Multiple pound or hash symbols in a row don't work right when each one is escaped by a backslash character. The last one comes out in the formatted text as having a backslash preceding it.
For example, if the asciidoc contains \#\#\# then the output shows ##\# ted -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "asciidoc" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
