxing)
+    roSupportMarkdown,        ## support additional features of Markdown
+    roPreferMarkdown,         ## parse as Markdown (keeping RST as "extension"
+                              ## to Markdown) -- implies `roSupportMarkdown`
+    roNimFile                 ## set for Nim files where default interpreted
+                              ## text role should be :nim:
+    roSandboxDisabled         ## this option enables certain options
+                              ## (e.g. raw, include, importdoc)
+                              ## which are disabled by default as they can
+                              ## enable users to read arbitrary data and
+                              ## perform XSS if the parser is used in a web
+                              ## app.
+
+  RstParseOptions* = set[RstParseOption]
+
+  MsgClass* = enum
+    mcHint = "Hint",
+    mcWarning = "Warning",
+    mcError = "Error"
+
+  # keep the order in sync with compiler/docgen.nim and compiler/lineinfos.nim:
+  MsgKind* = enum          ## the possible messages
+    meCannotOpenFile = "cannot open '$1'",
+    meExpected = "'$1' expected",
+    meMissingClosing = "$1",
+    meGridTableNotImplemented = "grid table is not implemented",
+    meMarkdownIllformedTable = "illformed delimiter row of a Markdown table",
+    meIllformedTable = "Illformed table: $1",
+    meNewSectionExpected = "new section expected $1",
+    meGeneralParseError = "general parse error",
+    meInvalidDirective = "invalid directive: '$1'",
+    meInvalidField = "invalid field: $1",
+    meFootnoteMismatch = "mismatch in number of footnotes and their refs: $1",
+    mwRedefinitionOfLabel = "redefinition of label '$1'",
+    mwUnknownSubstitution = "unknown substitution '$1'",
+    mwAmbiguousLink = "ambiguous doc link $1",
+    mwBrokenLink = "broken link '$1'",
+    mwUnsupportedLanguage = "language '$1' not supported",
+    mwUnsupportedField = "field '$1' not supported",
+    mwRstStyle = "RST style: $1",
+    mwUnusedImportdoc = "importdoc for '$1' is not used",
+    meSandboxedDirective = "disabled directive: '$1'",
+
+  MsgHandler* = proc (filename: string, line, col: int, msgKind: MsgKind,
+                       arg: string) {.closure, gcsafe.} ## what to do in case of an error
+  FindFileHandler* = proc (filename: string): string {.closure, gcsafe.}
+  FindRefFileHandler* =
+    proc (targetRelPath: string):
+         tuple[targetPath: string, linkRelPath: string] {.closure, gcsafe.}
+    ## returns where .html or .idx file should be found by its relative path;
+    ## `linkRelPath` is a prefix to be added before a link anchor from such file
+
+proc rstnodeToRefname*(n: PRstNode): string
+proc addNodes*(n: PRstNode): string
+proc getFieldValue*(n: PRstNode, fieldname: string): string {.gcsafe.}
+proc getArgument*(n: PRstNode): string
+
+# ----------------------------- scanner part --------------------------------
+
+const
+  SymChars: set[char] = {'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z', '0'..'9', '\x80'..'\xFF'}
+  SmileyStartChars: set[char] = {':', ';', '8'}
+  Smilies = {
+    ":D": "icon_e_biggrin",
+    ":-D": "icon_e_biggrin",
+    ":)": "icon_e_smile",
+    ":-)": "icon_e_smile",
+    ";)": "icon_e_wink",
+    ";-)": "icon_e_wink",
+    ":(": "icon_e_sad",
+    ":-(": "icon_e_sad",
+    ":o": "icon_e_surprised",
+    ":-o": "icon_e_surprised",
+    ":shock:": "icon_eek",
+    ":?": "icon_e_confused",
+    ":-?": "icon_e_confused",
+    ":-/": "icon_e_confused",
+
+    "8-)": "icon_cool",
+
+    ":lol:": "icon_lol",
+    ":x": "icon_mad",
+    ":-x": "icon_mad",
+    ":P": "icon_razz",
+    ":-P": "icon_razz",
+    ":oops:": "icon_redface",
+    ":cry:": "icon_cry",
+    ":evil:": "icon_evil",
+    ":twisted:": "icon_twisted",
+    ":roll:": "icon_rolleyes",
+    ":!:": "icon_exclaim",
+
+    ":?:": "icon_question",
+    ":idea:": "icon_idea",
+    ":arrow:": "icon_arrow",
+    ":|": "icon_neutral",
+    ":-|": "icon_neutral",
+    ":mrgreen:": "icon_mrgreen",
+    ":geek:": "icon_e_geek",
+    ":ugeek:": "icon_e_ugeek"
+  }
+  SandboxDirAllowlist = [
+    "image", "code", "code-block", "admonition", "attention", "caution",
+    "container", "contents", "danger", "default-role", "error", "figure",
+    "hint", "important", "index", "note", "role", "tip", "title", "warning"]
+
+type
+  TokType = enum
+    tkEof, tkIndent,
+    tkWhite, tkWord,
+    tkAdornment,              # used for chapter adornment, transitions and
+                              # horizontal table borders
+    tkPunct,                  # one or many punctuation characters
+    tkOther
+  Token = object              # a RST token
+    kind*: TokType            # the type of the token
+    ival*: int                # the indentation or parsed integer value
+    symbol*: string           # the parsed symbol as string
+    line*, col*: int          # line and column of the token
+
+  TokenSeq = seq[Token]
+  Lexer = object of RootObj
+    buf*: cstring
+    bufpos*: int
+    line*, col*, baseIndent*: int
+    adornmentLine*: bool
+    escapeNext*: bool
+
+proc getThing(L: var Lexer, tok: var Token, s: set[char]) =
+  tok.kind = tkWord
+  tok.line = L.line
+  tok.col = L.col
+  var pos = L.bufpos
+  while true:
+    tok.symbol.add(L.buf[pos])
+    inc pos
+    if L.buf[pos] notin s: break
+  inc L.col, pos - L.bufpos
+  L.bufpos = pos
+
+proc isCurrentLineAdornment(L: var Lexer): bool =
+  var pos = L.bufpos
+  let c = L.buf[pos]
+  while true:
+    inc pos
+    if L.buf[pos] in {'\c', '\l', '\0'}:
+      break
+    if c == '+':  # grid table
+      if L.buf[pos] notin {'-', '=', '+'}:
+        return false
+    else:  # section adornment or table horizontal border
+      if L.buf[pos] notin {c, ' ', '\t', '\v', '\f'}:
+        return false
+  result = true
+
+proc getPunctAdornment(L: var Lexer, tok: var Token) =
+  if L.adornmentLine:
+    tok.kind = tkAdornment
+  else:
+    tok.kind = tkPunct
+  tok.line = L.line
+  tok.col = L.col
+  var pos = L.bufpos
+  let c = L.buf[pos]
+  if not L.escapeNext and (c != '\\' or L.adornmentLine):
+    while true:
+      tok.symbol.add(L.buf[pos])
+      inc pos
+      if L.buf[pos] != c: break
+  elif L.escapeNext:
+    tok.symbol.add(L.buf[pos])
+    inc pos
+  else:  # not L.escapeNext and c == '\\' and not L.adornmentLine
+    tok.symbol.add '\\'
+    inc pos
+    L.escapeNext = true
+  inc L.col, pos - L.bufpos
+  L.bufpos = pos
+  if tok.symbol == "\\": tok.kind = tkPunct
+    # nim extension: standalone \ can not be adornment
+
+proc getBracket(L: var Lexer, tok: var Token) =
+  tok.kind = tkPunct
+  tok.line = L.line
+  tok.col = L.col
+  tok.symbol.add(L.buf[L.bufpos])
+  inc L.col
+  inc L.bufpos
+
+proc getIndentAux(L: var Lexer, start: int): int =
+  var pos = start
+  # skip the newline (but include it in the token!)
+  if L.buf[pos] == '\r':
+    if L.buf[pos + 1] == '\n': inc pos, 2
+    else: inc pos
+  elif L.buf[pos] == '\n':
+    inc pos
+  while true:
+    case L.buf[pos]
+    of ' ', '\v', '\f':
+      inc pos
+      inc result
+    of '\t':
+      inc pos
+      result = result - (result mod 8) + 8
+    else:
+      break                   # EndOfFile also leaves the loop
+  if L.buf[pos] == '\0':
+    result = 0
+  elif L.buf[pos] == '\n' or L.buf[pos] == '\r':
+    # look at the next line for proper indentation:
+    result = getIndentAux(L, pos)
+  L.bufpos = pos              # no need to set back buf
+
+proc getIndent(L: var Lexer, tok: var Token) =
+  tok.col = 0
+  tok.kind = tkIndent         # skip the newline (but include it in the token!)
+  tok.ival = getIndentAux(L, L.bufpos)
+  inc L.line
+  tok.line = L.line
+  L.col = tok.ival
+  tok.ival = max(tok.ival - L.baseIndent, 0)
+  tok.symbol = "\n" & spaces(tok.ival)
+
+proc rawGetTok(L: var Lexer, tok: var Token) =
+  tok.symbol = ""
+  tok.ival = 0
+  if L.col == 0:
+    L.adornmentLine = false
+  var c = L.buf[L.bufpos]
+  case c
+  of 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z', '\x80'..'\xFF', '0'..'9':
+    getThing(L, tok, SymChars)
+  of ' ', '\t', '\v', '\f':
+    getThing(L, tok, {' ', '\t'})
+    tok.kind = tkWhite
+    if L.buf[L.bufpos] in {'\r', '\n'}:
+      rawGetTok(L, tok)       # ignore spaces before \n
+  of '\r', '\n':
+    getIndent(L, tok)
+    L.adornmentLine = false
+  of '!', '\"', '#', '$', '%', '&', '\'',  '*', '+', ',', '-', '.',
+     '/', ':', ';', '<', '=', '>', '?', '@', '\\', '^', '_', '`',
+     '|', '~':
+    if L.col == 0:
+      L.adornmentLine = L.isCurrentLineAdornment()
+    getPunctAdornment(L, tok)
+  of '(', ')', '[', ']', '{', '}':
+    getBracket(L, tok)
+  else:
+    tok.line = L.line
+    tok.col = L.col
+    if c == '\0':
+      tok.kind = tkEof
+    else:
+      tok.kind = tkOther
+      tok.symbol.add(c)
+      inc L.bufpos
+      inc L.col
+  tok.col = max(tok.col - L.baseIndent, 0)
+
+proc getTokens(buffer: string, tokens: var TokenSeq) =
+  var L: Lexer
+  var length = tokens.len
+  L.buf = cstring(buffer)
+  L.line = 0                  # skip UTF-8 BOM
+  if L.buf[0] == '\xEF' and L.buf[1] == '\xBB' and L.buf[2] == '\xBF':
+    inc L.bufpos, 3
+  while true:
+    inc length
+    setLen(tokens, length)
+    let toEscape = L.escapeNext
+    rawGetTok(L, tokens[length - 1])
+    if toEscape: L.escapeNext = false
+    if tokens[length - 1].kind == tkEof: break
+  if tokens[0].kind == tkWhite:
+    # BUGFIX
+    tokens[0].ival = tokens[0].symbol.len
+    tokens[0].kind = tkIndent
+
+type
+  LevelInfo = object
+    symbol: char         # adornment character
+    hasOverline: bool    # has also overline (besides underline)?
+    line: int            # the last line of this style occurrence
+                         # (for error message)
+    hasPeers: bool       # has headings on the same level of hierarchy?
+  LiteralBlockKind = enum  # RST-style literal blocks after `::`
+    lbNone,
+    lbIndentedLiteralBlock,
+    lbQuotedLiteralBlock
+  LevelMap = seq[LevelInfo]   # Saves for each possible title adornment
+                              # style its level in the current document.
+  SubstitutionKind = enum
+    rstSubstitution = "substitution",
+    hyperlinkAlias = "hyperlink alias",
+    implicitHyperlinkAlias = "implicitly-generated hyperlink alias"
+  Substitution = object
+    kind*: SubstitutionKind
+    key*: string
+    value*: PRstNode
+    info*: TLineInfo   # place where the substitution was defined
+  AnchorRule = enum
+    arInternalRst,  ## For automatically generated RST anchors (from
+                    ## headings, footnotes, inline internal targets):
+                    ## case-insensitive, 1-space-significant (by RST spec)
+    arExternalRst,  ## For external .nim doc comments or .rst/.md
+    arNim   ## For anchors generated by ``docgen.nim``: Nim-style case
+            ## sensitivity, etc. (see `proc normalizeNimName`_ for details)
+    arHyperlink,  ## For links with manually set anchors in
+                  ## form `text <pagename.html#anchor>`_
+  RstAnchorKind = enum
+    manualDirectiveAnchor = "manual directive anchor",
+    manualInlineAnchor = "manual inline anchor",
+    footnoteAnchor = "footnote anchor",
+    headlineAnchor = "implicitly-generated headline anchor"
+  AnchorSubst = object
+    info: TLineInfo         # the file where the anchor was defined
+    priority: int
+    case kind: range[arInternalRst .. arNim]
+    of arInternalRst:
+      anchorType: RstAnchorKind
+      target: PRstNode
+    of arExternalRst:
+      anchorTypeExt: RstAnchorKind
+      refnameExt: string
+    of arNim:
+      module: FileIndex     # anchor's module (generally not the same as file)
+      tooltip: string       # displayed tooltip for Nim-generated anchors
+      langSym: LangSymbol
+      refname: string     # A reference name that will be inserted directly
+                          # into HTML/Latex.
+      external: bool
+  AnchorSubstTable = Table[string, seq[AnchorSubst]]
+                         # use `seq` to account for duplicate anchors
+  FootnoteType = enum
+    fnManualNumber,     # manually numbered footnote like [3]
+    fnAutoNumber,       # auto-numbered footnote [#]
+    fnAutoNumberLabel,  # auto-numbered with label [#label]
+    fnAutoSymbol,       # auto-symbol footnote [*]
+    fnCitation          # simple text label like [citation2021]
+  FootnoteSubst = tuple
+    kind: FootnoteType  # discriminator
+    number: int         # valid for fnManualNumber (always) and fnAutoNumber,
+                        # fnAutoNumberLabel after resolveSubs is called
+    autoNumIdx: int     # order of occurrence: fnAutoNumber, fnAutoNumberLabel
+    autoSymIdx: int     # order of occurrence: fnAutoSymbol
+    label: string       # valid for fnAutoNumberLabel
+  RstFileTable* = object
+    filenameToIdx*: Table[string, FileIndex]
+    idxToFilename*: seq[string]
+  ImportdocInfo = object
+    used: bool             # was this import used?
+    fromInfo: TLineInfo    # place of `.. importdoc::` directive
+    idxPath: string        # full path to ``.idx`` file
+    linkRelPath: string    # prefix before target anchor
+    title: string          # document title obtained from ``.idx``
+  RstSharedState = object
+    options*: RstParseOptions   # parsing options
+    hLevels: LevelMap           # hierarchy of heading styles
+    hTitleCnt: int              # =0 if no title, =1 if only main title,
+                                # =2 if both title and subtitle are present
+    hCurLevel: int              # current section level
+    currRole: string            # current interpreted text role
+    currRoleKind: RstNodeKind   # ... and its node kind
+    subs: seq[Substitution]     # substitutions
+    refs*: seq[Substitution]    # references
+    anchors*: AnchorSubstTable
+                                # internal target substitutions
+    lineFootnoteNum: seq[TLineInfo]     # footnote line, auto numbers .. [#]
+    lineFootnoteNumRef: seq[TLineInfo]  # footnote line, their reference [#]_
+    currFootnoteNumRef: int             # ... their counter for `resolveSubs`
+    lineFootnoteSym: seq[TLineInfo]     # footnote line, auto symbols .. [*]
+    lineFootnoteSymRef: seq[TLineInfo]  # footnote line, their reference [*]_
+    currFootnoteSymRef: int             # ... their counter for `resolveSubs`
+    footnotes: seq[FootnoteSubst] # correspondence b/w footnote label,
+                                  # number, order of occurrence
+    msgHandler: MsgHandler      # How to handle errors.
+    findFile: FindFileHandler   # How to find files for include.
+    findRefFile: FindRefFileHandler
+                                # How to find files imported by importdoc.
+    filenames*: RstFileTable    # map file name <-> FileIndex (for storing
+                                # file names for warnings after 1st stage)
+    currFileIdx*: FileIndex     # current index in `filenames`
+    tocPart*: seq[PRstNode]     # all the headings of a document
+    hasToc*: bool
+    idxImports*: Table[string, ImportdocInfo]
+                                # map `importdoc`ed filename -> it's info
+    nimFileImported*: bool      # Was any ``.nim`` module `importdoc`ed ?
+
+  PRstSharedState* = ref RstSharedState
+  ManualAnchor = object
+    alias: string     # a (short) name that can substitute the `anchor`
+    anchor: string    # anchor = id = refname
+    info: TLineInfo
+  RstParser = object of RootObj
+    idx*: int
+    tok*: TokenSeq
+    s*: PRstSharedState
+    indentStack*: seq[int]
+    line*, col*: int            ## initial line/column of whole text or
+                                ## documenation fragment that will be added
+                                ## in case of error/warning reporting to
+                                ## (relative) line/column of the token.
+    curAnchors*: seq[ManualAnchor]
+                                ## seq to accumulate aliases for anchors:
+                                ## because RST can have >1 alias per 1 anchor
+
+  EParseError* = object of ValueError
+  SectionParser = proc (p: var RstParser): PRstNode {.nimcall, gcsafe.}
+
+const
+  LineRstInit* = 1  ## Initial line number for standalone RST text
+  ColRstInit* = 0   ## Initial column number for standalone RST text
+                    ## (Nim global reporting adds ColOffset=1)
+  ColRstOffset* = 1 ## 1: a replica of ColOffset for internal use
+
+template currentTok(p: RstParser): Token = p.tok[p.idx]
+template prevTok(p: RstParser): Token = p.tok[p.idx - 1]
+template nextTok(p: RstParser): Token = p.tok[p.idx + 1]
+
+proc whichMsgClass*(k: MsgKind): MsgClass =
+  ## returns which message class `k` belongs to.
+  case k.symbolName[1]
+  of 'e', 'E': result = mcError
+  of 'w', 'W': result = mcWarning
+  of 'h', 'H': result = mcHint
+  else: assert false, "msgkind does not fit naming scheme"
+
+proc defaultMsgHandler*(filename: string, line, col: int, msgkind: MsgKind,
+                        arg: string) =
+  let mc = msgkind.whichMsgClass
+  let a = $msgkind % arg
+  var message: string
+  toLocation(message, filename, line, col + ColRstOffset)
+  message.add " $1: $2" % [$mc, a]
+  if mc == mcError: raise newException(EParseError, message)
+  else: writeLine(stdout, message)
+
+proc defaultFindFile*(filename: string): string =
+  if fileExists(filename): result = filename
+  else: result = ""
+
+proc defaultFindRefFile*(filename: string): (string, string) =
+  (filename, "")
+
+proc defaultRole(options: RstParseOptions): string =
+  if roNimFile in options: "nim" else: "literal"
+
+proc whichRoleAux(sym: string): RstNodeKind =
+  let r = sym.toLowerAscii
+  case r
+  of "idx": result = rnIdx
+  of "literal": result = rnInlineLiteral
+  of "strong": result = rnStrongEmphasis
+  of "emphasis": result = rnEmphasis
+  of "sub", "subscript": result = rnSub
+  of "sup", "superscript": result = rnSup
+  # literal and code are the same in our implementation
+  of "code": result = rnInlineLiteral
+  of "program", "option", "tok": result = rnCodeFragment
+  # c++ currently can be spelled only as cpp, c# only as csharp
+  elif getSourceLanguage(r) != langNone:
+    result = rnInlineCode
+  else:  # unknown role
+    result = rnUnknownRole
+
+proc len(filenames: RstFileTable): int = filenames.idxToFilename.len
+
+proc addFilename*(s: PRstSharedState, file1: string): FileIndex =
+  ## Returns index of filename, adding it if it has not been used before
+  let nextIdx = s.filenames.len.FileIndex
+  result = getOrDefault(s.filenames.filenameToIdx, file1, default = nextIdx)
+  if result == nextIdx:
+    s.filenames.filenameToIdx[file1] = result
+    s.filenames.idxToFilename.add file1
+
+proc setCurrFilename*(s: PRstSharedState, file1: string) =
+  s.currFileIdx = addFilename(s, file1)
+
+proc getFilename(filenames: RstFileTable, fid: FileIndex): string =
+  doAssert(0 <= fid.int and fid.int < filenames.len,
+      "incorrect FileIndex $1 (range 0..$2)" % [
+        $fid.int, $(filenames.len - 1)])
+  result = filenames.idxToFilename[fid.int]
+
+proc getFilename(s: PRstSharedState, subst: AnchorSubst): string =
+  getFilename(s.filenames, subst.info.fileIndex)
+
+proc getModule(s: PRstSharedState, subst: AnchorSubst): string =
+  result = getFilename(s.filenames, subst.module)
+
+proc currFilename(s: PRstSharedState): string =
+  getFilename(s.filenames, s.currFileIdx)
+
+proc newRstSharedState*(options: RstParseOptions,
+                        filename: string,
+                        findFile: FindFileHandler,
+                        findRefFile: FindRefFileHandler,
+                        msgHandler: MsgHandler,
+                        hasToc: bool): PRstSharedState =
+  let r = defaultRole(options)
+  result = PRstSharedState(
+      currRole: r,
+      currRoleKind: whichRoleAux(r),
+      options: options,
+      msgHandler: if not isNil(msgHandler): msgHandler else: defaultMsgHandler,
+      findFile: if not isNil(findFile): findFile else: defaultFindFile,
+      findRefFile:
+        if not isNil(findRefFile): findRefFile
+        else: defaultFindRefFile,
+      hasToc: hasToc
+  )
+  setCurrFilename(result, filename)
+
+proc curLine(p: RstParser): int = p.line + currentTok(p).line
+
+proc findRelativeFile(p: RstParser; filename: string): string =
+  result = p.s.currFilename.splitFile.dir / filename
+  if not fileExists(result):
+    result = p.s.findFile(filename)
+
+proc rstMessage(p: RstParser, msgKind: MsgKind, arg: string) =
+  p.s.msgHandler(p.s.currFilename, curLine(p),
+                             p.col + currentTok(p).col, msgKind, arg)
+
+proc rstMessage(s: PRstSharedState, msgKind: MsgKind, arg: string) =
+  s.msgHandler(s.currFilename, LineRstInit, ColRstInit, msgKind, arg)
+
+proc rstMessage(s: PRstSharedState, msgKind: MsgKind, arg: string;
+                line, col: int) =
+  s.msgHandler(s.currFilename, line, col, msgKind, arg)
+
+proc rstMessage(s: PRstSharedState, filename: string, msgKind: MsgKind,
+                arg: string) =
+  s.msgHandler(filename, LineRstInit, ColRstInit, msgKind, arg)
+
+proc rstMessage*(filenames: RstFileTable, f: MsgHandler,
+                 info: TLineInfo, msgKind: MsgKind, arg: string) =
+  ## Print warnings using `info`, i.e. in 2nd-pass warnings for
+  ## footnotes/substitutions/references or from ``rstgen.nim``.
+  let file = getFilename(filenames, info.fileIndex)
+  f(file, info.line.int, info.col.int, msgKind, arg)
+
+proc rstMessage(p: RstParser, msgKind: MsgKind, arg: string, line, col: int) =
+  p.s.msgHandler(p.s.currFilename, p.line + line,
+                             p.col + col, msgKind, arg)
+
+proc rstMessage(p: RstParser, msgKind: MsgKind) =
+  p.s.msgHandler(p.s.currFilename, curLine(p),
+                             p.col + currentTok(p).col, msgKind,
+                             currentTok(p).symbol)
+
+# Functions `isPureRst` & `stopOrWarn` address differences between
+# Markdown and RST:
+# * Markdown always tries to continue working. If it is really impossible
+#   to parse a markup element, its proc just returns `nil` and parsing
+#   continues for it as for normal text paragraph.
+#   The downside is that real mistakes/typos are often silently ignored.
+#   The same applies to legacy `RstMarkdown` mode for nimforum.
+# * RST really signals errors. The downside is that it's more intrusive -
+#   the user must escape special syntax with \ explicitly.
+#
+# TODO: we need to apply this strategy to all markup elements eventually.
+
+func isPureRst(p: RstParser): bool = roSupportMarkdown notin p.s.options
+func isRst(p: RstParser): bool = roPreferMarkdown notin p.s.options
+func isMd(p: RstParser): bool = roPreferMarkdown in p.s.options
+func isMd(s: PRstSharedState): bool = roPreferMarkdown in s.options
+
+proc stopOrWarn(p: RstParser, errorType: MsgKind, arg: string) =
+  let realMsgKind = if isPureRst(p): errorType else: mwRstStyle
+  rstMessage(p, realMsgKind, arg)
+
+proc stopOrWarn(p: RstParser, errorType: MsgKind, arg: string, line, col: int) =
+  let realMsgKind = if isPureRst(p): errorType else: mwRstStyle
+  rstMessage(p, realMsgKind, arg, line, col)
+
+proc currInd(p: RstParser): int =
+  result = p.indentStack[high(p.indentStack)]
+
+proc pushInd(p: var RstParser, ind: int) =
+  p.indentStack.add(ind)
+
+proc popInd(p: var RstParser) =
+  if p.indentStack.len > 1: setLen(p.indentStack, p.indentStack.len - 1)
+
+# Working with indentation in rst.nim
+# -----------------------------------
+#
+# Every line break has an associated tkIndent.
+# The tokenizer writes back the first column of next non-blank line
+# in all preceeding tkIndent tokens to the `ival` field of tkIndent.
+#
+# RST document is separated into body elements (B.E.), every of which
+# has a dedicated handler proc (or block of logic when B.E. is a block quote)
+# that should follow the next rule:
+#   Every B.E. handler proc should finish at tkIndent (newline)
+#   after its B.E. finishes.
+#   Then its callers (which is `parseSection` or another B.E. handler)
+#   check for tkIndent ival (without necessity to advance `p.idx`)
+#   and decide themselves whether they continue processing or also stop.
+#
+# An example::
+#
+#   L    RST text fragment                  indentation
+#     +--------------------+
+#   1 |                    | <- (empty line at the start of file) no tokens
+#   2 |First paragraph.    | <- tkIndent has ival=0, and next tkWord has col=0
+#   3 |                    | <- tkIndent has ival=0
+#   4 |* bullet item and   | <- tkIndent has ival=0, and next tkPunct has col=0
+#   5 |  its continuation  | <- tkIndent has ival=2, and next tkWord has col=2
+#   6 |                    | <- tkIndent has ival=4
+#   7 |    Block quote     | <- tkIndent has ival=4, and next tkWord has col=4
+#   8 |                    | <- tkIndent has ival=0
+#   9 |                    | <- tkIndent has ival=0
+#   10|Final paragraph     | <- tkIndent has ival=0, and tkWord has col=0
+#     +--------------------+
+#    C:01234
+#
+# Here parser starts with initial `indentStack=[0]` and then calls the
+# 1st `parseSection`:
+#
+#   - `parseSection` calls `parseParagraph` and "First paragraph" is parsed
+#   - bullet list handler is started at reaching ``*`` (L4 C0), it
+#     starts bullet item logic (L4 C2), which calls `pushInd(p, ind=2)`,
+#     then calls `parseSection` (2nd call, nested) which parses
+#     paragraph "bullet list and its continuation" and then starts
+#     a block quote logic (L7 C4).
+#     The block quote logic calls calls `pushInd(p, ind=4)` and
+#     calls `parseSection` again, so a (simplified) sequence of calls now is::
+#
+#       parseSection -> parseBulletList ->
+#         parseSection (+block quote logic) -> parseSection
+#
+#     3rd `parseSection` finishes, block quote logic calls `popInd(p)`,
+#     it returns to bullet item logic, which sees that next tkIndent has
+#     ival=0 and stops there since the required indentation for a bullet item
+#     is 2 and 0<2; the bullet item logic calls `popInd(p)`.
+#     Then bullet list handler checks that next tkWord (L10 C0) has the
+#     right indentation but does not have ``*`` so stops at tkIndent (L10).
+#   - 1st `parseSection` invocation calls `parseParagraph` and the
+#     "Final paragraph" is parsed.
+#
+# If a B.E. handler has advanced `p.idx` past tkIndent to check
+# whether it should continue its processing or not, and decided not to,
+# then this B.E. handler should step back (e.g. do `dec p.idx`).
+
+proc initParser(p: var RstParser, sharedState: PRstSharedState) =
+  p.indentStack = @[0]
+  p.tok = @[]
+  p.idx = 0
+  p.col = ColRstInit
+  p.line = LineRstInit
+  p.s = sharedState
+
+proc addNodesAux(n: PRstNode, result: var string) =
+  if n == nil:
+    return
+  if n.kind == rnLeaf:
+    result.add(n.text)
+  else:
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len: addNodesAux(n.sons[i], result)
+
+proc addNodes(n: PRstNode): string =
+  n.addNodesAux(result)
+
+proc linkName(n: PRstNode): string =
+  ## Returns a normalized reference name, see:
+  ## https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#reference-names
+  n.addNodes.toLowerAscii
+
+proc rstnodeToRefnameAux(n: PRstNode, r: var string, b: var bool) =
+  template special(s) =
+    if b:
+      r.add('-')
+      b = false
+    r.add(s)
+
+  if n == nil: return
+  if n.kind == rnLeaf:
+    for i in 0 ..< n.text.len:
+      case n.text[i]
+      of '0'..'9':
+        if b:
+          r.add('-')
+          b = false
+        if r.len == 0: r.add('Z')
+        r.add(n.text[i])
+      of 'a'..'z', '\128'..'\255':
+        if b:
+          r.add('-')
+          b = false
+        r.add(n.text[i])
+      of 'A'..'Z':
+        if b:
+          r.add('-')
+          b = false
+        r.add(chr(ord(n.text[i]) - ord('A') + ord('a')))
+      of '$': special "dollar"
+      of '%': special "percent"
+      of '&': special "amp"
+      of '^': special "roof"
+      of '!': special "emark"
+      of '?': special "qmark"
+      of '*': special "star"
+      of '+': special "plus"
+      of '-': special "minus"
+      of '/': special "slash"
+      of '\\': special "backslash"
+      of '=': special "eq"
+      of '<': special "lt"
+      of '>': special "gt"
+      of '~': special "tilde"
+      of ':': special "colon"
+      of '.': special "dot"
+      of '@': special "at"
+      of '|': special "bar"
+      else:
+        if r.len > 0: b = true
+  else:
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len: rstnodeToRefnameAux(n.sons[i], r, b)
+
+proc rstnodeToRefname(n: PRstNode): string =
+  var b = false
+  rstnodeToRefnameAux(n, result, b)
+
+proc findSub(s: PRstSharedState, n: PRstNode): int =
+  var key = addNodes(n)
+  # the spec says: if no exact match, try one without case distinction:
+  for i in countup(0, high(s.subs)):
+    if key == s.subs[i].key:
+      return i
+  for i in countup(0, high(s.subs)):
+    if cmpIgnoreStyle(key, s.subs[i].key) == 0:
+      return i
+  result = -1
+
+proc lineInfo(p: RstParser, iTok: int): TLineInfo =
+  result.col = int16(p.col + p.tok[iTok].col)
+  result.line = uint16(p.line + p.tok[iTok].line)
+  result.fileIndex = p.s.currFileIdx
+
+proc lineInfo(p: RstParser): TLineInfo = lineInfo(p, p.idx)
+# TODO: we need this simplification because we don't preserve exact starting
+# token of currently parsed element:
+proc prevLineInfo(p: RstParser): TLineInfo = lineInfo(p, p.idx-1)
+
+proc setSub(p: var RstParser, key: string, value: PRstNode) =
+  var length = p.s.subs.len
+  for i in 0 ..< length:
+    if key == p.s.subs[i].key:
+      p.s.subs[i].value = value
+      return
+  p.s.subs.add(Substitution(key: key, value: value, info: prevLineInfo(p)))
+
+proc setRef(p: var RstParser, key: string, value: PRstNode,
+            refType: SubstitutionKind) =
+  var length = p.s.refs.len
+  for i in 0 ..< length:
+    if key == p.s.refs[i].key:
+      if p.s.refs[i].value.addNodes != value.addNodes:
+        rstMessage(p, mwRedefinitionOfLabel, key)
+      p.s.refs[i].value = value
+      return
+  p.s.refs.add(Substitution(kind: refType, key: key, value: value,
+                            info: prevLineInfo(p)))
+
+proc findRef(s: PRstSharedState, key: string): seq[Substitution] =
+  for i in countup(0, high(s.refs)):
+    if key == s.refs[i].key:
+      result.add s.refs[i]
+
+# Ambiguity in links: we don't follow procedure of removing implicit targets
+# defined in https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#implicit-hyperlink-targets
+# Instead we just give explicit links a higher priority than to implicit ones
+# and report ambiguities as warnings. Hopefully it is easy to remove
+# ambiguities manually. Nim auto-generated links from ``docgen.nim``
+# have lowest priority: 1 (for procs) and below for other symbol types.
+
+proc refPriority(k: SubstitutionKind): int =
+  case k
+  of rstSubstitution: result = 8
+  of hyperlinkAlias: result = 7
+  of implicitHyperlinkAlias: result = 2
+
+proc internalRefPriority(k: RstAnchorKind): int =
+  case k
+  of manualDirectiveAnchor: result = 6
+  of manualInlineAnchor: result = 5
+  of footnoteAnchor: result = 4
+  of headlineAnchor: result = 3
+
+proc `$`(subst: AnchorSubst): string =  # for debug
+  let s =
+    case subst.kind
+    of arInternalRst: "type=" & $subst.anchorType
+    of arExternalRst: "type=" & $subst.anchorTypeExt
+    of arNim: "langsym=" & $subst.langSym
+  result = "(kind=$1, priority=$2, $3)" % [$subst.kind, $subst.priority, s]
+
+proc addAnchorRst(p: var RstParser, name: string, target: PRstNode,
+                  anchorType: RstAnchorKind) =
+  ## Associates node `target` (which has field `anchor`) with an
+  ## alias `name` and updates the corresponding aliases in `p.curAnchors`.
+  let prio = internalRefPriority(anchorType)
+  for a in p.curAnchors:
+    p.s.anchors.mgetOrPut(a.alias, newSeq[AnchorSubst]()).add(
+        AnchorSubst(kind: arInternalRst, target: target, priority: prio,
+                    info: a.info, anchorType: manualDirectiveAnchor))
+  if name != "":
+    p.s.anchors.mgetOrPut(name, newSeq[AnchorSubst]()).add(
+        AnchorSubst(kind: arInternalRst, target: target, priority: prio,
+                    info: prevLineInfo(p), anchorType: anchorType))
+  p.curAnchors.setLen 0
+
+proc addAnchorExtRst(s: var PRstSharedState, key: string, refn: string,
+                  anchorType: RstAnchorKind, info: TLineInfo) =
+  let name = key.toLowerAscii
+  let prio = internalRefPriority(anchorType)
+  s.anchors.mgetOrPut(name, newSeq[AnchorSubst]()).add(
+      AnchorSubst(kind: arExternalRst, refnameExt: refn, priority: prio,
+                  info: info,
+                  anchorTypeExt: anchorType))
+
+proc addAnchorNim*(s: var PRstSharedState, external: bool, refn: string, tooltip: string,
+                   langSym: LangSymbol, priority: int,
+                   info: TLineInfo, module: FileIndex) =
+  ## Adds an anchor `refn`, which follows
+  ## the rule `arNim` (i.e. a symbol in ``*.nim`` file)
+  s.anchors.mgetOrPut(langSym.name, newSeq[AnchorSubst]()).add(
+      AnchorSubst(kind: arNim, external: external, refname: refn, langSym: langSym,
+                  tooltip: tooltip, priority: priority,
+                  info: info))
+
+proc findMainAnchorNim(s: PRstSharedState, signature: PRstNode,
+                       info: TLineInfo):
+                      seq[AnchorSubst] =
+  var langSym: LangSymbol
+  try:
+    langSym = toLangSymbol(signature)
+  except ValueError:  # parsing failed, not a Nim symbol
+    return
+  let substitutions = s.anchors.getOrDefault(langSym.name,
+                                             newSeq[AnchorSubst]())
+  if substitutions.len == 0:
+    return
+  # logic to select only groups instead of concrete symbols
+  # with overloads, note that the same symbol can be defined
+  # in multiple modules and `importdoc`ed:
+  type GroupKey = tuple[symKind: string, origModule: string]
+  # map (symKind, file) (like "proc", "os.nim") -> found symbols/groups:
+  var found: Table[GroupKey, seq[AnchorSubst]]
+  for subst in substitutions:
+    if subst.kind == arNim:
+      if match(subst.langSym, langSym):
+        let key: GroupKey = (subst.langSym.symKind, getModule(s, subst))
+        found.mgetOrPut(key, newSeq[AnchorSubst]()).add subst
+  for key, sList in found:
+    if sList.len == 1:
+      result.add sList[0]
+    else:  # > 1, there are overloads, potential ambiguity in this `symKind`
+      if langSym.parametersProvided:
+        # there are non-group signatures, select only them
+        for s in sList:
+          if not s.langSym.isGroup:
+            result.add s
+      else:  # when there are many overloads a link like foo_ points to all
+             # of them, so selecting the group
+        var foundGroup = false
+        for s in sList:
+          if s.langSym.isGroup:
+            result.add s
+            foundGroup = true
+            break
+        doAssert(foundGroup,
+                 "docgen has not generated the group for $1 (file $2)" % [
+                 langSym.name, getModule(s, sList[0]) ])
+
+proc findMainAnchorRst(s: PRstSharedState, linkText: string, info: TLineInfo):
+                      seq[AnchorSubst] =
+  let name = linkText.toLowerAscii
+  let substitutions = s.anchors.getOrDefault(name, newSeq[AnchorSubst]())
+  for s in substitutions:
+    if s.kind in {arInternalRst, arExternalRst}:
+      result.add s
+
+proc addFootnoteNumManual(p: var RstParser, num: int) =
+  ## add manually-numbered footnote
+  for fnote in p.s.footnotes:
+    if fnote.number == num:
+      rstMessage(p, mwRedefinitionOfLabel, $num)
+      return
+  p.s.footnotes.add((fnManualNumber, num, -1, -1, $num))
+
+proc addFootnoteNumAuto(p: var RstParser, label: string) =
+  ## add auto-numbered footnote.
+  ## Empty label [#] means it'll be resolved by the occurrence.
+  if label == "":  # simple auto-numbered [#]
+    p.s.lineFootnoteNum.add lineInfo(p)
+    p.s.footnotes.add((fnAutoNumber, -1, p.s.lineFootnoteNum.len, -1, label))
+  else:           # auto-numbered with label [#label]
+    for fnote in p.s.footnotes:
+      if fnote.label == label:
+        rstMessage(p, mwRedefinitionOfLabel, label)
+        return
+    p.s.footnotes.add((fnAutoNumberLabel, -1, -1, -1, label))
+
+proc addFootnoteSymAuto(p: var RstParser) =
+  p.s.lineFootnoteSym.add lineInfo(p)
+  p.s.footnotes.add((fnAutoSymbol, -1, -1, p.s.lineFootnoteSym.len, ""))
+
+proc orderFootnotes(s: PRstSharedState) =
+  ## numerate auto-numbered footnotes taking into account that all
+  ## manually numbered ones always have preference.
+  ## Save the result back to `s.footnotes`.
