bug report

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+Apparently this is legal markdown, though unusual syntax for a link:
+
+       \[Branchable](http://www.branchable.com/ "Ikiwiki hosting") 
+
+If that is put on a translatable page, the translations display it not as a
+link, but in the escaped form that appears above. 
+
+Probably a po4a bug, but I don't see the bug clearly in the gernerated po
+file:
+
+       "This was posted automatically by [Branchable](http://www.branchable.com/ "
+       "\"Ikiwiki hosting\") when I signed up."
+
+--[[Joey]]