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 How to compile example1.cpp
 
 
-* Linux and macOS
-  
-  If you have installed Armadillo via the CMake installer:
+** Linux and macOS **
+
+If you have installed Armadillo via the CMake installer:
   g++ example1.cpp -o example1 -std=c++11 -O2 -larmadillo
   
-  Otherwise, if you want to use Armadillo without installation:
+Otherwise, if you want to use Armadillo without installation:
   g++ example1.cpp -o example1 -std=c++11 -O2 -I /home/blah/armadillo-7.200.3/include -DARMA_DONT_USE_WRAPPER -lopenblas
   
-  The above command assumes that the armadillo archive was unpacked into /home/blah/
-  The command needs to be adjusted if the archive was unpacked into a different directory
-  and/or for each specific version of Armadillo (ie. "7.200.3" needs to be changed)
+The above command assumes that the armadillo archive was unpacked into /home/blah/
+The command needs to be adjusted if the archive was unpacked into a different directory
+and/or for each specific version of Armadillo (ie. "7.200.3" needs to be changed)
   
-  If you don't have OpenBLAS, on Linux change -lopenblas to -lblas -llapack
-  and on macOS change -lopenblas to -framework Accelerate
+If you don't have OpenBLAS, on Linux change -lopenblas to -lblas -llapack
+and on macOS change -lopenblas to -framework Accelerate
 
 
-* Windows
+** Windows **
   
-  Open "example1_win64.sln" or "example1_win64.vcxproj" with Visual Studio.
-  The example1_win64 project needs to be compiled as a 64 bit program.
-  Make sure the active solution platform is set to x64, instead of win32.
+Open "example1_win64.sln" or "example1_win64.vcxproj" with Visual Studio.
+The example1_win64 project needs to be compiled as a 64 bit program.
+Make sure the active solution platform is set to x64, instead of win32.