+
+  # Report an error if found any mismatch in number of automatic footnotes
+  proc listFootnotes(locations: seq[TLineInfo]): string =
+    var lines: seq[string]
+    for info in locations:
+      if s.filenames.len > 1:
+        let file = getFilename(s.filenames, info.fileIndex)
+        lines.add file & ":"
+      else:  # no need to add file name here if there is only 1
+        lines.add ""
+      lines[^1].add $info.line
+    result.add $lines.len & " (lines " & join(lines, ", ") & ")"
+  if s.lineFootnoteNum.len != s.lineFootnoteNumRef.len:
+    rstMessage(s, meFootnoteMismatch,
+      "$1 != $2" % [listFootnotes(s.lineFootnoteNum),
+                    listFootnotes(s.lineFootnoteNumRef)] &
+        " for auto-numbered footnotes")
+  if s.lineFootnoteSym.len != s.lineFootnoteSymRef.len:
+    rstMessage(s, meFootnoteMismatch,
+      "$1 != $2" % [listFootnotes(s.lineFootnoteSym),
+                    listFootnotes(s.lineFootnoteSymRef)] &
+        " for auto-symbol footnotes")
+
+  var result: seq[FootnoteSubst]
+  var manuallyN, autoN, autoSymbol: seq[FootnoteSubst]
+  for fs in s.footnotes:
+    if fs.kind == fnManualNumber: manuallyN.add fs
+    elif fs.kind in {fnAutoNumber, fnAutoNumberLabel}: autoN.add fs
+    else: autoSymbol.add fs
+
+  if autoN.len == 0:
+    result = manuallyN
+  else:
+    # fill gaps between manually numbered footnotes in ascending order
+    manuallyN.sort()  # sort by number - its first field
+    var lst = initSinglyLinkedList[FootnoteSubst]()
+    for elem in manuallyN: lst.append(elem)
+    var firstAuto = 0
+    if lst.head == nil or lst.head.value.number != 1:
+      # no manual footnote [1], start numeration from 1 for auto-numbered
+      lst.prepend (autoN[0].kind, 1, autoN[0].autoNumIdx, -1, autoN[0].label)
+      firstAuto = 1
+    var curNode = lst.head
+    var nextNode: SinglyLinkedNode[FootnoteSubst]
+    # go simultaneously through `autoN` and `lst` looking for gaps
+    for (kind, x, autoNumIdx, y, label) in autoN[firstAuto .. ^1]:
+      while (nextNode = curNode.next; nextNode != nil):
+        if nextNode.value.number - curNode.value.number > 1:
+          # gap found, insert new node `n` between curNode and nextNode:
+          var n = newSinglyLinkedNode((kind, curNode.value.number + 1,
+                                       autoNumIdx, -1, label))
+          curNode.next = n
+          n.next = nextNode
+          curNode = n
+          break
+        else:
+          curNode = nextNode
+      if nextNode == nil:  # no gap found, just append
+        lst.append (kind, curNode.value.number + 1, autoNumIdx, -1, label)
+        curNode = lst.tail
+    result = lst.toSeq
+
+  # we use ASCII symbols instead of those recommended in RST specification:
+  const footnoteAutoSymbols = ["*", "^", "+", "=", "~", "$", "@", "%", "&"]
+  for fs in autoSymbol:
+    # assignment order: *, **, ***, ^, ^^, ^^^, ... &&&, ****, *****, ...
+    let i = fs.autoSymIdx - 1
+    let symbolNum = (i div 3) mod footnoteAutoSymbols.len
+    let nSymbols = (1 + i mod 3) + 3 * (i div (3 * footnoteAutoSymbols.len))
+    let label = footnoteAutoSymbols[symbolNum].repeat(nSymbols)
+    result.add((fs.kind, -1, -1, fs.autoSymIdx, label))
+
+  s.footnotes = result
+
+proc getFootnoteNum(s: PRstSharedState, label: string): int =
+  ## get number from label. Must be called after `orderFootnotes`.
+  result = -1
+  for fnote in s.footnotes:
+    if fnote.label == label:
+      return fnote.number
+
+proc getFootnoteNum(s: PRstSharedState, order: int): int =
+  ## get number from occurrence. Must be called after `orderFootnotes`.
+  result = -1
+  for fnote in s.footnotes:
+    if fnote.autoNumIdx == order:
+      return fnote.number
+
+proc getAutoSymbol(s: PRstSharedState, order: int): string =
+  ## get symbol from occurrence of auto-symbol footnote.
+  result = "???"
+  for fnote in s.footnotes:
+    if fnote.autoSymIdx == order:
+      return fnote.label
+
+proc newRstNodeA(p: var RstParser, kind: RstNodeKind): PRstNode =
+  ## create node and consume the current anchor
+  result = newRstNode(kind)
+  if p.curAnchors.len > 0:
+    result.anchor = p.curAnchors[0].anchor
+    addAnchorRst(p, "", result, manualDirectiveAnchor)
+
+template newLeaf(s: string): PRstNode = newRstLeaf(s)
+
+proc newLeaf(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = newLeaf(currentTok(p).symbol)
+
+proc validRefnamePunct(x: string): bool =
+  ## https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#reference-names
+  x.len == 1 and x[0] in {'-', '_', '.', ':', '+'}
+
+func getRefnameIdx(p: RstParser, startIdx: int): int =
+  ## Gets last token index of a refname ("word" in RST terminology):
+  ##
+  ##   reference names are single words consisting of alphanumerics plus
+  ##   isolated (no two adjacent) internal hyphens, underscores, periods,
+  ##   colons and plus signs; no whitespace or other characters are allowed.
+  ##
+  ## Refnames are used for:
+  ## - reference names
+  ## - role names
+  ## - directive names
+  ## - footnote labels
+  ##
+  # TODO: use this func in all other relevant places
+  var j = startIdx
+  if p.tok[j].kind == tkWord:
+    inc j
+    while p.tok[j].kind == tkPunct and validRefnamePunct(p.tok[j].symbol) and
+        p.tok[j+1].kind == tkWord:
+      inc j, 2
+  result = j - 1
+
+func getRefname(p: RstParser, startIdx: int): (string, int) =
+  let lastIdx = getRefnameIdx(p, startIdx)
+  result[1] = lastIdx
+  for j in startIdx..lastIdx:
+    result[0].add p.tok[j].symbol
+
+proc getReferenceName(p: var RstParser, endStr: string): PRstNode =
+  var res = newRstNode(rnInner)
+  while true:
+    case currentTok(p).kind
+    of tkWord, tkOther, tkWhite:
+      res.add(newLeaf(p))
+    of tkPunct:
+      if currentTok(p).symbol == endStr:
+        inc p.idx
+        break
+      else:
+        res.add(newLeaf(p))
+    else:
+      rstMessage(p, meExpected, endStr)
+      break
+    inc p.idx
+  result = res
+
+proc untilEol(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = newRstNode(rnInner)
+  while currentTok(p).kind notin {tkIndent, tkEof}:
+    result.add(newLeaf(p))
+    inc p.idx
+
+proc expect(p: var RstParser, tok: string) =
+  if currentTok(p).symbol == tok: inc p.idx
+  else: rstMessage(p, meExpected, tok)
+
+proc inlineMarkdownEnd(p: RstParser): bool =
+  result = prevTok(p).kind notin {tkIndent, tkWhite}
+  ## (For a special case of ` we don't allow spaces surrounding it
+  ## unlike original Markdown because this behavior confusing/useless)
+
+proc inlineRstEnd(p: RstParser): bool =
+  # rst rules: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#inline-markup-recognition-rules
+  # Rule 2:
+  result = prevTok(p).kind notin {tkIndent, tkWhite}
+  if not result: return
+  # Rule 7:
+  result = nextTok(p).kind in {tkIndent, tkWhite, tkEof} or
+      nextTok(p).symbol[0] in
+      {'\'', '\"', ')', ']', '}', '>', '-', '/', '\\', ':', '.', ',', ';', '!', '?', '_'}
+
+proc isInlineMarkupEnd(p: RstParser, markup: string, exact: bool): bool =
+  if exact:
+    result = currentTok(p).symbol == markup
+  else:
+    result = currentTok(p).symbol.endsWith markup
+    if (not result) and markup == "``":
+      # check that escaping may have splitted `` to 2 tokens ` and `
+      result = currentTok(p).symbol == "`" and prevTok(p).symbol == "`"
+  if not result: return
+  # surroundings check
+  if markup in ["_", "__"]:
+    result = inlineRstEnd(p)
+  else:
+    if roPreferMarkdown in p.s.options: result = inlineMarkdownEnd(p)
+    else: result = inlineRstEnd(p)
+
+proc rstRuleSurround(p: RstParser): bool =
+  result = true
+  # Rules 4 & 5:
+  if p.idx > 0:
+    var d: char
+    var c = prevTok(p).symbol[0]
+    case c
+    of '\'', '\"': d = c
+    of '(': d = ')'
+    of '[': d = ']'
+    of '{': d = '}'
+    of '<': d = '>'
+    else: d = '\0'
+    if d != '\0': result = nextTok(p).symbol[0] != d
+
+proc inlineMarkdownStart(p: RstParser): bool =
+  result = nextTok(p).kind notin {tkIndent, tkWhite, tkEof}
+  if not result: return
+  # this rst rule is really nice, let us use it in Markdown mode too.
+  result = rstRuleSurround(p)
+
+proc inlineRstStart(p: RstParser): bool =
+  ## rst rules: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#inline-markup-recognition-rules
+  # Rule 6
+  result = p.idx == 0 or prevTok(p).kind in {tkIndent, tkWhite} or
+      prevTok(p).symbol[0] in {'\'', '\"', '(', '[', '{', '<', '-', '/', ':', '_'}
+  if not result: return
+  # Rule 1:
+  result = nextTok(p).kind notin {tkIndent, tkWhite, tkEof}
+  if not result: return
+  result = rstRuleSurround(p)
+
+proc isInlineMarkupStart(p: RstParser, markup: string): bool =
+  if markup != "_`":
+    result = currentTok(p).symbol == markup
+  else:  # _` is a 2 token case
+    result = currentTok(p).symbol == "_" and nextTok(p).symbol == "`"
+  if not result: return
+  # surroundings check
+  if markup in ["_", "__", "[", "|"]:
+    # Note: we require space/punctuation even before [markdown link](...)
+    result = inlineRstStart(p)
+  else:
+    if roPreferMarkdown in p.s.options: result = inlineMarkdownStart(p)
+    else: result = inlineRstStart(p)
+
+proc match(p: RstParser, start: int, expr: string): bool =
+  # regular expressions are:
+  # special char     exact match
+  # 'w'              tkWord
+  # ' '              tkWhite
+  # 'a'              tkAdornment
+  # 'i'              tkIndent
+  # 'I'              tkIndent or tkEof
+  # 'p'              tkPunct
+  # 'T'              always true
+  # 'E'              whitespace, indent or eof
+  # 'e'              any enumeration sequence or '#' (for enumeration lists)
+  # 'x'              a..z or '#' (for enumeration lists)
+  # 'n'              0..9 or '#' (for enumeration lists)
+  var i = 0
+  var j = start
+  var last = expr.len - 1
+  while i <= last:
+    case expr[i]
+    of 'w':
+      let lastIdx = getRefnameIdx(p, j)
+      result = lastIdx >= j
+      if result: j = lastIdx
+    of ' ': result = p.tok[j].kind == tkWhite
+    of 'i': result = p.tok[j].kind == tkIndent
+    of 'I': result = p.tok[j].kind in {tkIndent, tkEof}
+    of 'p': result = p.tok[j].kind == tkPunct
+    of 'a': result = p.tok[j].kind == tkAdornment
+    of 'o': result = p.tok[j].kind == tkOther
+    of 'T': result = true
+    of 'E': result = p.tok[j].kind in {tkEof, tkWhite, tkIndent}
+    of 'e', 'x', 'n':
+      result = p.tok[j].kind == tkWord or p.tok[j].symbol == "#"
+      if result:
+        case p.tok[j].symbol[0]
+        of '#': result = true
+        of 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z':
+          result = expr[i] in {'e', 'x'} and p.tok[j].symbol.len == 1
+        of '0'..'9':
+          result = expr[i] in {'e', 'n'} and
+                     allCharsInSet(p.tok[j].symbol, {'0'..'9'})
+        else: result = false
+    else:
+      var c = expr[i]
+      var length = 0
+      while i <= last and expr[i] == c:
+        inc i
+        inc length
+      dec i
+      result = p.tok[j].kind in {tkPunct, tkAdornment} and
+          p.tok[j].symbol.len == length and p.tok[j].symbol[0] == c
+    if not result: return
+    inc j
+    inc i
+  result = true
+
+proc safeProtocol*(linkStr: var string): string =
+  # Returns link's protocol and, if it's not safe, clears `linkStr`
+  result = ""
+  if scanf(linkStr, "$w:", result):
+    # if it has a protocol at all, ensure that it's not 'javascript:' or worse:
+    if cmpIgnoreCase(result, "http") == 0 or
+        cmpIgnoreCase(result, "https") == 0 or
+        cmpIgnoreCase(result, "ftp") == 0:
+      discard "it's fine"
+    else:
+      linkStr = ""
+
+proc fixupEmbeddedRef(p: var RstParser, n, a, b: PRstNode): bool =
+  # Returns `true` if the link belongs to an allowed protocol
+  var sep = - 1
+  for i in countdown(n.len - 2, 0):
+    if n.sons[i].text == "<":
+      sep = i
+      break
+  var incr = if sep > 0 and n.sons[sep - 1].text[0] == ' ': 2 else: 1
+  for i in countup(0, sep - incr): a.add(n.sons[i])
+  var linkStr = ""
+  for i in countup(sep + 1, n.len - 2): linkStr.add(n.sons[i].addNodes)
+  if linkStr != "":
+    let protocol = safeProtocol(linkStr)
+    result = linkStr != ""
+    if not result:
+      rstMessage(p, mwBrokenLink, protocol,
+                 p.tok[p.idx-3].line, p.tok[p.idx-3].col)
+  b.add newLeaf(linkStr)
+
+proc whichRole(p: RstParser, sym: string): RstNodeKind =
+  result = whichRoleAux(sym)
+  if result == rnUnknownRole:
+    rstMessage(p, mwUnsupportedLanguage, sym)
+
+proc toInlineCode(n: PRstNode, language: string): PRstNode =
+  ## Creates rnInlineCode and attaches `n` contents as code (in 3rd son).
+  result = newRstNode(rnInlineCode, info=n.info)
+  let args = newRstNode(rnDirArg)
+  var lang = language
+  if language == "cpp": lang = "c++"
+  elif language == "csharp": lang = "c#"
+  args.add newLeaf(lang)
+  result.add args
+  result.add PRstNode(nil)
+  var lb = newRstNode(rnLiteralBlock)
+  var s: string
+  for i in n.sons:
+    assert i.kind == rnLeaf
+    s.add i.text
+  lb.add newLeaf(s)
+  result.add lb
+
+proc toOtherRole(n: PRstNode, kind: RstNodeKind, roleName: string): PRstNode =
+  let newN = newRstNode(rnInner, n.sons)
+  let newSons = @[newN, newLeaf(roleName)]
+  result = newRstNode(kind, newSons)
+
+proc parsePostfix(p: var RstParser, n: PRstNode): PRstNode =
+  ## Finalizes node `n` that was tentatively determined as interpreted text.
+  var newKind = n.kind
+  var newSons = n.sons
+
+  proc finalizeInterpreted(node: PRstNode, newKind: RstNodeKind,
+                           newSons: seq[PRstNode], roleName: string):
+                          PRstNode {.nimcall.} =
+    # fixes interpreted text (`x` or `y`:role:) to proper internal AST format
+    if newKind in {rnUnknownRole, rnCodeFragment}:
+      result = node.toOtherRole(newKind, roleName)
+    elif newKind == rnInlineCode:
+      result = node.toInlineCode(language=roleName)
+    else:
+      result = newRstNode(newKind, newSons)
+
+  if isInlineMarkupEnd(p, "_", exact=true) or
+      isInlineMarkupEnd(p, "__", exact=true):
+    inc p.idx
+    if p.tok[p.idx-2].symbol == "`" and p.tok[p.idx-3].symbol == ">":
+      var a = newRstNode(rnInner)
+      var b = newRstNode(rnInner)
+      if fixupEmbeddedRef(p, n, a, b):
+        if a.len == 0:  # e.g. `<a_named_relative_link>`_
+          newKind = rnStandaloneHyperlink
+          newSons = @[b]
+        else:  # e.g. `link title <http://site>`_
+          newKind = rnHyperlink
+          newSons = @[a, b]
+          setRef(p, rstnodeToRefname(a), b, implicitHyperlinkAlias)
+      else:  # include as plain text, not a link
+        newKind = rnInner
+        newSons = n.sons
+      result = newRstNode(newKind, newSons)
+    else:  # some link that will be resolved in `resolveSubs`
+      newKind = rnRstRef
+      result = newRstNode(newKind, sons=newSons, info=n.info)
+  elif match(p, p.idx, ":w:"):
+    # a role:
+    let (roleName, lastIdx) = getRefname(p, p.idx+1)
+    newKind = whichRole(p, roleName)
+    result = n.finalizeInterpreted(newKind, newSons, roleName)
+    p.idx = lastIdx + 2
+  else:
+    result = n.finalizeInterpreted(p.s.currRoleKind, newSons, p.s.currRole)
+
+proc matchVerbatim(p: RstParser, start: int, expr: string): int =
+  result = start
+  var j = 0
+  while j < expr.len and result < p.tok.len and
+        continuesWith(expr, p.tok[result].symbol, j):
+    inc j, p.tok[result].symbol.len
+    inc result
+  if j < expr.len: result = 0
+
+proc parseSmiley(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  if currentTok(p).symbol[0] notin SmileyStartChars: return
+  for key, val in items(Smilies):
+    let m = matchVerbatim(p, p.idx, key)
+    if m > 0:
+      p.idx = m
+      result = newRstNode(rnSmiley)
+      result.text = val
+      return
+
+proc isUrl(p: RstParser, i: int): bool =
+  result = p.tok[i+1].symbol == ":" and p.tok[i+2].symbol == "//" and
+    p.tok[i+3].kind == tkWord and
+    p.tok[i].symbol in ["http", "https", "ftp", "telnet", "file"]
+
+proc checkParen(token: Token, parensStack: var seq[char]): bool {.inline.} =
+  ## Returns `true` iff `token` is a closing parenthesis for some
+  ## previous opening parenthesis saved in `parensStack`.
+  ## This is according Markdown balanced parentheses rule
+  ## (https://spec.commonmark.org/0.29/#link-destination)
+  ## to allow links like
+  ## https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language),
+  ## we use it for RST also.
+  result = false
+  if token.kind == tkPunct:
+    let c = token.symbol[0]
+    if c in {'(', '[', '{'}:  # push
+      parensStack.add c
+    elif c in {')', ']', '}'}:  # try pop
+      # a case like ([) inside a link is allowed and [ is also `pop`ed:
+      for i in countdown(parensStack.len - 1, 0):
+        if (parensStack[i] == '(' and c == ')' or
+            parensStack[i] == '[' and c == ']' or
+            parensStack[i] == '{' and c == '}'):
+          parensStack.setLen i
+          result = true
+          break
+
+proc parseUrl(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  ## https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#standalone-hyperlinks
+  result = newRstNode(rnStandaloneHyperlink)
+  var lastIdx = p.idx
+  var closedParenIdx = p.idx - 1  # for balanced parens rule
+  var parensStack: seq[char]
+  while p.tok[lastIdx].kind in {tkWord, tkPunct, tkOther}:
+    let isClosing = checkParen(p.tok[lastIdx], parensStack)
+    if isClosing:
+      closedParenIdx = lastIdx
+    inc lastIdx
+  dec lastIdx
+  # standalone URL can not end with punctuation in RST
+  while lastIdx > closedParenIdx and p.tok[lastIdx].kind == tkPunct and
+      p.tok[lastIdx].symbol != "/":
+    dec lastIdx
+  var s = ""
+  for i in p.idx .. lastIdx: s.add p.tok[i].symbol
+  result.add s
+  p.idx = lastIdx + 1
+
+proc parseWordOrRef(p: var RstParser, father: PRstNode) =
+  ## Parses a normal word or may be a reference or URL.
