+-------------------------------------------------
+
+# Supported markdown formatting's
+
+Quotes are auto-detected by preceding *>*.
+
+Multiple *>* are interpreted as nested quotes.
+
+\> quote
+\>> nested quote 1
+\> > nested quote 2
+
+becomes
+
+> quote
+>> nested quote 1
+> > nested quote 2
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+# Supported markdown formatting's
+
+Inline highlighting is supported as followed:
+
+\- *\** colors text as red
+\- *\_* underlines text
+
+\_some\_ \*highlighted\* \_\*text\*\_
+
+becomes
+
+_some_ *highlighted* _*text*_
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+# Supported markdown formatting's
+
+Backslashes force special markdown characters
+like *\**, *\_*, *#* and *>* to be printed as normal
+characters.
+
+\\\*special\\\*
+
+becomes
+
+\*special\*
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+# Supported markdown formatting's
+
+Leading *\** or *-* indicate lists.
+
+TODO list
+\* major 1
+\ \- minor 1.1
+\ \- detail 1.1.1
+\ \- detail 1.1.2
+\ \- minor 1.2
+
+becomes
+
+TODO list
+* major 1
+ - minor 1.1
+ - detail 1.1.1
+ - detail 1.1.2
+ - minor 1.2
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+## More information about markdown
+
+can be found on
+
+_http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/_
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+# Support for UTF-8 special characters
+
+Here are some examples.
+
+ae = ä, oe = ö, ue = ü, ss = ß
+upsilon = Ʊ, phi = ɸ
+
+▛▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▜
+▌rectangle▐
+▙▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▟
+
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+# Suspend your presentation for hands-on examples
+
+Use *Ctrl + z* to suspend the presentation.
+
+Use *fg* to resume it.
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+# Convert your presentation to PDF
+
+To publish your presentation later on, you may
+want to convert it to PDF.
+
+This can be achieved by two additional tools:
+
+\- *markdown* to convert to HTML
+\- *wkhtmltopdf* to convert from HTML to PDF
+
+After installing them, you can simply type:
+
+ $ markdown sample.md | wkhtmltopdf - sample.pdf
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+## Last words
+
+I hope you like *mdp*. But be aware, that it is
+still in alpha status.
+
+If you observe strange behavior, feel free to
+open an issue on GitHub: