pandoc/test/command/6588.md

% pandoc -f rst
I recommend you try |Python|_.

.. |Python| replace:: Python, *the* best language around
.. _Python: http://www.python.org/
^D
<p>I recommend you try <a href="http://www.python.org/"><span>Python,
<em>the</em> best language around</span></a>.</p>