+  if nextTok(p).kind != tkPunct:  # <- main path, a normal word
+    father.add newLeaf(p)
+    inc p.idx
+  elif isUrl(p, p.idx):           # URL http://something
+    father.add parseUrl(p)
+  else:
+    # check for reference (probably, long one like some.ref.with.dots_ )
+    var saveIdx = p.idx
+    var reference: PRstNode = nil
+    inc p.idx
+    while currentTok(p).kind in {tkWord, tkPunct}:
+      if currentTok(p).kind == tkPunct:
+        if isInlineMarkupEnd(p, "_", exact=true):
+          reference = newRstNode(rnRstRef, info=lineInfo(p, saveIdx))
+          break
+        if not validRefnamePunct(currentTok(p).symbol):
+          break
+      inc p.idx
+    if reference != nil:
+      for i in saveIdx..p.idx-1: reference.add newLeaf(p.tok[i].symbol)
+      father.add reference
+      inc p.idx  # skip final _
+    else:  # 1 normal word
+      father.add newLeaf(p.tok[saveIdx].symbol)
+      p.idx = saveIdx + 1
+
+proc parseBackslash(p: var RstParser, father: PRstNode) =
+  assert(currentTok(p).kind == tkPunct)
+  if currentTok(p).symbol == "\\":
+    # XXX: Unicode?
+    inc p.idx
+    if currentTok(p).kind != tkWhite: father.add(newLeaf(p))
+    if currentTok(p).kind != tkEof: inc p.idx
+  else:
+    father.add(newLeaf(p))
+    inc p.idx
+
+proc parseUntil(p: var RstParser, father: PRstNode, postfix: string,
+                interpretBackslash: bool) =
+  let
+    line = currentTok(p).line
+    col = currentTok(p).col
+  inc p.idx
+  while true:
+    case currentTok(p).kind
+    of tkPunct:
+      if isInlineMarkupEnd(p, postfix, exact=false):
+        let l = currentTok(p).symbol.len
+        if l > postfix.len:
+          # handle cases like *emphasis with stars****. (It's valid RST!)
+          father.add newLeaf(currentTok(p).symbol[0 ..< l - postfix.len])
+        elif postfix == "``" and currentTok(p).symbol == "`" and
+            prevTok(p).symbol == "`":
+          # handle cases like ``literal\`` - delete ` already added after \
+          father.sons.setLen(father.sons.len - 1)
+        inc p.idx
+        break
+      else:
+        if postfix == "`":
+          if currentTok(p).symbol == "\\":
+            if nextTok(p).symbol == "\\":
+              father.add newLeaf("\\")
+              father.add newLeaf("\\")
+              inc p.idx, 2
+            elif nextTok(p).symbol == "`":  # escape `
+              father.add newLeaf("`")
+              inc p.idx, 2
+            else:
+              father.add newLeaf("\\")
+              inc p.idx
+          else:
+            father.add(newLeaf(p))
+            inc p.idx
+        else:
+          if interpretBackslash:
+            parseBackslash(p, father)
+          else:
+            father.add(newLeaf(p))
+            inc p.idx
+    of tkAdornment, tkWord, tkOther:
+      father.add(newLeaf(p))
+      inc p.idx
+    of tkIndent:
+      father.add newLeaf(" ")
+      inc p.idx
+      if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+        rstMessage(p, meExpected, postfix, line, col)
+        break
+    of tkWhite:
+      father.add newLeaf(" ")
+      inc p.idx
+    else: rstMessage(p, meExpected, postfix, line, col)
+
+proc parseMarkdownCodeblockFields(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  ## Parses additional (after language string) code block parameters
+  ## in a format *suggested* in the `CommonMark Spec`_ with handling of `"`.
+  if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+    result = nil
+  else:
+    result = newRstNode(rnFieldList)
+  while currentTok(p).kind notin {tkIndent, tkEof}:
+    if currentTok(p).kind == tkWhite:
+      inc p.idx
+    else:
+      let field = newRstNode(rnField)
+      var fieldName = ""
+      while currentTok(p).kind notin {tkWhite, tkIndent, tkEof} and
+            currentTok(p).symbol != "=":
+        fieldName.add currentTok(p).symbol
+        inc p.idx
+      field.add(newRstNode(rnFieldName, @[newLeaf(fieldName)]))
+      if currentTok(p).kind == tkWhite: inc p.idx
+      let fieldBody = newRstNode(rnFieldBody)
+      if currentTok(p).symbol == "=":
+        inc p.idx
+        if currentTok(p).kind == tkWhite: inc p.idx
+        var fieldValue = ""
+        if currentTok(p).symbol == "\"":
+          while true:
+            fieldValue.add currentTok(p).symbol
+            inc p.idx
+            if currentTok(p).kind == tkEof:
+              rstMessage(p, meExpected, "\"")
+            elif currentTok(p).symbol == "\"":
+              fieldValue.add "\""
+              inc p.idx
+              break
+        else:
+          while currentTok(p).kind notin {tkWhite, tkIndent, tkEof}:
+            fieldValue.add currentTok(p).symbol
+            inc p.idx
+        fieldBody.add newLeaf(fieldValue)
+      field.add(fieldBody)
+      result.add(field)
+
+proc mayLoadFile(p: RstParser, result: var PRstNode) =
+  var filename = strip(getFieldValue(result, "file"),
+                       chars = Whitespace + {'"'})
+  if filename != "":
+    if roSandboxDisabled notin p.s.options:
+      let tok = p.tok[p.idx-2]
+      rstMessage(p, meSandboxedDirective, "file", tok.line, tok.col)
+    var path = p.findRelativeFile(filename)
+    if path == "": rstMessage(p, meCannotOpenFile, filename)
+    var n = newRstNode(rnLiteralBlock)
+    n.add newLeaf(readFile(path))
+    result.sons[2] = n
+
+proc defaultCodeLangNim(p: RstParser, result: var PRstNode) =
+  # Create a field block if the input block didn't have any.
+  if result.sons[1].isNil: result.sons[1] = newRstNode(rnFieldList)
+  assert result.sons[1].kind == rnFieldList
+  # Hook the extra field and specify the Nim language as value.
+  var extraNode = newRstNode(rnField, info=lineInfo(p))
+  extraNode.add(newRstNode(rnFieldName))
+  extraNode.add(newRstNode(rnFieldBody))
+  extraNode.sons[0].add newLeaf("default-language")
+  extraNode.sons[1].add newLeaf("Nim")
+  result.sons[1].add(extraNode)
+
+proc parseMarkdownCodeblock(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = newRstNodeA(p, rnCodeBlock)
+  result.sons.setLen(3)
+  let line = curLine(p)
+  let baseCol = currentTok(p).col
+  let baseSym = currentTok(p).symbol  # usually just ```
+  inc p.idx
+  result.info = lineInfo(p)
+  var args = newRstNode(rnDirArg)
+  if currentTok(p).kind == tkWord:
+    args.add(newLeaf(p))
+    inc p.idx
+    result.sons[1] = parseMarkdownCodeblockFields(p)
+    mayLoadFile(p, result)
+  else:
+    args = nil
+  var n = newLeaf("")
+  var isFirstLine = true
+  while true:
+    if currentTok(p).kind == tkEof:
+      rstMessage(p, meMissingClosing,
+                 "$1 (started at line $2)" % [baseSym, $line])
+      break
+    elif nextTok(p).kind in {tkPunct, tkAdornment} and
+         nextTok(p).symbol[0] == baseSym[0] and
+         nextTok(p).symbol.len >= baseSym.len:
+      inc p.idx, 2
+      break
+    elif currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+      if not isFirstLine:
+        n.text.add "\n"
+      if currentTok(p).ival > baseCol:
+        n.text.add " ".repeat(currentTok(p).ival - baseCol)
+      elif currentTok(p).ival < baseCol:
+        rstMessage(p, mwRstStyle,
+                   "unexpected de-indentation in Markdown code block")
+      inc p.idx
+    else:
+      n.text.add(currentTok(p).symbol)
+      inc p.idx
+    isFirstLine = false
+  result.sons[0] = args
+  if result.sons[2] == nil:
+    var lb = newRstNode(rnLiteralBlock)
+    lb.add(n)
+    result.sons[2] = lb
+  if result.sons[0].isNil and roNimFile in p.s.options:
+    defaultCodeLangNim(p, result)
+
+proc parseMarkdownLink(p: var RstParser; father: PRstNode): bool =
+  # Parses Markdown link. If it's Pandoc auto-link then its second
+  # son (target) will be in tokenized format (rnInner with leafs).
+  var desc = newRstNode(rnInner)
+  var i = p.idx
+
+  var parensStack: seq[char]
+  template parse(endToken, dest) =
+    parensStack.setLen 0
+    inc i # skip begin token
+    while true:
+      if p.tok[i].kind == tkEof: return false
+      if p.tok[i].kind == tkIndent and p.tok[i+1].kind == tkIndent:
+        return false
+      let isClosing = checkParen(p.tok[i], parensStack)
+      if p.tok[i].symbol == endToken and not isClosing:
+        break
+      let symbol = if p.tok[i].kind == tkIndent: " " else: p.tok[i].symbol
+      when dest is string: dest.add symbol
+      else: dest.add newLeaf(symbol)
+      inc i
+    inc i # skip end token
+
+  parse("]", desc)
+  if p.tok[i].symbol == "(":
+    var link = ""
+    let linkIdx = i + 1
+    parse(")", link)
+    # only commit if we detected no syntax error:
+    let protocol = safeProtocol(link)
+    if link == "":
+      result = false
+      rstMessage(p, mwBrokenLink, protocol,
+                 p.tok[linkIdx].line, p.tok[linkIdx].col)
+    else:
+      let child = newRstNode(rnHyperlink)
+      child.add newLeaf(desc.addNodes)
+      child.add link
+      father.add child
+      p.idx = i
+      result = true
+  elif roPreferMarkdown in p.s.options:
+    # Use Pandoc's implicit_header_references extension
+    var n = newRstNode(rnPandocRef)
+    if p.tok[i].symbol == "[":
+      var link = newRstNode(rnInner)
+      let targetIdx = i + 1
+      parse("]", link)
+      n.add desc
+      if link.len != 0:  # [description][target]
+        n.add link
+        n.info = lineInfo(p, targetIdx)
+      else:              # [description=target][]
+        n.add desc
+        n.info = lineInfo(p, p.idx + 1)
+    else:                # [description=target]
+      n.add desc
+      n.add desc  # target is the same as description
+      n.info = lineInfo(p, p.idx + 1)
+    father.add n
+    p.idx = i
+    result = true
+  else:
+    result = false
+
+proc getRstFootnoteType(label: PRstNode): (FootnoteType, int) =
+  if label.sons.len >= 1 and label.sons[0].kind == rnLeaf and
+      label.sons[0].text == "#":
+    if label.sons.len == 1:
+      result = (fnAutoNumber, -1)
+    else:
+      result = (fnAutoNumberLabel, -1)
+  elif label.len == 1 and label.sons[0].kind == rnLeaf and
+       label.sons[0].text == "*":
+    result = (fnAutoSymbol, -1)
+  elif label.len == 1 and label.sons[0].kind == rnLeaf:
+    try:
+      result = (fnManualNumber, parseInt(label.sons[0].text))
+    except ValueError:
+      result = (fnCitation, -1)
+  else:
+    result = (fnCitation, -1)
+
+proc getMdFootnoteType(label: PRstNode): (FootnoteType, int) =
+  try:
+    result = (fnManualNumber, parseInt(label.sons[0].text))
+  except ValueError:
+    result = (fnAutoNumberLabel, -1)
+
+proc getFootnoteType(s: PRstSharedState, label: PRstNode): (FootnoteType, int) =
+  ## Returns footnote/citation type and manual number (if present).
+  if isMd(s): getMdFootnoteType(label)
+  else: getRstFootnoteType(label)
+
+proc parseRstFootnoteName(p: var RstParser, reference: bool): PRstNode =
+  ## parse footnote/citation label. Precondition: start at `[`.
+  ## Label text should be valid ref. name symbol, otherwise nil is returned.
+  var i = p.idx + 1
+  result = newRstNode(rnInner)
+  while true:
+    if p.tok[i].kind in {tkEof, tkIndent, tkWhite}:
+      return nil
+    if p.tok[i].kind == tkPunct:
+      case p.tok[i].symbol:
+      of "]":
+        if i > p.idx + 1 and (not reference or (p.tok[i+1].kind == tkPunct and p.tok[i+1].symbol == "_")):
+          inc i                # skip ]
+          if reference: inc i  # skip _
+          break  # to succeed, it's a footnote/citation indeed
+        else:
+          return nil
+      of "#":
+        if i != p.idx + 1:
+          return nil
+      of "*":
+        if i != p.idx + 1 and p.tok[i].kind != tkPunct and p.tok[i+1].symbol != "]":
+          return nil
+      else:
+        if not validRefnamePunct(p.tok[i].symbol):
+          return nil
+    result.add newLeaf(p.tok[i].symbol)
+    inc i
+  p.idx = i
+
+proc isMdFootnoteName(p: RstParser, reference: bool): bool =
+  ## Pandoc Markdown footnote extension.
+  let j = p.idx
+  result = p.tok[j].symbol == "[" and p.tok[j+1].symbol == "^" and
+           p.tok[j+2].kind == tkWord
+
+proc parseMdFootnoteName(p: var RstParser, reference: bool): PRstNode =
+  if isMdFootnoteName(p, reference):
+    result = newRstNode(rnInner)
+    var j = p.idx + 2
+    while p.tok[j].kind in {tkWord, tkOther} or
+        validRefnamePunct(p.tok[j].symbol):
+      result.add newLeaf(p.tok[j].symbol)
+      inc j
+    if j == p.idx + 2:
+      return nil
+    if p.tok[j].symbol == "]":
+      if reference:
+        p.idx = j + 1  # skip ]
+      else:
+        if p.tok[j+1].symbol == ":":
+          p.idx = j + 2  # skip ]:
+        else:
+          result = nil
+    else:
+      result = nil
+  else:
+    result = nil
+
+proc parseFootnoteName(p: var RstParser, reference: bool): PRstNode =
+  if isMd(p): parseMdFootnoteName(p, reference)
+  else:
+    if isInlineMarkupStart(p, "["): parseRstFootnoteName(p, reference)
+    else: nil
+
+proc isMarkdownCodeBlock(p: RstParser, idx: int): bool =
+  let tok = p.tok[idx]
+  template allowedSymbol: bool =
+    (tok.symbol[0] == '`' or
+      roPreferMarkdown in p.s.options and tok.symbol[0] == '~')
+  result = (roSupportMarkdown in p.s.options and
+            tok.kind in {tkPunct, tkAdornment} and
+            allowedSymbol and
+            tok.symbol.len >= 3)
+
+proc isMarkdownCodeBlock(p: RstParser): bool =
+  isMarkdownCodeBlock(p, p.idx)
+
+proc parseInline(p: var RstParser, father: PRstNode) =
+  var n: PRstNode  # to be used in `if` condition
+  let saveIdx = p.idx
+  case currentTok(p).kind
+  of tkPunct:
+    if isInlineMarkupStart(p, "***"):
+      var n = newRstNode(rnTripleEmphasis)
+      parseUntil(p, n, "***", true)
+      father.add(n)
+    elif isInlineMarkupStart(p, "**"):
+      var n = newRstNode(rnStrongEmphasis)
+      parseUntil(p, n, "**", true)
+      father.add(n)
+    elif isInlineMarkupStart(p, "*"):
+      var n = newRstNode(rnEmphasis)
+      parseUntil(p, n, "*", true)
+      father.add(n)
+    elif isInlineMarkupStart(p, "_`"):
+      var n = newRstNode(rnInlineTarget)
+      inc p.idx
+      parseUntil(p, n, "`", false)
+      n.anchor = rstnodeToRefname(n)
+      addAnchorRst(p, name = linkName(n), target = n,
+                   anchorType=manualInlineAnchor)
+      father.add(n)
+    elif isMarkdownCodeBlock(p):
+      father.add(parseMarkdownCodeblock(p))
+    elif isInlineMarkupStart(p, "``"):
+      var n = newRstNode(rnInlineLiteral)
+      parseUntil(p, n, "``", false)
+      father.add(n)
+    elif match(p, p.idx, ":w:") and
+        (var lastIdx = getRefnameIdx(p, p.idx + 1);
+         p.tok[lastIdx+2].symbol == "`"):
+      let (roleName, _) = getRefname(p, p.idx+1)
+      let k = whichRole(p, roleName)
+      var n = newRstNode(k)
+      p.idx = lastIdx + 2
+      if k == rnInlineCode:
+        n = n.toInlineCode(language=roleName)
+      parseUntil(p, n, "`", false) # bug #17260
+      if k in {rnUnknownRole, rnCodeFragment}:
+        n = n.toOtherRole(k, roleName)
+      father.add(n)
+    elif isInlineMarkupStart(p, "`"):
+      var n = newRstNode(rnInterpretedText, info=lineInfo(p, p.idx+1))
+      parseUntil(p, n, "`", false) # bug #17260
+      n = parsePostfix(p, n)
+      father.add(n)
+    elif isInlineMarkupStart(p, "|"):
+      var n = newRstNode(rnSubstitutionReferences, info=lineInfo(p, p.idx+1))
+      parseUntil(p, n, "|", false)
+      father.add(n)
+    elif currentTok(p).symbol == "[" and nextTok(p).symbol != "[" and
+         (n = parseFootnoteName(p, reference=true); n != nil):
+      var nn = newRstNode(rnFootnoteRef)
+      nn.info = lineInfo(p, saveIdx+1)
+      nn.add n
+      let (fnType, _) = getFootnoteType(p.s, n)
+      case fnType
+      of fnAutoSymbol:
+        p.s.lineFootnoteSymRef.add lineInfo(p)
+      of fnAutoNumber:
+        p.s.lineFootnoteNumRef.add lineInfo(p)
+      else: discard
+      father.add(nn)
+    elif roSupportMarkdown in p.s.options and
+        currentTok(p).symbol == "[" and nextTok(p).symbol != "[" and
+        parseMarkdownLink(p, father):
+      discard "parseMarkdownLink already processed it"
+    else:
+      if roSupportSmilies in p.s.options:
+        let n = parseSmiley(p)
+        if n != nil:
+          father.add(n)
+          return
+      parseBackslash(p, father)
+  of tkWord:
+    if roSupportSmilies in p.s.options:
+      let n = parseSmiley(p)
+      if n != nil:
+        father.add(n)
+        return
+    parseWordOrRef(p, father)
+  of tkAdornment, tkOther, tkWhite:
+    if isMarkdownCodeBlock(p):
+      father.add(parseMarkdownCodeblock(p))
+      return
+    if roSupportSmilies in p.s.options:
+      let n = parseSmiley(p)
+      if n != nil:
+        father.add(n)
+        return
+    father.add(newLeaf(p))
+    inc p.idx
+  else: discard
+
+proc getDirective(p: var RstParser): string =
+  result = ""
+  if currentTok(p).kind == tkWhite:
+    let (name, lastIdx) = getRefname(p, p.idx + 1)
+    let afterIdx = lastIdx + 1
+    if name.len > 0:
+      if p.tok[afterIdx].symbol == "::":
+        result = name
+        p.idx = afterIdx + 1
+        if currentTok(p).kind == tkWhite:
+          inc p.idx
+        elif currentTok(p).kind != tkIndent:
+          rstMessage(p, mwRstStyle,
+              "whitespace or newline expected after directive " & name)
+        result = result.toLowerAscii()
+      elif p.tok[afterIdx].symbol == ":":
+        rstMessage(p, mwRstStyle,
+            "double colon :: may be missing at end of '" & name & "'",
+            p.tok[afterIdx].line, p.tok[afterIdx].col)
+      elif p.tok[afterIdx].kind == tkPunct and p.tok[afterIdx].symbol[0] == ':':
+        rstMessage(p, mwRstStyle,
+            "too many colons for a directive (should be ::)",
+            p.tok[afterIdx].line, p.tok[afterIdx].col)
+
+proc parseComment(p: var RstParser, col: int): PRstNode =
+  if currentTok(p).kind != tkEof and nextTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+    inc p.idx              # empty comment
+  else:
+    while currentTok(p).kind != tkEof:
+      if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent and currentTok(p).ival > col or
+         currentTok(p).kind != tkIndent and currentTok(p).col > col:
+        inc p.idx
+      else:
+        break
+  result = nil
+
+proc parseLine(p: var RstParser, father: PRstNode) =
+  while true:
+    case currentTok(p).kind
+    of tkWhite, tkWord, tkOther, tkPunct: parseInline(p, father)
+    else: break
+
+proc parseUntilNewline(p: var RstParser, father: PRstNode) =
+  while true:
+    case currentTok(p).kind
+    of tkWhite, tkWord, tkAdornment, tkOther, tkPunct: parseInline(p, father)
+    of tkEof, tkIndent: break
+
+proc parseSection(p: var RstParser, result: PRstNode) {.gcsafe.}
+
+proc tokenAfterNewline(p: RstParser, start: int): int =
+  result = start
+  while true:
+    case p.tok[result].kind
+    of tkEof:
+      break
+    of tkIndent:
+      inc result
+      break
+    else: inc result
+
+proc tokenAfterNewline(p: RstParser): int {.inline.} =
+  result = tokenAfterNewline(p, p.idx)
+
+proc getWrappableIndent(p: RstParser): int =
+  ## Gets baseline indentation for bodies of field lists and directives.
+  ## Handles situations like this (with possible de-indent in [case.3])::
+  ##
+  ##   :field:   definition                                          [case.1]
+  ##
+  ##   currInd   currentTok(p).col
+  ##   |         |
+  ##   v         v
+  ##
+  ##   .. Note:: defItem:                                            [case.2]
+  ##                 definition
+  ##
+  ##                 ^
+  ##                 |
+  ##                 nextIndent
+  ##
+  ##   .. Note:: - point1                                            [case.3]
+  ##       - point 2
+  ##
+  ##       ^
+  ##       |
+  ##       nextIndent
+  if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+    result = currentTok(p).ival
+  else:
+    var nextIndent = p.tok[tokenAfterNewline(p)-1].ival
+    if nextIndent <= currInd(p):          # parse only this line     [case.1]
+      result = currentTok(p).col
+    elif nextIndent >= currentTok(p).col: # may be a definition list [case.2]
+      result = currentTok(p).col
+    else:
+      result = nextIndent                 # allow parsing next lines [case.3]
+
+proc getMdBlockIndent(p: RstParser): int =
+  ## Markdown version of `getWrappableIndent`.
+  if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+    result = currentTok(p).ival
+  else:
+    var nextIndent = p.tok[tokenAfterNewline(p)-1].ival
+    # TODO: Markdown-compliant definition should allow nextIndent == currInd(p):
+    if nextIndent <= currInd(p):           # parse only this line
+      result = currentTok(p).col
+    else:
+      result = nextIndent                 # allow parsing next lines [case.3]
+
+proc indFollows(p: RstParser): bool =
+  result = currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent and currentTok(p).ival > currInd(p)
+
+proc parseBlockContent(p: var RstParser, father: var PRstNode,
+                       contentParser: SectionParser): bool {.gcsafe.} =
+  ## parse the final content part of explicit markup blocks (directives,
+  ## footnotes, etc). Returns true if succeeded.
+  if currentTok(p).kind != tkIndent or indFollows(p):
+    let blockIndent = getWrappableIndent(p)
+    pushInd(p, blockIndent)
+    let content = contentParser(p)
+    popInd(p)
+    father.add content
+    result = true
+
+proc parseSectionWrapper(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = newRstNode(rnInner)
+  parseSection(p, result)
+  while result.kind == rnInner and result.len == 1:
+    result = result.sons[0]
+
+proc parseField(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  ## Returns a parsed rnField node.
+  ##
+  ## rnField nodes have two children nodes, a rnFieldName and a rnFieldBody.
+  result = newRstNode(rnField, info=lineInfo(p))
+  var col = currentTok(p).col
+  var fieldname = newRstNode(rnFieldName)
+  parseUntil(p, fieldname, ":", false)
+  var fieldbody = newRstNode(rnFieldBody)
+  if currentTok(p).kind == tkWhite: inc p.idx
+  let indent = getWrappableIndent(p)
+  if indent > col:
+    pushInd(p, indent)
+    parseSection(p, fieldbody)
+    popInd(p)
+  result.add(fieldname)
+  result.add(fieldbody)
+
+proc parseFields(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  ## Parses fields for a section or directive block.
+  ##
+  ## This proc may return nil if the parsing doesn't find anything of value,
+  ## otherwise it will return a node of rnFieldList type with children.
+  result = nil
+  var atStart = p.idx == 0 and p.tok[0].symbol == ":"
+  if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent and nextTok(p).symbol == ":" or
+      atStart:
+    var col = if atStart: currentTok(p).col else: currentTok(p).ival
+    result = newRstNodeA(p, rnFieldList)
+    if not atStart: inc p.idx
+    while true:
+      result.add(parseField(p))
+      if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent and currentTok(p).ival == col and
+          nextTok(p).symbol == ":":
+        inc p.idx
+      else:
+        break
+
+proc getFieldValue*(n: PRstNode): string =
+  ## Returns the value of a specific ``rnField`` node.
+  ##
+  ## This proc will assert if the node is not of the expected type. The empty
+  ## string will be returned as a minimum. Any value in the rst will be
+  ## stripped form leading/trailing whitespace.
+  assert n.kind == rnField
+  assert n.len == 2
+  assert n.sons[0].kind == rnFieldName
+  assert n.sons[1].kind == rnFieldBody
+  result = addNodes(n.sons[1]).strip
+
+proc getFieldValue(n: PRstNode, fieldname: string): string =
+  if n.sons[1] == nil: return
+  if n.sons[1].kind != rnFieldList:
+    #InternalError("getFieldValue (2): " & $n.sons[1].kind)
+    # We don't like internal errors here anymore as that would break the forum!
+    return
+  for i in 0 ..< n.sons[1].len:
+    var f = n.sons[1].sons[i]
+    if cmpIgnoreStyle(addNodes(f.sons[0]), fieldname) == 0:
+      result = addNodes(f.sons[1])
+      if result == "": result = "\x01\x01" # indicates that the field exists
+      return
+
+proc getArgument(n: PRstNode): string =
+  if n.sons[0] == nil: result = ""
+  else: result = addNodes(n.sons[0])
+
+proc parseDotDot(p: var RstParser): PRstNode {.gcsafe.}
+proc parseLiteralBlock(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = newRstNodeA(p, rnLiteralBlock)
+  var n = newLeaf("")
+  if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+    var indent = currentTok(p).ival
+    while currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent: inc p.idx  # skip blank lines
+    while true:
+      case currentTok(p).kind
+      of tkEof:
+        break
+      of tkIndent:
+        if currentTok(p).ival < indent:
+          break
+        else:
+          n.text.add("\n")
+          n.text.add(spaces(currentTok(p).ival - indent))
+          inc p.idx
+      else:
+        n.text.add(currentTok(p).symbol)
+        inc p.idx
+  else:
+    while currentTok(p).kind notin {tkIndent, tkEof}:
+      n.text.add(currentTok(p).symbol)
+      inc p.idx
+  result.add(n)
+
+proc parseQuotedLiteralBlock(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = newRstNodeA(p, rnLiteralBlock)
+  var n = newLeaf("")
+  if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+    var indent = currInd(p)
+    while currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent: inc p.idx  # skip blank lines
+    var quoteSym = currentTok(p).symbol[0]
+    while true:
+      case currentTok(p).kind
+      of tkEof:
+        break
+      of tkIndent:
+        if currentTok(p).ival < indent:
+          break
+        elif currentTok(p).ival == indent:
+          if nextTok(p).kind == tkPunct and nextTok(p).symbol[0] == quoteSym:
+            n.text.add("\n")
+            inc p.idx
+          elif nextTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+            break
+          else:
+            rstMessage(p, mwRstStyle, "no newline after quoted literal block")
+            break
+        else:
+          rstMessage(p, mwRstStyle,
+                     "unexpected indentation in quoted literal block")
+          break
+      else:
+        n.text.add(currentTok(p).symbol)
+        inc p.idx
+  result.add(n)
+
+proc parseRstLiteralBlock(p: var RstParser, kind: LiteralBlockKind): PRstNode =
+  if kind == lbIndentedLiteralBlock:
+    result = parseLiteralBlock(p)
+  else:
+    result = parseQuotedLiteralBlock(p)
+
+proc getLevel(p: var RstParser, c: char, hasOverline: bool): int =
+  ## Returns (preliminary) heading level corresponding to `c` and
+  ## `hasOverline`. If level does not exist, add it first.
+  for i, hType in p.s.hLevels:
+    if hType.symbol == c and hType.hasOverline == hasOverline:
+      p.s.hLevels[i].line = curLine(p)
+      p.s.hLevels[i].hasPeers = true
+      return i
+  p.s.hLevels.add LevelInfo(symbol: c, hasOverline: hasOverline,
+                            line: curLine(p), hasPeers: false)
+  result = p.s.hLevels.len - 1
+
+proc countTitles(s: PRstSharedState, n: PRstNode) =
+  ## Fill `s.hTitleCnt`
+  if n == nil: return
+  for node in n.sons:
+    if node != nil:
+      if node.kind notin {rnOverline, rnSubstitutionDef, rnDefaultRole}:
+        break
+      if node.kind == rnOverline:
+        if s.hLevels[s.hTitleCnt].hasPeers:
+          break
+        inc s.hTitleCnt
+        if s.hTitleCnt >= 2:
+          break
+
+proc isAdornmentHeadline(p: RstParser, adornmentIdx: int): bool =
+  ## check that underline/overline length is enough for the heading.
+  ## No support for Unicode.
+  if p.tok[adornmentIdx].symbol in ["::", "..", "|"]:
+    return false
+  if isMarkdownCodeBlock(p, adornmentIdx):
+    return false
+  var headlineLen = 0
+  var failure = ""
+  if p.idx < adornmentIdx:  # check for underline
+    if p.idx > 0:
+      headlineLen = currentTok(p).col - p.tok[adornmentIdx].col
+    if headlineLen > 0:
+      rstMessage(p, mwRstStyle, "indentation of heading text allowed" &
+          " only for overline titles")
+    for i in p.idx ..< adornmentIdx-1:  # adornmentIdx-1 is a linebreak
+      headlineLen += p.tok[i].symbol.len
+    result = p.tok[adornmentIdx].symbol.len >= headlineLen and headlineLen != 0
+    if not result:
+      failure = "(underline '" & p.tok[adornmentIdx].symbol & "' is too short)"
+  else:  # p.idx == adornmentIdx, at overline. Check overline and underline
+    var i = p.idx + 2
+    headlineLen = p.tok[i].col - p.tok[adornmentIdx].col
+    while p.tok[i].kind notin {tkEof, tkIndent}:
+      headlineLen += p.tok[i].symbol.len
+      inc i
+    if p.tok[i].kind == tkIndent and
+       p.tok[i+1].kind == tkAdornment and
+       p.tok[i+1].symbol[0] == p.tok[adornmentIdx].symbol[0]:
+      result = p.tok[adornmentIdx].symbol.len >= headlineLen and
+           headlineLen != 0
+      if result:
+        result = p.tok[i+1].symbol == p.tok[adornmentIdx].symbol
+        if not result:
+          failure = "(underline '" & p.tok[i+1].symbol & "' does not match " &
+              "overline '" & p.tok[adornmentIdx].symbol & "')"
+      else:
+        failure = "(overline '" & p.tok[adornmentIdx].symbol & "' is too short)"
+    else:  # it's not overline/underline section, not reporting error
+      return false
+  if not result:
+    rstMessage(p, meNewSectionExpected, failure)
+
+proc isLineBlock(p: RstParser): bool =
+  var j = tokenAfterNewline(p)
+  result = currentTok(p).col == p.tok[j].col and p.tok[j].symbol == "|" or
+      p.tok[j].col > currentTok(p).col or
+      p.tok[j].symbol == "\n"
+
+proc isMarkdownBlockQuote(p: RstParser): bool =
+  result = currentTok(p).symbol[0] == '>'
+
+proc whichRstLiteralBlock(p: RstParser): LiteralBlockKind =
+  ## Checks that the following tokens are either Indented Literal Block or
+  ## Quoted Literal Block (which is not quite the same as Markdown quote block).
+  ## https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#quoted-literal-blocks
+  if currentTok(p).symbol == "::" and nextTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+    if currInd(p) > nextTok(p).ival:
+      result = lbNone
+    if currInd(p) < nextTok(p).ival:
+      result = lbIndentedLiteralBlock
+    elif currInd(p) == nextTok(p).ival:
+      var i = p.idx + 1
+      while p.tok[i].kind == tkIndent: inc i
+      const validQuotingCharacters = {
+          '!', '"', '#', '$', '%', '&', '\'', '(', ')', '*', '+', ',', '-',
+          '.', '/', ':', ';', '<', '=', '>', '?', '@', '[', '\\', ']', '^',
+          '_', '`', '{', '|', '}', '~'}
+      if p.tok[i].kind in {tkPunct, tkAdornment} and
+          p.tok[i].symbol[0] in validQuotingCharacters:
+        result = lbQuotedLiteralBlock
+      else:
+        result = lbNone
+  else:
+    result = lbNone
+
+proc predNL(p: RstParser): bool =
+  result = true
+  if p.idx > 0:
+    result = prevTok(p).kind == tkIndent and
+        prevTok(p).ival == currInd(p)
+
+proc isDefList(p: RstParser): bool =
+  var j = tokenAfterNewline(p)
+  result = currentTok(p).col < p.tok[j].col and
+      p.tok[j].kind in {tkWord, tkOther, tkPunct} and
+      p.tok[j - 2].symbol != "::"
+
+proc `$`(t: Token): string =  # for debugging only
+  result = "(" & $t.kind & " line=" & $t.line & " col=" & $t.col
+  if t.kind == tkIndent: result = result & " ival=" & $t.ival & ")"
+  else: result = result & " symbol=" & t.symbol & ")"
+
+proc skipNewlines(p: RstParser, j: int): int =
+  result = j
+  while p.tok[result].kind != tkEof and p.tok[result].kind == tkIndent:
+    inc result  # skip blank lines
+
+proc skipNewlines(p: var RstParser) =
+  p.idx = skipNewlines(p, p.idx)
+
+const maxMdRelInd = 3  ## In Markdown: maximum indentation that does not yet
+                       ## make the indented block a code
+
+proc isMdRelInd(outerInd, nestedInd: int): bool =
+  result = outerInd <= nestedInd and nestedInd <= outerInd + maxMdRelInd
+
+proc isMdDefBody(p: RstParser, j: int, termCol: int): bool =
+  let defCol = p.tok[j].col
+  result = p.tok[j].symbol == ":" and
+    isMdRelInd(termCol, defCol) and
+    p.tok[j+1].kind == tkWhite and
+    p.tok[j+2].kind in {tkWord, tkOther, tkPunct}
+
+proc isMdDefListItem(p: RstParser, idx: int): bool =
+  var j = tokenAfterNewline(p, idx)
+  j = skipNewlines(p, j)
+  let termCol = p.tok[j].col
+  result = isMdRelInd(currInd(p), termCol) and
+      isMdDefBody(p, j, termCol)
+
+proc isOptionList(p: RstParser): bool =
+  result = match(p, p.idx, "-w") or match(p, p.idx, "--w") or
+           match(p, p.idx, "/w") or match(p, p.idx, "//w")
+
+proc isMarkdownHeadlinePattern(s: string): bool =
+  if s.len >= 1 and s.len <= 6:
+    for c in s:
+      if c != '#': return false
+    result = true
+
+proc isMarkdownHeadline(p: RstParser): bool =
+  if roSupportMarkdown in p.s.options:
+    if isMarkdownHeadlinePattern(currentTok(p).symbol) and nextTok(p).kind == tkWhite:
+      if p.tok[p.idx+2].kind in {tkWord, tkOther, tkPunct}:
+        result = true
+
+proc findPipe(p: RstParser, start: int): bool =
+  var i = start
+  while true:
+    if p.tok[i].symbol == "|": return true
+    if p.tok[i].kind in {tkIndent, tkEof}: return false
+    inc i
+
+proc whichSection(p: RstParser): RstNodeKind =
+  if currentTok(p).kind in {tkAdornment, tkPunct}:
+    # for punctuation sequences that can be both tkAdornment and tkPunct
+    if isMarkdownCodeBlock(p):
+      return rnCodeBlock
+    elif isRst(p) and currentTok(p).symbol == "::":
+      return rnLiteralBlock
+    elif currentTok(p).symbol == ".."  and
+       nextTok(p).kind in {tkWhite, tkIndent}:
+     return rnDirective
+  case currentTok(p).kind
+  of tkAdornment:
+    if match(p, p.idx + 1, "iI") and currentTok(p).symbol.len >= 4:
+      result = rnTransition
+    elif match(p, p.idx, "+a+"):
+      result = rnGridTable
+      rstMessage(p, meGridTableNotImplemented)
+    elif match(p, p.idx + 1, " a"): result = rnTable
+    elif currentTok(p).symbol == "|" and isLineBlock(p):
+      result = rnLineBlock
+    elif roSupportMarkdown in p.s.options and isMarkdownBlockQuote(p):
+      result = rnMarkdownBlockQuote
+    elif (match(p, p.idx + 1, "i") and not match(p, p.idx + 2, "I")) and
+         isAdornmentHeadline(p, p.idx):
+      result = rnOverline
+    else:
+      result = rnParagraph
+  of tkPunct:
+    if isMarkdownHeadline(p):
+      result = rnMarkdownHeadline
+    elif roSupportMarkdown in p.s.options and predNL(p) and
+        match(p, p.idx, "| w") and findPipe(p, p.idx+3):
+      result = rnMarkdownTable
+    elif isMd(p) and isMdFootnoteName(p, reference=false):
+      result = rnFootnote
+    elif currentTok(p).symbol == "|" and isLineBlock(p):
+      result = rnLineBlock
+    elif roSupportMarkdown in p.s.options and isMarkdownBlockQuote(p):
+      result = rnMarkdownBlockQuote
+    elif match(p, tokenAfterNewline(p), "aI") and
+        isAdornmentHeadline(p, tokenAfterNewline(p)):
+      result = rnHeadline
+    elif currentTok(p).symbol in ["+", "*", "-"] and nextTok(p).kind == tkWhite:
+      result = rnBulletList
+    elif match(p, p.idx, ":w:E"):
+      # (currentTok(p).symbol == ":")
+      result = rnFieldList
+    elif match(p, p.idx, "(e) ") or match(p, p.idx, "e) ") or
+         match(p, p.idx, "e. "):
+      result = rnEnumList
+    elif isOptionList(p):
+      result = rnOptionList
+    elif isRst(p) and isDefList(p):
+      result = rnDefList
+    elif isMd(p) and isMdDefListItem(p, p.idx):
+      result = rnMdDefList
+    else:
+      result = rnParagraph
+  of tkWord, tkOther, tkWhite:
+    let tokIdx = tokenAfterNewline(p)
+    if match(p, tokIdx, "aI"):
+      if isAdornmentHeadline(p, tokIdx): result = rnHeadline
+      else: result = rnParagraph
+    elif match(p, p.idx, "e) ") or match(p, p.idx, "e. "): result = rnEnumList
+    elif isRst(p) and isDefList(p): result = rnDefList
+    elif isMd(p) and isMdDefListItem(p, p.idx):
+      result = rnMdDefList
+    else: result = rnParagraph
+  else: result = rnLeaf
+
+proc parseLineBlock(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  ## Returns rnLineBlock with all sons of type rnLineBlockItem
+  result = nil
+  if nextTok(p).kind in {tkWhite, tkIndent}:
+    var col = currentTok(p).col
+    result = newRstNodeA(p, rnLineBlock)
+    while true:
+      var item = newRstNode(rnLineBlockItem)
+      if nextTok(p).kind == tkWhite:
+        if nextTok(p).symbol.len > 1:  # pass additional indentation after '| '
+          item.lineIndent = nextTok(p).symbol
+        inc p.idx, 2
+        pushInd(p, p.tok[p.idx].col)
+        parseSection(p, item)
+        popInd(p)
+      else:  # tkIndent => add an empty line
+        item.lineIndent = "\n"
+        inc p.idx, 1
+      result.add(item)
+      if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent and currentTok(p).ival == col and
+          nextTok(p).symbol == "|" and
+          p.tok[p.idx + 2].kind in {tkWhite, tkIndent}:
+        inc p.idx, 1
+      else:
+        break
+
+proc parseDoc(p: var RstParser): PRstNode {.gcsafe.}
+
+proc getQuoteSymbol(p: RstParser, idx: int): tuple[sym: string, depth: int, tokens: int] =
+  result = ("", 0, 0)
+  var i = idx
+  result.sym &= p.tok[i].symbol
+  result.depth += p.tok[i].symbol.len
+  inc result.tokens
+  inc i
+  while p.tok[i].kind == tkWhite and i+1 < p.tok.len and
+        p.tok[i+1].kind == tkPunct and p.tok[i+1].symbol[0] == '>':
+    result.sym &= p.tok[i].symbol
+    result.sym &= p.tok[i+1].symbol
+    result.depth += p.tok[i+1].symbol.len
+    inc result.tokens, 2
+    inc i, 2
+
+proc parseMarkdownQuoteSegment(p: var RstParser, curSym: string, col: int):
+                              PRstNode =
+  ## We define *segment* as a group of lines that starts with exactly the
+  ## same quote symbol. If the following lines don't contain any `>` (*lazy*
+  ## continuation) they considered as continuation of the current segment.
+  var q: RstParser  # to delete `>` at a start of line and then parse normally
+  initParser(q, p.s)
+  q.col = p.col
+  q.line = p.line
+  var minCol = int.high  # minimum colum num in the segment
+  while true:  # move tokens of segment from `p` to `q` skipping `curSym`
+    case currentTok(p).kind
+    of tkEof:
+      break
+    of tkIndent:
+      if nextTok(p).kind in {tkIndent, tkEof}:
+        break
+      else:
+        if nextTok(p).symbol[0] == '>':
+          var (quoteSym, _, quoteTokens) = getQuoteSymbol(p, p.idx + 1)
+          if quoteSym == curSym:  # the segment continues
+            var iTok = tokenAfterNewline(p, p.idx+1)
+            if p.tok[iTok].kind notin {tkEof, tkIndent} and
+                p.tok[iTok].symbol[0] != '>':
+              rstMessage(p, mwRstStyle,
+                  "two or more quoted lines are followed by unquoted line " &
+                  $(curLine(p) + 1))
+              break
+            q.tok.add currentTok(p)
+            var ival = currentTok(p).ival + quoteSym.len
+            inc p.idx, (1 + quoteTokens)  # skip newline and > > >
+            if currentTok(p).kind == tkWhite:
+              ival += currentTok(p).symbol.len
+              inc p.idx
+            # fix up previous `tkIndent`s to ival (as if >>> were not there)
+            var j = q.tok.len - 1
+            while j >= 0 and q.tok[j].kind == tkIndent:
+              q.tok[j].ival = ival
+              dec j
+          else:  # next segment started
+            break
+        elif currentTok(p).ival < col:
+          break
+        else:  # the segment continues, a case like:
+               # > beginning
+               # continuation
+          q.tok.add currentTok(p)
+          inc p.idx
+    else:
+      if currentTok(p).col < minCol: minCol = currentTok(p).col
+      q.tok.add currentTok(p)
+      inc p.idx
+  q.indentStack = @[minCol]
+  # if initial indentation `minCol` is > 0 then final newlines
+  # should be omitted so that parseDoc could advance to the end of tokens:
+  var j = q.tok.len - 1
+  while q.tok[j].kind == tkIndent: dec j
+  q.tok.setLen (j+1)
+  q.tok.add Token(kind: tkEof, line: currentTok(p).line)
+  result = parseDoc(q)
+
+proc parseMarkdownBlockQuote(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  var (curSym, quotationDepth, quoteTokens) = getQuoteSymbol(p, p.idx)
+  let col = currentTok(p).col
+  result = newRstNodeA(p, rnMarkdownBlockQuote)
+  inc p.idx, quoteTokens  # skip first >
+  while true:
+    var item = newRstNode(rnMarkdownBlockQuoteItem)
+    item.quotationDepth = quotationDepth
+    if currentTok(p).kind == tkWhite: inc p.idx
+    item.add parseMarkdownQuoteSegment(p, curSym, col)
+    result.add(item)
+    if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent and currentTok(p).ival == col and
+        nextTok(p).kind != tkEof and nextTok(p).symbol[0] == '>':
+      (curSym, quotationDepth, quoteTokens) = getQuoteSymbol(p, p.idx + 1)
+      inc p.idx, (1 + quoteTokens)  # skip newline and > > >
+    else:
+      break
+
+proc parseParagraph(p: var RstParser, result: PRstNode) =
+  while true:
+    case currentTok(p).kind
+    of tkIndent:
+      if nextTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+        inc p.idx
+        break  # blank line breaks paragraph for both Md & Rst
+      elif currentTok(p).ival == currInd(p) or (
+          isMd(p) and currentTok(p).ival > currInd(p)):
+          # (Md allows adding additional indentation inside paragraphs)
+        inc p.idx
+        case whichSection(p)
+        of rnParagraph, rnLeaf, rnHeadline, rnMarkdownHeadline,
+            rnOverline, rnDirective:
+          result.add newLeaf(" ")
+        of rnLineBlock:
+          result.addIfNotNil(parseLineBlock(p))
+        of rnMarkdownBlockQuote:
+          result.addIfNotNil(parseMarkdownBlockQuote(p))
+        else:
+          dec p.idx  # allow subsequent block to be parsed as another section
+          break
+      else:
+        break
+    of tkPunct:
+      if isRst(p) and (
+          let literalBlockKind = whichRstLiteralBlock(p);
+          literalBlockKind != lbNone):
+        result.add newLeaf(":")
+        inc p.idx            # skip '::'
+        result.add(parseRstLiteralBlock(p, literalBlockKind))
+        break
+      else:
+        parseInline(p, result)
+    of tkWhite, tkWord, tkAdornment, tkOther:
+      parseInline(p, result)
+    else: break
+
+proc checkHeadingHierarchy(p: RstParser, lvl: int) =
+  if lvl - p.s.hCurLevel > 1:  # broken hierarchy!
+    proc descr(l: int): string =
+      (if p.s.hLevels[l].hasOverline: "overline " else: "underline ") &
+      repeat(p.s.hLevels[l].symbol, 5)
+    var msg = "(section level inconsistent: "
+    msg.add descr(lvl) & " unexpectedly found, " &
+      "while the following intermediate section level(s) are missing on lines "
+    msg.add $p.s.hLevels[p.s.hCurLevel].line & ".." & $curLine(p) & ":"
+    for l in p.s.hCurLevel+1 .. lvl-1:
+      msg.add " " & descr(l)
+      if l != lvl-1: msg.add ","
+    rstMessage(p, meNewSectionExpected, msg & ")")
+
+proc parseHeadline(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  if isMarkdownHeadline(p):
+    result = newRstNode(rnMarkdownHeadline)
+    # Note that level hierarchy is not checked for markdown headings
+    result.level = currentTok(p).symbol.len
+    assert(nextTok(p).kind == tkWhite)
+    inc p.idx, 2
+    parseUntilNewline(p, result)
+  else:
+    result = newRstNode(rnHeadline)
+    parseUntilNewline(p, result)
+    assert(currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent)
+    assert(nextTok(p).kind == tkAdornment)
+    var c = nextTok(p).symbol[0]
+    inc p.idx, 2
+    result.level = getLevel(p, c, hasOverline=false)
+    checkHeadingHierarchy(p, result.level)
+    p.s.hCurLevel = result.level
+  addAnchorRst(p, linkName(result), result, anchorType=headlineAnchor)
+  p.s.tocPart.add result
+
+proc parseOverline(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  var c = currentTok(p).symbol[0]
+  inc p.idx, 2
+  result = newRstNode(rnOverline)
+  while true:
+    parseUntilNewline(p, result)
+    if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+      inc p.idx
+      if prevTok(p).ival > currInd(p):
+        result.add newLeaf(" ")
+      else:
+        break
+    else:
+      break
+  result.level = getLevel(p, c, hasOverline=true)
+  checkHeadingHierarchy(p, result.level)
+  p.s.hCurLevel = result.level
+  if currentTok(p).kind == tkAdornment:
+    inc p.idx
+    if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent: inc p.idx
+  addAnchorRst(p, linkName(result), result, anchorType=headlineAnchor)
+  p.s.tocPart.add result
+
+proc fixHeadlines(s: PRstSharedState) =
+  # Fix up section levels depending on presence of a title and subtitle:
+  for n in s.tocPart:
+    if n.kind in {rnHeadline, rnOverline}:
+      if s.hTitleCnt == 2:
+        if n.level == 1:    # it's the subtitle
+          n.level = 0
+        elif n.level >= 2:  # normal sections, start numbering from 1
+          n.level -= 1
+      elif s.hTitleCnt == 0:
+        n.level += 1
+  # Set headline anchors:
+  for iHeading in 0 .. s.tocPart.high:
+    let n: PRstNode = s.tocPart[iHeading]
+    if n.level >= 1:
+      n.anchor = rstnodeToRefname(n)
+      # Fix anchors for uniqueness if `.. contents::` is present
+      if s.hasToc:
+        # Find the last higher level section for unique reference name
+        var sectionPrefix = ""
+        for i in countdown(iHeading - 1, 0):
+          if s.tocPart[i].level >= 1 and s.tocPart[i].level < n.level:
+            sectionPrefix = rstnodeToRefname(s.tocPart[i]) & "-"
+            break
+        if sectionPrefix != "":
+          n.anchor = sectionPrefix & n.anchor
+  s.tocPart.setLen 0
+
+type
+  ColSpec = object
+    start, stop: int
+  RstCols = seq[ColSpec]
+  ColumnLimits = tuple  # for Markdown
+    first, last: int
+  ColSeq = seq[ColumnLimits]
+
+proc tokStart(p: RstParser, idx: int): int =
+  result = p.tok[idx].col
+
+proc tokStart(p: RstParser): int =
+  result = tokStart(p, p.idx)
+
+proc tokEnd(p: RstParser, idx: int): int =
+  result = p.tok[idx].col + p.tok[idx].symbol.len - 1
+
+proc tokEnd(p: RstParser): int =
+  result = tokEnd(p, p.idx)
+
+proc getColumns(p: RstParser, cols: var RstCols, startIdx: int): int =
+  # Fills table column specification (or separator) `cols` and returns
+  # the next parser index after it.
+  var L = 0
+  result = startIdx
+  while true:
+    inc L
+    setLen(cols, L)
+    cols[L - 1].start = tokStart(p, result)
+    cols[L - 1].stop = tokEnd(p, result)
+    assert(p.tok[result].kind == tkAdornment)
+    inc result
+    if p.tok[result].kind != tkWhite: break
+    inc result
+    if p.tok[result].kind != tkAdornment: break
+  if p.tok[result].kind == tkIndent: inc result
+
+proc checkColumns(p: RstParser, cols: RstCols) =
+  var i = p.idx
+  if p.tok[i].symbol[0] != '=':
+    stopOrWarn(p, meIllformedTable,
+               "only tables with `=` columns specification are allowed")
+  for col in 0 ..< cols.len:
+    if tokEnd(p, i) != cols[col].stop:
+      stopOrWarn(p, meIllformedTable,
+                 "end of table column #$1 should end at position $2" % [
+                   $(col+1), $(cols[col].stop+ColRstOffset)],
+                 p.tok[i].line, tokEnd(p, i))
+    inc i
+    if col == cols.len - 1:
+      if p.tok[i].kind == tkWhite:
+        inc i
+      if p.tok[i].kind notin {tkIndent, tkEof}:
+        stopOrWarn(p, meIllformedTable, "extraneous column specification")
+    elif p.tok[i].kind == tkWhite:
+      inc i
+    else:
+      stopOrWarn(p, meIllformedTable,
+                 "no enough table columns", p.tok[i].line, p.tok[i].col)
+
+proc getSpans(p: RstParser, nextLine: int,
+              cols: RstCols, unitedCols: RstCols): seq[int] =
+  ## Calculates how many columns a joined cell occupies.
+  if unitedCols.len > 0:
+    result = newSeq[int](unitedCols.len)
+    var
+      iCell = 0
+      jCell = 0
+      uCell = 0
+    while jCell < cols.len:
+      if cols[jCell].stop < unitedCols[uCell].stop:
+        inc jCell
+      elif cols[jCell].stop == unitedCols[uCell].stop:
+        result[uCell] = jCell - iCell + 1
+        iCell = jCell + 1
+        jCell = jCell + 1
+        inc uCell
+      else:
+        rstMessage(p, meIllformedTable,
+                   "spanning underline does not match main table columns",
+                   p.tok[nextLine].line, p.tok[nextLine].col)
+
+proc parseSimpleTableRow(p: var RstParser, cols: RstCols, colChar: char): PRstNode =
+  ## Parses 1 row in RST simple table.
+  # Consider that columns may be spanning (united by using underline like ----):
+  let nextLine = tokenAfterNewline(p)
+  var unitedCols: RstCols
+  var afterSpan: int
+  if p.tok[nextLine].kind == tkAdornment and p.tok[nextLine].symbol[0] == '-':
+    afterSpan = getColumns(p, unitedCols, nextLine)
+    if unitedCols == cols and p.tok[nextLine].symbol[0] == colChar:
+      # legacy rst.nim compat.: allow punctuation like `----` in main boundaries
+      afterSpan = nextLine
+      unitedCols.setLen 0
+  else:
+    afterSpan = nextLine
+  template colEnd(i): int =
+    if i == cols.len - 1: high(int)  # last column has no limit
+    elif unitedCols.len > 0: unitedCols[i].stop else: cols[i].stop
+  template colStart(i): int =
+    if unitedCols.len > 0: unitedCols[i].start else: cols[i].start
+  var row = newSeq[string](if unitedCols.len > 0: unitedCols.len else: cols.len)
+  var spans: seq[int] = getSpans(p, nextLine, cols, unitedCols)
+
+  let line = currentTok(p).line
+  # Iterate over the lines a single cell may span:
+  while true:
+    var nCell = 0
+    # distribute tokens between cells in the current line:
+    while currentTok(p).kind notin {tkIndent, tkEof}:
+      if tokEnd(p) <= colEnd(nCell):
+        if tokStart(p) < colStart(nCell):
+          if currentTok(p).kind != tkWhite:
+            stopOrWarn(p, meIllformedTable,
+                       "this word crosses table column from the left")
+            row[nCell].add(currentTok(p).symbol)
+        else:
+          row[nCell].add(currentTok(p).symbol)
+        inc p.idx
+      else:
+        if tokStart(p) < colEnd(nCell) and currentTok(p).kind != tkWhite:
+          stopOrWarn(p, meIllformedTable,
+                     "this word crosses table column from the right")
+          row[nCell].add(currentTok(p).symbol)
+          inc p.idx
+        inc nCell
+    if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent: inc p.idx
+    if tokEnd(p) <= colEnd(0): break
+    # Continued current cells because the 1st column is empty.
+    if currentTok(p).kind in {tkEof, tkAdornment}:
+      break
+    for nCell in countup(1, high(row)): row[nCell].add('\n')
+  result = newRstNode(rnTableRow)
+  var q: RstParser
+  for uCell in 0 ..< row.len:
+    initParser(q, p.s)
+    q.col = colStart(uCell)
+    q.line = line - 1
+    getTokens(row[uCell], q.tok)
+    let cell = newRstNode(rnTableDataCell)
+    cell.span = if spans.len == 0: 0 else: spans[uCell]
+    cell.add(parseDoc(q))
+    result.add(cell)
+  if afterSpan > p.idx:
+    p.idx = afterSpan
+
+proc parseSimpleTable(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  var cols: RstCols
+  result = newRstNodeA(p, rnTable)
+  let startIdx = getColumns(p, cols, p.idx)
+  let colChar = currentTok(p).symbol[0]
+  checkColumns(p, cols)
+  p.idx = startIdx
+  result.colCount = cols.len
+  while true:
+    if currentTok(p).kind == tkAdornment:
+      checkColumns(p, cols)
+      p.idx = tokenAfterNewline(p)
+      if currentTok(p).kind in {tkEof, tkIndent}:
+        # skip last adornment line:
+        break
+      if result.sons.len > 0: result.sons[^1].endsHeader = true
+      # fix rnTableDataCell -> rnTableHeaderCell for previous table rows:
+      for nRow in 0 ..< result.sons.len:
+        for nCell in 0 ..< result.sons[nRow].len:
+          template cell: PRstNode = result.sons[nRow].sons[nCell]
+          cell = PRstNode(kind: rnTableHeaderCell, sons: cell.sons,
+                          span: cell.span, anchor: cell.anchor)
+    if currentTok(p).kind == tkEof: break
+    let tabRow = parseSimpleTableRow(p, cols, colChar)
+    result.add tabRow
+
+proc readTableRow(p: var RstParser): ColSeq =
+  if currentTok(p).symbol == "|": inc p.idx
+  while currentTok(p).kind notin {tkIndent, tkEof}:
+    var limits: ColumnLimits
+    limits.first = p.idx
+    while currentTok(p).kind notin {tkIndent, tkEof}:
+      if currentTok(p).symbol == "|" and prevTok(p).symbol != "\\": break
+      inc p.idx
+    limits.last = p.idx
+    result.add(limits)
+    if currentTok(p).kind in {tkIndent, tkEof}: break
+    inc p.idx
+  p.idx = tokenAfterNewline(p)
+
+proc getColContents(p: var RstParser, colLim: ColumnLimits): string =
+  for i in colLim.first ..< colLim.last:
+    result.add(p.tok[i].symbol)
+  result.strip
+
+proc isValidDelimiterRow(p: var RstParser, colNum: int): bool =
+  let row = readTableRow(p)
+  if row.len != colNum: return false
+  for limits in row:
+    let content = getColContents(p, limits)
+    if content.len < 3 or not (content.startsWith("--") or content.startsWith(":-")):
+      return false
+  return true
+
+proc parseMarkdownTable(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  var
+    row: ColSeq
+    a, b: PRstNode
+    q: RstParser
+  result = newRstNodeA(p, rnMarkdownTable)
+
+  proc parseRow(p: var RstParser, cellKind: RstNodeKind, result: PRstNode) =
+    row = readTableRow(p)
+    if result.colCount == 0: result.colCount = row.len # table header
+    elif row.len < result.colCount: row.setLen(result.colCount)
+    a = newRstNode(rnTableRow)
+    for j in 0 ..< result.colCount:
+      b = newRstNode(cellKind)
+      initParser(q, p.s)
+      q.col = p.col
+      q.line = currentTok(p).line - 1
+      getTokens(getColContents(p, row[j]), q.tok)
+      b.add(parseDoc(q))
+      a.add(b)
+    result.add(a)
+
+  parseRow(p, rnTableHeaderCell, result)
+  if not isValidDelimiterRow(p, result.colCount):
+    rstMessage(p, meMarkdownIllformedTable)
+  while predNL(p) and currentTok(p).symbol == "|":
+    parseRow(p, rnTableDataCell, result)
+
+proc parseTransition(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = newRstNodeA(p, rnTransition)
+  inc p.idx
+  if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent: inc p.idx
+  if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent: inc p.idx
+
+proc parseBulletList(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = nil
+  if nextTok(p).kind == tkWhite:
+    var bullet = currentTok(p).symbol
+    var col = currentTok(p).col
+    result = newRstNodeA(p, rnBulletList)
+    pushInd(p, p.tok[p.idx + 2].col)
+    inc p.idx, 2
+    while true:
+      var item = newRstNode(rnBulletItem)
+      parseSection(p, item)
+      result.add(item)
+      if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent and currentTok(p).ival == col and
+          nextTok(p).symbol == bullet and
+          p.tok[p.idx + 2].kind == tkWhite:
+        inc p.idx, 3
+      else:
+        break
+    popInd(p)
+
+proc parseOptionList(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = newRstNodeA(p, rnOptionList)
+  let col = currentTok(p).col
+  var order = 1
+  while true:
+    if currentTok(p).col == col and isOptionList(p):
+      var a = newRstNode(rnOptionGroup)
+      var b = newRstNode(rnDescription)
+      var c = newRstNode(rnOptionListItem)
+      if match(p, p.idx, "//w"): inc p.idx
+      while currentTok(p).kind notin {tkIndent, tkEof}:
+        if currentTok(p).kind == tkWhite and currentTok(p).symbol.len > 1:
+          inc p.idx
+          break
+        a.add(newLeaf(p))
+        inc p.idx
+      var j = tokenAfterNewline(p)
+      if j > 0 and p.tok[j - 1].kind == tkIndent and p.tok[j - 1].ival > currInd(p):
+        pushInd(p, p.tok[j - 1].ival)
+        parseSection(p, b)
+        popInd(p)
+      else:
+        parseLine(p, b)
+      while currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent: inc p.idx
+      c.add(a)
+      c.add(b)
+      c.order = order; inc order
+      result.add(c)
+    else:
+      if currentTok(p).kind != tkEof: dec p.idx  # back to tkIndent
+      break
+
+proc parseMdDefinitionList(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  ## Parses (Pandoc/kramdown/PHPextra) Markdown definition lists.
+  result = newRstNodeA(p, rnMdDefList)
+  let termCol = currentTok(p).col
+  while true:
+    var item = newRstNode(rnDefItem)
+    var term = newRstNode(rnDefName)
+    parseLine(p, term)
+    skipNewlines(p)
+    inc p.idx, 2  # skip ":" and space
+    item.add(term)
+    while true:
+      var def = newRstNode(rnDefBody)
+      let indent = getMdBlockIndent(p)
+      pushInd(p, indent)
+      parseSection(p, def)
+      popInd(p)
+      item.add(def)
+      let j = skipNewlines(p, p.idx)
+      if isMdDefBody(p, j, termCol):  # parse next definition body
+        p.idx = j + 2  # skip ":" and space
+      else:
+        break
+    result.add(item)
+    let j = skipNewlines(p, p.idx)
+    if p.tok[j].col == termCol and isMdDefListItem(p, j):
+      p.idx = j  # parse next item
+    else:
+      break
+
+proc parseDefinitionList(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = nil
+  var j = tokenAfterNewline(p) - 1
+  if j >= 1 and p.tok[j].kind == tkIndent and
+      p.tok[j].ival > currInd(p) and p.tok[j - 1].symbol != "::":
+    var col = currentTok(p).col
+    result = newRstNodeA(p, rnDefList)
+    while true:
+      if isOptionList(p):
+        break  # option list has priority over def.list
+      j = p.idx
+      var a = newRstNode(rnDefName)
+      parseLine(p, a)
+      if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent and
+          currentTok(p).ival > currInd(p) and
+          nextTok(p).symbol != "::" and
+          nextTok(p).kind notin {tkIndent, tkEof}:
+        pushInd(p, currentTok(p).ival)
+        var b = newRstNode(rnDefBody)
+        parseSection(p, b)
+        var c = newRstNode(rnDefItem)
+        c.add(a)
+        c.add(b)
+        result.add(c)
+        popInd(p)
+      else:
+        p.idx = j
+        break
+      if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent and currentTok(p).ival == col:
+        inc p.idx
+        j = tokenAfterNewline(p) - 1
+        if j >= 1 and p.tok[j].kind == tkIndent and p.tok[j].ival > col and
+            p.tok[j-1].symbol != "::" and p.tok[j+1].kind != tkIndent:
+          discard
+        else:
+          break
+    if result.len == 0: result = nil
+
+proc parseEnumList(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  const
+    wildcards: array[0..5, string] = ["(n) ", "n) ", "n. ",
+                                      "(x) ", "x) ", "x. "]
+      # enumerator patterns, where 'x' means letter and 'n' means number
+    wildToken: array[0..5, int] = [4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3]  # number of tokens
+    wildIndex: array[0..5, int] = [1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0]
+      # position of enumeration sequence (number/letter) in enumerator
+  let col = currentTok(p).col
+  var w = 0
+  while w < wildcards.len:
+    if match(p, p.idx, wildcards[w]): break
+    inc w
+  assert w < wildcards.len
+
+  proc checkAfterNewline(p: RstParser, report: bool): bool =
+    ## If no indentation on the next line then parse as a normal paragraph
+    ## according to the RST spec. And report a warning with suggestions
+    let j = tokenAfterNewline(p, start=p.idx+1)
+    let requiredIndent = p.tok[p.idx+wildToken[w]].col
+    if p.tok[j].kind notin {tkIndent, tkEof} and
+        p.tok[j].col < requiredIndent and
+        (p.tok[j].col > col or
+          (p.tok[j].col == col and not match(p, j, wildcards[w]))):
+      if report:
+        let n = p.line + p.tok[j].line
+        let msg = "\n" & """
+          not enough indentation on line $2
+            (should be at column $3 if it's a continuation of enum. list),
+          or no blank line after line $1 (if it should be the next paragraph),
+          or no escaping \ at the beginning of line $1
+            (if lines $1..$2 are a normal paragraph, not enum. list)""".dedent
+        let c = p.col + requiredIndent + ColRstOffset
+        rstMessage(p, mwRstStyle, msg % [$(n-1), $n, $c],
+                   p.tok[j].line, p.tok[j].col)
+      result = false
+    else:
+      result = true
+
+  if not checkAfterNewline(p, report = true):
+    return nil
+  result = newRstNodeA(p, rnEnumList)
+  let autoEnums = if roSupportMarkdown in p.s.options: @["#", "1"] else: @["#"]
+  var prevAE = ""  # so as not allow mixing auto-enumerators `1` and `#`
+  var curEnum = 1
+  for i in 0 ..< wildToken[w]-1:  # add first enumerator with (, ), and .
+    if p.tok[p.idx + i].symbol == "#":
+      prevAE = "#"
+      result.labelFmt.add "1"
+    else:
+      result.labelFmt.add p.tok[p.idx + i].symbol
+  var prevEnum = p.tok[p.idx + wildIndex[w]].symbol
+  inc p.idx, wildToken[w]
+  while true:
+    var item = newRstNode(rnEnumItem)
+    pushInd(p, currentTok(p).col)
+    parseSection(p, item)
+    popInd(p)
+    result.add(item)
+    if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent and currentTok(p).ival == col and
+        match(p, p.idx+1, wildcards[w]):
+      # don't report to avoid duplication of warning since for
+      # subsequent enum. items parseEnumList will be called second time:
+      if not checkAfterNewline(p, report = false):
+        break
+      let enumerator = p.tok[p.idx + 1 + wildIndex[w]].symbol
+      # check that it's in sequence: enumerator == next(prevEnum)
+      if "n" in wildcards[w]:  # arabic numeral
+        let prevEnumI = try: parseInt(prevEnum) except ValueError: 1
+        if enumerator in autoEnums:
+          if prevAE != "" and enumerator != prevAE:
+            break
+          prevAE = enumerator
+          curEnum = prevEnumI + 1
+        else: curEnum = (try: parseInt(enumerator) except ValueError: 1)
+        if curEnum - prevEnumI != 1:
+          break
+        prevEnum = enumerator
+      else:  # a..z
+        let prevEnumI = ord(prevEnum[0])
+        if enumerator == "#": curEnum = prevEnumI + 1
+        else: curEnum = ord(enumerator[0])
+        if curEnum - prevEnumI != 1:
+          break
+        prevEnum = $chr(curEnum)
+      inc p.idx, 1 + wildToken[w]
+    else:
+      break
+
+proc prefix(ftnType: FootnoteType): string =
+  case ftnType
+  of fnManualNumber: result = "footnote-"
+  of fnAutoNumber: result = "footnoteauto-"
+  of fnAutoNumberLabel: result = "footnote-"
+  of fnAutoSymbol: result = "footnotesym-"
+  of fnCitation: result = "citation-"
+
+proc parseFootnote(p: var RstParser): PRstNode {.gcsafe.} =
+  ## Parses footnotes and citations, always returns 2 sons:
+  ##
+  ## 1) footnote label, always containing rnInner with 1 or more sons
+  ## 2) footnote body, which may be nil
+  var label: PRstNode
+  if isRst(p):
+    inc p.idx  # skip space after `..`
+  label = parseFootnoteName(p, reference=false)
+  if label == nil:
+    if isRst(p):
+      dec p.idx
+    return nil
+  result = newRstNode(rnFootnote)
+  result.add label
+  let (fnType, i) = getFootnoteType(p.s, label)
+  var name = ""
+  var anchor = fnType.prefix
+  case fnType
+  of fnManualNumber:
+    addFootnoteNumManual(p, i)
+    anchor.add $i
+  of fnAutoNumber, fnAutoNumberLabel:
+    name = rstnodeToRefname(label)
+    addFootnoteNumAuto(p, name)
+    if fnType == fnAutoNumberLabel:
+      anchor.add name
+    else:  # fnAutoNumber
+      result.order = p.s.lineFootnoteNum.len
+      anchor.add $result.order
+  of fnAutoSymbol:
+    addFootnoteSymAuto(p)
+    result.order = p.s.lineFootnoteSym.len
+    anchor.add $p.s.lineFootnoteSym.len
+  of fnCitation:
+    anchor.add rstnodeToRefname(label)
+  addAnchorRst(p, anchor, target = result, anchorType = footnoteAnchor)
+  result.anchor = anchor
+  if currentTok(p).kind == tkWhite: inc p.idx
+  discard parseBlockContent(p, result, parseSectionWrapper)
+  if result.len < 2:
+    result.add nil
+
+proc sonKind(father: PRstNode, i: int): RstNodeKind =
+  result = rnLeaf
+  if i < father.len: result = father.sons[i].kind
+
+proc parseSection(p: var RstParser, result: PRstNode) =
+  ## parse top-level RST elements: sections, transitions and body elements.
+  while true:
+    var leave = false
+    assert(p.idx >= 0)
+    while currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+      if currInd(p) == currentTok(p).ival:
+        inc p.idx
+      elif currentTok(p).ival > currInd(p):
+        if roPreferMarkdown in p.s.options:  # Markdown => normal paragraphs
+          if currentTok(p).ival - currInd(p) >= 4:
+            result.add parseLiteralBlock(p)
+          else:
+            pushInd(p, currentTok(p).ival)
+            parseSection(p, result)
+            popInd(p)
+        else:  # RST mode => block quotes
+          pushInd(p, currentTok(p).ival)
+          var a = newRstNodeA(p, rnBlockQuote)
+          parseSection(p, a)
+          result.add(a)
+          popInd(p)
+      else:
+        while currentTok(p).kind != tkEof and nextTok(p).kind == tkIndent:
+          inc p.idx  # skip blank lines
+        leave = true
+        break
+    if leave or currentTok(p).kind == tkEof: break
+    var a: PRstNode = nil
+    var k = whichSection(p)
+    case k
+    of rnLiteralBlock:
+      inc p.idx              # skip '::'
+      a = parseLiteralBlock(p)
+    of rnBulletList: a = parseBulletList(p)
+    of rnLineBlock: a = parseLineBlock(p)
+    of rnMarkdownBlockQuote: a = parseMarkdownBlockQuote(p)
+    of rnDirective: a = parseDotDot(p)
+    of rnFootnote: a = parseFootnote(p)
+    of rnEnumList: a = parseEnumList(p)
+    of rnLeaf: rstMessage(p, meNewSectionExpected, "(syntax error)")
+    of rnParagraph: discard
+    of rnDefList: a = parseDefinitionList(p)
+    of rnMdDefList: a = parseMdDefinitionList(p)
+    of rnFieldList:
+      if p.idx > 0: dec p.idx
+      a = parseFields(p)
+    of rnTransition: a = parseTransition(p)
+    of rnHeadline, rnMarkdownHeadline: a = parseHeadline(p)
+    of rnOverline: a = parseOverline(p)
+    of rnTable: a = parseSimpleTable(p)
+    of rnMarkdownTable: a = parseMarkdownTable(p)
+    of rnOptionList: a = parseOptionList(p)
+    else:
+      #InternalError("rst.parseSection()")
+      discard
+    if a == nil and k != rnDirective:
+      a = newRstNodeA(p, rnParagraph)
+      parseParagraph(p, a)
+    result.addIfNotNil(a)
+  if sonKind(result, 0) == rnParagraph and sonKind(result, 1) != rnParagraph:
+    result.sons[0] = newRstNode(rnInner, result.sons[0].sons,
+                                anchor=result.sons[0].anchor)
+
+proc parseDoc(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = parseSectionWrapper(p)
+  if currentTok(p).kind != tkEof:
+    rstMessage(p, meGeneralParseError)
+
+type
+  DirFlag = enum
+    hasArg, hasOptions, argIsFile, argIsWord
+  DirFlags = set[DirFlag]
+
+proc parseDirective(p: var RstParser, k: RstNodeKind, flags: DirFlags): PRstNode =
+  ## Parses arguments and options for a directive block.
+  ##
+  ## A directive block will always have three sons: the arguments for the
+  ## directive (rnDirArg), the options (rnFieldList) and the directive
+  ## content block. This proc parses the two first nodes, the 3rd is left to
+  ## the outer `parseDirective` call.
+  ##
+  ## Both rnDirArg and rnFieldList children nodes might be nil, so you need to
+  ## check them before accessing.
+  result = newRstNodeA(p, k)
+  if k == rnCodeBlock: result.info = lineInfo(p)
+  var args: PRstNode = nil
+  var options: PRstNode = nil
+  if hasArg in flags:
+    args = newRstNode(rnDirArg)
+    if argIsFile in flags:
+      while true:
+        case currentTok(p).kind
+        of tkWord, tkOther, tkPunct, tkAdornment:
+          args.add(newLeaf(p))
+          inc p.idx
+        else: break
+    elif argIsWord in flags:
+      while currentTok(p).kind == tkWhite: inc p.idx
+      if currentTok(p).kind == tkWord:
+        args.add(newLeaf(p))
+        inc p.idx
+      else:
+        args = nil
+    else:
+      parseLine(p, args)
+  result.add(args)
+  if hasOptions in flags:
+    if currentTok(p).kind == tkIndent and currentTok(p).ival > currInd(p) and
+        nextTok(p).symbol == ":":
+      pushInd(p, currentTok(p).ival)
+      options = parseFields(p)
+      popInd(p)
+  result.add(options)
+
+proc parseDirective(p: var RstParser, k: RstNodeKind, flags: DirFlags,
+                    contentParser: SectionParser): PRstNode =
+  ## A helper proc that does main work for specific directive procs.
+  ## Always returns a generic rnDirective tree with these 3 children:
+  ##
+  ## 1) rnDirArg
+  ## 2) rnFieldList
+  ## 3) a node returned by `contentParser`.
+  ##
+  ## .. warning:: Any of the 3 children may be nil.
+  result = parseDirective(p, k, flags)
+  if not isNil(contentParser) and
+      parseBlockContent(p, result, contentParser):
+    discard "result is updated by parseBlockContent"
+  else:
+    result.add(PRstNode(nil))
+
+proc parseDirBody(p: var RstParser, contentParser: SectionParser): PRstNode =
+  if indFollows(p):
+    pushInd(p, currentTok(p).ival)
+    result = contentParser(p)
+    popInd(p)
+
+proc dirInclude(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  ##
+  ## The following options are recognized:
+  ##
+  ## :start-after: text to find in the external data file
+  ##
+  ##     Only the content after the first occurrence of the specified
+  ##     text will be included. If text is not found inclusion will
+  ##     start from beginning of the file
+  ##
+  ## :end-before: text to find in the external data file
+  ##
+  ##     Only the content before the first occurrence of the specified
+  ##     text (but after any after text) will be included. If text is
+  ##     not found inclusion will happen until the end of the file.
+  #literal : flag (empty)
+  #    The entire included text is inserted into the document as a single
+  #    literal block (useful for program listings).
+  #encoding : name of text encoding
+  #    The text encoding of the external data file. Defaults to the document's
+  #    encoding (if specified).
+  #
+  result = nil
+  var n = parseDirective(p, rnDirective, {hasArg, argIsFile, hasOptions}, nil)
+  var filename = strip(addNodes(n.sons[0]))
+  var path = p.findRelativeFile(filename)
+  if path == "":
+    rstMessage(p, meCannotOpenFile, filename)
+  else:
+    # XXX: error handling; recursive file inclusion!
+    if getFieldValue(n, "literal") != "":
+      result = newRstNode(rnLiteralBlock)
+      result.add newLeaf(readFile(path))
+    else:
+      let inputString = readFile(path)
+      let startPosition =
+        block:
+          let searchFor = n.getFieldValue("start-after").strip()
+          if searchFor != "":
+            let pos = inputString.find(searchFor)
+            if pos != -1: pos + searchFor.len
+            else: 0
+          else:
+            0
+
+      let endPosition =
+        block:
+          let searchFor = n.getFieldValue("end-before").strip()
+          if searchFor != "":
+            let pos = inputString.find(searchFor, start = startPosition)
+            if pos != -1: pos - 1
+            else: 0
+          else:
+            inputString.len - 1
+
+      var q: RstParser
+      initParser(q, p.s)
+      let saveFileIdx = p.s.currFileIdx
+      setCurrFilename(p.s, path)
+      getTokens(
+        inputString[startPosition..endPosition],
+        q.tok)
+      # workaround a GCC bug; more like the interior pointer bug?
+      #if find(q.tok[high(q.tok)].symbol, "\0\x01\x02") > 0:
+      #  InternalError("Too many binary zeros in include file")
+      result = parseDoc(q)
+      p.s.currFileIdx = saveFileIdx
+
+proc dirCodeBlock(p: var RstParser, nimExtension = false): PRstNode =
+  ## Parses a code block.
+  ##
+  ## Code blocks are rnDirective trees with a `kind` of rnCodeBlock. See the
+  ## description of ``parseDirective`` for further structure information.
+  ##
+  ## Code blocks can come in two forms, the standard `code directive
+  ## <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/directives.html#code>`_ and
+  ## the nim extension ``.. code-block::``. If the block is an extension, we
+  ## want the default language syntax highlighting to be Nim, so we create a
+  ## fake internal field to communicate with the generator. The field is named
+  ## ``default-language``, which is unlikely to collide with a field specified
+  ## by any random rst input file.
+  ##
+  ## As an extension this proc will process the ``file`` extension field and if
+  ## present will replace the code block with the contents of the referenced
+  ## file. This behaviour is disabled in sandboxed mode and can be re-enabled
+  ## with the `roSandboxDisabled` flag.
+  result = parseDirective(p, rnCodeBlock, {hasArg, hasOptions}, parseLiteralBlock)
+  mayLoadFile(p, result)
+
+  # Extend the field block if we are using our custom Nim extension.
+  if nimExtension:
+    defaultCodeLangNim(p, result)
+
+proc dirContainer(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = parseDirective(p, rnContainer, {hasArg}, parseSectionWrapper)
+  assert(result.len == 3)
+
+proc dirImage(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = parseDirective(p, rnImage, {hasOptions, hasArg, argIsFile}, nil)
+
+proc dirFigure(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = parseDirective(p, rnFigure, {hasOptions, hasArg, argIsFile},
+                          parseSectionWrapper)
+
+proc dirTitle(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = parseDirective(p, rnTitle, {hasArg}, nil)
+
+proc dirContents(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = parseDirective(p, rnContents, {hasArg}, nil)
+  p.s.hasToc = true
+
+proc dirIndex(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = parseDirective(p, rnIndex, {}, parseSectionWrapper)
+
+proc dirAdmonition(p: var RstParser, d: string): PRstNode =
+  result = parseDirective(p, rnAdmonition, {}, parseSectionWrapper)
+  result.adType = d
+
+proc dirDefaultRole(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = parseDirective(p, rnDefaultRole, {hasArg}, nil)
+  if result.sons[0].len == 0: p.s.currRole = defaultRole(p.s.options)
+  else:
+    assert result.sons[0].sons[0].kind == rnLeaf
+    p.s.currRole = result.sons[0].sons[0].text
+  p.s.currRoleKind = whichRole(p, p.s.currRole)
+
+proc dirRole(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = parseDirective(p, rnDirective, {hasArg, hasOptions}, nil)
+  # just check that language is supported, TODO: real role association
+  let lang = getFieldValue(result, "language").strip
+  if lang != "" and getSourceLanguage(lang) == langNone:
+    rstMessage(p, mwUnsupportedLanguage, lang)
+
+proc dirRawAux(p: var RstParser, result: var PRstNode, kind: RstNodeKind,
+               contentParser: SectionParser) =
+  var filename = getFieldValue(result, "file")
+  if filename.len > 0:
+    var path = p.findRelativeFile(filename)
+    if path.len == 0:
+      rstMessage(p, meCannotOpenFile, filename)
+    else:
+      var f = readFile(path)
+      result = newRstNode(kind)
+      result.add newLeaf(f)
+  else:
+    result = newRstNode(kind, result.sons)
+    result.add(parseDirBody(p, contentParser))
+
+proc dirRaw(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  #
+  #The following options are recognized:
+  #
+  #file : string (newlines removed)
+  #    The local filesystem path of a raw data file to be included.
+  #
+  # html
+  # latex
+  result = parseDirective(p, rnDirective, {hasOptions, hasArg, argIsWord})
+  if result.sons[0] != nil:
+    if cmpIgnoreCase(result.sons[0].sons[0].text, "html") == 0:
+      dirRawAux(p, result, rnRawHtml, parseLiteralBlock)
+    elif cmpIgnoreCase(result.sons[0].sons[0].text, "latex") == 0:
+      dirRawAux(p, result, rnRawLatex, parseLiteralBlock)
+    else:
+      rstMessage(p, meInvalidDirective, result.sons[0].sons[0].text)
+  else:
+    dirRawAux(p, result, rnRaw, parseSectionWrapper)
+
+proc dirImportdoc(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  result = parseDirective(p, rnDirective, {}, parseLiteralBlock)
+  assert result.sons[2].kind == rnLiteralBlock
+  assert result.sons[2].sons[0].kind == rnLeaf
+  let filenames: seq[string] = split(result.sons[2].sons[0].text, seps = {','})
+  proc rmSpaces(s: string): string = s.split.join("")
+  for origFilename in filenames:
+    p.s.idxImports[origFilename.rmSpaces] = ImportdocInfo(fromInfo: lineInfo(p))
+
+proc selectDir(p: var RstParser, d: string): PRstNode =
+  result = nil
+  let tok = p.tok[p.idx-2] # report on directive in ".. directive::"
+  if roSandboxDisabled notin p.s.options:
+    if d notin SandboxDirAllowlist:
+      rstMessage(p, meSandboxedDirective, d, tok.line, tok.col)
+
+  case d
+  of "admonition", "attention", "caution": result = dirAdmonition(p, d)
+  of "code": result = dirCodeBlock(p)
+  of "code-block": result = dirCodeBlock(p, nimExtension = true)
+  of "container": result = dirContainer(p)
+  of "contents": result = dirContents(p)
+  of "danger": result = dirAdmonition(p, d)
+  of "default-role": result = dirDefaultRole(p)
+  of "error": result = dirAdmonition(p, d)
+  of "figure": result = dirFigure(p)
+  of "hint": result = dirAdmonition(p, d)
+  of "image": result = dirImage(p)
+  of "important": result = dirAdmonition(p, d)
+  of "importdoc": result = dirImportdoc(p)
+  of "include": result = dirInclude(p)
+  of "index": result = dirIndex(p)
+  of "note": result = dirAdmonition(p, d)
+  of "raw":
+    if roSupportRawDirective in p.s.options:
+      result = dirRaw(p)
+    else:
+      rstMessage(p, meInvalidDirective, d)
+  of "role": result = dirRole(p)
+  of "tip": result = dirAdmonition(p, d)
+  of "title": result = dirTitle(p)
+  of "warning": result = dirAdmonition(p, d)
+  else:
+    rstMessage(p, meInvalidDirective, d, tok.line, tok.col)
+
+proc parseDotDot(p: var RstParser): PRstNode =
+  # parse "explicit markup blocks"
+  result = nil
+  var n: PRstNode  # to store result, workaround for bug 16855
+  var col = currentTok(p).col
+  inc p.idx
+  var d = getDirective(p)
+  if d != "":
+    pushInd(p, col)
+    result = selectDir(p, d)
+    popInd(p)
+  elif match(p, p.idx, " _"):
+    # hyperlink target:
+    inc p.idx, 2
+    var ending = ":"
+    if currentTok(p).symbol == "`":
+      inc p.idx
+      ending = "`"
+    var a = getReferenceName(p, ending)
+    if ending == "`":
+      if currentTok(p).symbol == ":":
+        inc p.idx
+      else:
+        rstMessage(p, meExpected, ":")
+    if currentTok(p).kind == tkWhite: inc p.idx
+    var b = untilEol(p)
+    if len(b) == 0:  # set internal anchor
+      p.curAnchors.add ManualAnchor(
+        alias: linkName(a), anchor: rstnodeToRefname(a), info: prevLineInfo(p)
+      )
+    else:  # external hyperlink
+      setRef(p, rstnodeToRefname(a), b, refType=hyperlinkAlias)
+  elif match(p, p.idx, " |"):
+    # substitution definitions:
+    inc p.idx, 2
+    var a = getReferenceName(p, "|")
+    var b: PRstNode
+    if currentTok(p).kind == tkWhite: inc p.idx
+    if cmpIgnoreStyle(currentTok(p).symbol, "replace") == 0:
+      inc p.idx
+      expect(p, "::")
+      b = untilEol(p)
+    elif cmpIgnoreStyle(currentTok(p).symbol, "image") == 0:
+      inc p.idx
+      b = dirImage(p)
+    else:
+      rstMessage(p, meInvalidDirective, currentTok(p).symbol)
+    setSub(p, addNodes(a), b)
+  elif match(p, p.idx, " [") and
+      (n = parseFootnote(p); n != nil):
+    result = n
+  else:
+    result = parseComment(p, col)
+
+proc rstParsePass1*(fragment: string,
+                    line, column: int,
+                    sharedState: PRstSharedState): PRstNode =
+  ## Parses an RST `fragment`.
+  ## The result should be further processed by
+  ## preparePass2_ and resolveSubs_ (which is pass 2).
+  var p: RstParser
+  initParser(p, sharedState)
+  p.line = line
+  p.col = column
+  getTokens(fragment, p.tok)
+  result = parseDoc(p)
+
+proc extractLinkEnd(x: string): string =
+  ## From links like `path/to/file.html#/%` extract `file.html#/%`.
+  let i = find(x, '#')
+  let last =
+    if i >= 0: i
+    else: x.len - 1
+  let j = rfind(x, '/', start=0, last=last)
+  if j >= 0:
+    result = x[j+1 .. ^1]
+  else:
+    result = x
+
+proc loadIdxFile(s: var PRstSharedState, origFilename: string) =
+  doAssert roSandboxDisabled in s.options
+  var info: TLineInfo
+  info.fileIndex = addFilename(s, origFilename)
+  var (dir, basename, ext) = origFilename.splitFile
+  if ext notin [".md", ".rst", ".nim", ""]:
+    rstMessage(s.filenames, s.msgHandler, s.idxImports[origFilename].fromInfo,
+               meCannotOpenFile, origFilename & ": unknown extension")
+  let idxFilename = dir / basename & ".idx"
+  let (idxPath, linkRelPath) = s.findRefFile(idxFilename)
+  s.idxImports[origFilename].linkRelPath = linkRelPath
+  var
+    fileEntries: seq[IndexEntry]
+    title: IndexEntry
+  try:
+    (fileEntries, title) = parseIdxFile(idxPath)
+  except IOError:
+    rstMessage(s.filenames, s.msgHandler, s.idxImports[origFilename].fromInfo,
+               meCannotOpenFile, idxPath)
+  except ValueError as e:
+    s.msgHandler(idxPath, LineRstInit, ColRstInit, meInvalidField, e.msg)
+
+  var isMarkup = false  # for sanity check to avoid mixing .md <-> .nim
+  for entry in fileEntries:
+    # Though target .idx already has inside it the path to HTML relative
+    # project's root, we won't rely on it and use `linkRelPath` instead.
+    let refn = extractLinkEnd(entry.link)
+    # select either markup (rst/md) or Nim cases:
+    if entry.kind in {ieMarkupTitle, ieNimTitle}:
+      s.idxImports[origFilename].title = entry.keyword
+    case entry.kind
+    of ieIdxRole, ieHeading, ieMarkupTitle:
+      if ext == ".nim" and entry.kind == ieMarkupTitle:
+        rstMessage(s, idxPath, meInvalidField,
+                   $ieMarkupTitle & " in supposedly .nim-derived file")
+      if entry.kind == ieMarkupTitle:
+        isMarkup = true
+      info.line = entry.line.uint16
+      addAnchorExtRst(s, key = entry.keyword, refn = refn,
+                      anchorType = headlineAnchor, info=info)
+    of ieNim, ieNimGroup, ieNimTitle:
+      if ext in [".md", ".rst"] or isMarkup:
+        rstMessage(s, idxPath, meInvalidField,
+                   $entry.kind & " in supposedly markup-derived file")
+      s.nimFileImported = true
+      var langSym: LangSymbol
+      if entry.kind in {ieNim, ieNimTitle}:
+        var q: RstParser
+        initParser(q, s)
+        info.line = entry.line.uint16
+        setLen(q.tok, 0)
+        q.idx = 0
+        getTokens(entry.linkTitle, q.tok)
+        var sons = newSeq[PRstNode](q.tok.len)
+        for i in 0 ..< q.tok.len: sons[i] = newLeaf(q.tok[i].symbol)
+        let linkTitle = newRstNode(rnInner, sons)
+        langSym = linkTitle.toLangSymbol
+      else:  # entry.kind == ieNimGroup
+        langSym = langSymbolGroup(kind=entry.linkTitle, name=entry.keyword)
+      addAnchorNim(s, external = true, refn = refn, tooltip = entry.linkDesc,
+                   langSym = langSym, priority = -4, # lowest
+                   info = info, module = info.fileIndex)
+  doAssert s.idxImports[origFilename].title != ""
+
+proc preparePass2*(s: var PRstSharedState, mainNode: PRstNode, importdoc = true) =
+  ## Records titles in node `mainNode` and orders footnotes.
+  countTitles(s, mainNode)
+  fixHeadlines(s)
+  orderFootnotes(s)
+  if importdoc:
+    for origFilename in s.idxImports.keys:
+      loadIdxFile(s, origFilename)
+
+proc resolveLink(s: PRstSharedState, n: PRstNode) : PRstNode =
+  # Associate this link alias with its target and change node kind to
+  # rnHyperlink or rnInternalRef appropriately.
+  var desc, alias: PRstNode
+  if n.kind == rnPandocRef:  # link like [desc][alias]
+    desc = n.sons[0]
+    alias = n.sons[1]
+  else:  # n.kind == rnRstRef, link like `desc=alias`_
+    desc = n
+    alias = n
+  type LinkDef = object
+    ar: AnchorRule
+    priority: int
+    tooltip: string
+    target: PRstNode
+    info: TLineInfo
+    externFilename: string
+      # when external anchor: origin filename where anchor was defined
+    isTitle: bool
+  proc cmp(x, y: LinkDef): int =
+    result = cmp(x.priority, y.priority)
+    if result == 0:
+      result = cmp(x.target, y.target)
+  var foundLinks: seq[LinkDef]
+  let refn = rstnodeToRefname(alias)
+  var hyperlinks = findRef(s, refn)
+  for y in hyperlinks:
+    foundLinks.add LinkDef(ar: arHyperlink, priority: refPriority(y.kind),
+                           target: y.value, info: y.info,
+                           tooltip: "(" & $y.kind & ")")
+  let substRst = findMainAnchorRst(s, alias.addNodes, n.info)
+  template getExternFilename(subst: AnchorSubst): string =
+    if subst.kind == arExternalRst or
+        (subst.kind == arNim and subst.external):
+      getFilename(s, subst)
+    else: ""
+  for subst in substRst:
+    var refname, fullRefname: string
+    if subst.kind == arInternalRst:
+      refname = subst.target.anchor
+      fullRefname = refname
+    else:  # arExternalRst
+      refname = subst.refnameExt
+      fullRefname = s.idxImports[getFilename(s, subst)].linkRelPath &
+                      "/" & refname
+    let anchorType =
+      if subst.kind == arInternalRst: subst.anchorType
+      else: subst.anchorTypeExt  # arExternalRst
+    foundLinks.add LinkDef(ar: subst.kind, priority: subst.priority,
+                           target: newLeaf(fullRefname),
+                           info: subst.info,
+                           externFilename: getExternFilename(subst),
+                           isTitle: isDocumentationTitle(refname),
+                           tooltip: "(" & $anchorType & ")")
+  # find anchors automatically generated from Nim symbols
+  if roNimFile in s.options or s.nimFileImported:
+    let substNim = findMainAnchorNim(s, signature=alias, n.info)
+    for subst in substNim:
+      let fullRefname =
+        if subst.external:
+          s.idxImports[getFilename(s, subst)].linkRelPath &
+              "/" & subst.refname
+        else: subst.refname
+      foundLinks.add LinkDef(ar: subst.kind, priority: subst.priority,
+                             target: newLeaf(fullRefname),
+                             externFilename: getExternFilename(subst),
+                             isTitle: isDocumentationTitle(subst.refname),
+                             info: subst.info, tooltip: subst.tooltip)
+  foundLinks.sort(cmp = cmp, order = Descending)
+  let aliasStr = addNodes(alias)
+  if foundLinks.len >= 1:
+    if foundLinks[0].externFilename != "":
+      s.idxImports[foundLinks[0].externFilename].used = true
+    let kind = if foundLinks[0].ar in {arHyperlink, arExternalRst}: rnHyperlink
+               elif foundLinks[0].ar == arNim:
+                 if foundLinks[0].externFilename == "": rnNimdocRef
+                 else: rnHyperlink
+               else: rnInternalRef
+    result = newRstNode(kind)
+    let documentName =  # filename without ext for `.nim`, title for `.md`
+      if foundLinks[0].ar == arNim:
+        changeFileExt(foundLinks[0].externFilename.extractFilename, "")
+      elif foundLinks[0].externFilename != "":
+        s.idxImports[foundLinks[0].externFilename].title
+      else: foundLinks[0].externFilename.extractFilename
+    let linkText =
+      if foundLinks[0].externFilename != "":
+        if foundLinks[0].isTitle: newLeaf(addNodes(desc))
+        else: newLeaf(documentName & ": " & addNodes(desc))
+      else:
+        newRstNode(rnInner, desc.sons)
+    result.sons = @[linkText, foundLinks[0].target]
+    if kind == rnNimdocRef: result.tooltip = foundLinks[0].tooltip
+    if foundLinks.len > 1:  # report ambiguous link
+      var targets = newSeq[string]()
+      for l in foundLinks:
+        var t = "    "
+        if s.filenames.len > 1:
+          t.add getFilename(s.filenames, l.info.fileIndex)
+        let n = l.info.line
+        let c = l.info.col + ColRstOffset
+        t.add "($1, $2): $3" % [$n, $c, l.tooltip]
+        targets.add t
+      rstMessage(s.filenames, s.msgHandler, n.info, mwAmbiguousLink,
+                 "`$1`\n  clash:\n$2" % [
+                   aliasStr, targets.join("\n")])
+  else:  # nothing found
+    result = n
+    rstMessage(s.filenames, s.msgHandler, n.info, mwBrokenLink, aliasStr)
+
+proc resolveSubs*(s: PRstSharedState, n: PRstNode): PRstNode =
+  ## Makes pass 2 of RST parsing.
+  ## Resolves substitutions and anchor aliases, groups footnotes.
+  ## Takes input node `n` and returns the same node with recursive
+  ## substitutions in `n.sons` to `result`.
+  result = n
+  if n == nil: return
+  case n.kind
+  of rnSubstitutionReferences:
+    var x = findSub(s, n)
+    if x >= 0:
+      result = s.subs[x].value
+    else:
+      var key = addNodes(n)
+      var e = getEnv(key)
+      if e != "": result = newLeaf(e)
+      else: rstMessage(s.filenames, s.msgHandler, n.info,
+                       mwUnknownSubstitution, key)
+  of rnRstRef, rnPandocRef:
+    result = resolveLink(s, n)
+  of rnFootnote:
+    var (fnType, num) = getFootnoteType(s, n.sons[0])
+    case fnType
+    of fnManualNumber, fnCitation:
+      discard "no need to alter fixed text"
+    of fnAutoNumberLabel, fnAutoNumber:
+      if fnType == fnAutoNumberLabel:
+        let labelR = rstnodeToRefname(n.sons[0])
+        num = getFootnoteNum(s, labelR)
+      else:
+        num = getFootnoteNum(s, n.order)
+      var nn = newRstNode(rnInner)
+      nn.add newLeaf($num)
+      result.sons[0] = nn
+    of fnAutoSymbol:
+      let sym = getAutoSymbol(s, n.order)
+      n.sons[0].sons[0].text = sym
+    n.sons[1] = resolveSubs(s, n.sons[1])
+  of rnFootnoteRef:
+    var (fnType, num) = getFootnoteType(s, n.sons[0])
+    template addLabel(number: int | string) =
+      var nn = newRstNode(rnInner)
+      nn.add newLeaf($number)
+      result.add(nn)
+    var refn = fnType.prefix
+    # create new rnFootnoteRef, add final label, and finalize target refn:
+    result = newRstNode(rnFootnoteRef, info = n.info)
+    case fnType
+    of fnManualNumber:
+      addLabel num
+      refn.add $num
+    of fnAutoNumber:
+      inc s.currFootnoteNumRef
+      addLabel getFootnoteNum(s, s.currFootnoteNumRef)
+      refn.add $s.currFootnoteNumRef
+    of fnAutoNumberLabel:
+      addLabel getFootnoteNum(s, rstnodeToRefname(n))
+      refn.add rstnodeToRefname(n)
+    of fnAutoSymbol:
+      inc s.currFootnoteSymRef
+      addLabel getAutoSymbol(s, s.currFootnoteSymRef)
+      refn.add $s.currFootnoteSymRef
+    of fnCitation:
+      result.add n.sons[0]
+      refn.add rstnodeToRefname(n)
+    # TODO: correctly report ambiguities
+    let anchorInfo = findMainAnchorRst(s, refn, n.info)
+    if anchorInfo.len != 0:
+      result.add newLeaf(anchorInfo[0].target.anchor)  # add link
+    else:
+      rstMessage(s.filenames, s.msgHandler, n.info, mwBrokenLink, refn)
+      result.add newLeaf(refn)  # add link
+  of rnLeaf:
+    discard
+  else:
+    var regroup = false
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n.sons[i] = resolveSubs(s, n.sons[i])
+      if n.sons[i] != nil and n.sons[i].kind == rnFootnote:
+        regroup = true
+    if regroup:  # group footnotes together into rnFootnoteGroup
+      var newSons: seq[PRstNode]
+      var i = 0
+      while i < n.len:
+        if n.sons[i] != nil and n.sons[i].kind == rnFootnote:
+          var grp = newRstNode(rnFootnoteGroup)
+          while i < n.len and n.sons[i].kind == rnFootnote:
+            grp.sons.add n.sons[i]
+            inc i
+          newSons.add grp
+        else:
+          newSons.add n.sons[i]
+          inc i
+      result.sons = newSons
+
+proc completePass2*(s: PRstSharedState) =
+  for (filename, importdocInfo) in s.idxImports.pairs:
+    if not importdocInfo.used:
+      rstMessage(s.filenames, s.msgHandler, importdocInfo.fromInfo,
+                 mwUnusedImportdoc, filename)
+
+proc rstParse*(text, filename: string,
+               line, column: int,
+               options: RstParseOptions,
+               findFile: FindFileHandler = nil,
+               findRefFile: FindRefFileHandler = nil,
+               msgHandler: MsgHandler = nil):
+              tuple[node: PRstNode, filenames: RstFileTable, hasToc: bool] =
+  ## Parses the whole `text`. The result is ready for `rstgen.renderRstToOut`,
+  ## note that 2nd tuple element should be fed to `initRstGenerator`
+  ## argument `filenames` (it is being filled here at least with `filename`
+  ## and possibly with other files from RST ``.. include::`` statement).
+  var sharedState = newRstSharedState(options, filename, findFile, findRefFile,
+                                      msgHandler, hasToc=false)
+  let unresolved = rstParsePass1(text, line, column, sharedState)
+  preparePass2(sharedState, unresolved)
+  result.node = resolveSubs(sharedState, unresolved)
+  completePass2(sharedState)
+  result.filenames = sharedState.filenames
+  result.hasToc = sharedState.hasToc