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@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ for *JSON* consuming clients.
 synopsis
 --------
 
+```javascript
     var journey = require('journey');
 
     //
@@ -47,38 +48,49 @@ synopsis
             });
         });
     }).listen(8080);
+```
 
 installation
 ------------
 
+```shell
     $ npm install journey
+```
 
 API
 ---
 
 You create a router with the `journey.Router` constructor:
 
+```javascript
     var router = new(journey.Router);
+```
 
 You define some routes, with bound functions:
 
+```javascript
     router.get('/hello').bind(function (req, res) { res.send('Hi there!') });
     router.put('/candles').bind(function (req, res) { ... });
+```
 
 *Note that you may also use the `map` function to define routes.*
 
 The `router` object exposes a `handle` method, which takes three arguments:
 an `http.ServerRequest` instance, a body, and a callback, as such:
 
+```javascript
     function route(request, body, callback)
+```
 
 and asynchronously calls the callback with an object containing the response
 headers, status and body, on the first matching route:
 
+```javascript
     { status: 200,
       headers: {"Content-Type":"application/json"},
       body: '{"journey":"Welcome"}'
     }
+```
 
 Note that the response body will either be JSON data, or empty.
 
@@ -86,6 +98,7 @@ Note that the response body will either be JSON data, or empty.
 
 Here are a couple of example routes:
 
+```javascript
     // route                                // matching request
     router.get('/users')                    // GET    /users
     router.post('/users')                   // POST   /users
@@ -103,33 +116,42 @@ Here are a couple of example routes:
             return req.body.length > 0;
         }
     });
+```
 
 Any of these routes can be bound to a function or object which responds
 to the `apply` method. We use `bind` for that:
 
+```javascript
     router.get('/hello').bind(function (req, res) {});
+```
 
 If there is a match, the bound function is called, and passed the `response` object,
 as first argument. Calling the `send` method on this object will trigger the callback,
 passing the response to it:
 
+```javascript
     router.get('/hello').bind(function (req, res) {
         res.send(200, {}, {hello: "world"});
     });
+```
 
 The send method is pretty flexible, here are a couple of examples:
 
+```javascript
                                 // status, headers, body
     res.send(404);              // 404     {}       ''
     res.send("Welcome");        // 200     {}       '{"journey":"Welcome"}'
     res.send({hello:"world"});  // 200     {}       '{"hello":"world"}'
 
     res.send(200, {"Server":"HAL/1.0"}, ["bob"]);
+```
 
 As you can see, the body is automatically converted to JSON, and if a string is passed,
 it acts as a message from `journey`. To send a raw string back, you can use the `sendBody` method:
 
+```javascript
     res.sendBody(JSON.stringify({hello:"world"}));
+```
 
 This will bypass JSON conversion.
 
@@ -137,9 +159,11 @@ This will bypass JSON conversion.
 
 Consider a request such as `GET /users?limit=5`, I can get the url params like this:
 
+```javascript
     router.get('/users').bind(function (req, res, params) {
         params.limit; // 5
     });
+```
 
 How about a `POST` request, with form data, or JSON? Same thing, journey will parse the data,
 and pass it as the last argument to the bound function.
@@ -153,12 +177,14 @@ say we have a request like `GET /trolls/42`, and the following route:
 
 Here's how we can access the captures:
 
+```javascript
     router.get(/^([a-z]+)\/([0-9]+)$/).bind(function (req, res, resource, id, params) {
         res;      // response object
         resource; // "trolls"
         id;       // 42
         params;   // {}
     });
+```
 
 ### Summary #
 
@@ -171,6 +197,7 @@ A bound function has the following template:
 Sometimes it's useful to have a bunch of routes under a single namespace, that's what the `path` function does.
 Consider the following path and unbound routes:
 
+```javascript
     router.path('/domain', function () {
         this.get();        // match 'GET /domain'
         this.root;         // match 'GET /domain/'
@@ -181,11 +208,13 @@ Consider the following path and unbound routes:
             this.get();    // match 'GET  /domain/users'
         });
     })
+```
 
 ### Filters #
 
 Often it's convenient to disallow certain requests based on predefined criteria. A great example of this is Authorization:
 
+```javascript
     function authorize (request, body, cb) {
       return request.headers.authorized === true
           ? cb(null)
@@ -197,17 +226,21 @@ Often it's convenient to disallow certain requests based on predefined criteria.
           ? cb(null)
           : cb(new journey.NotAuthorized('Not Admin'));
     }
+```
 
 Journey exposes this in three separate location through the `filter` API:
 
 #### Set a global filter
 
+```javascript
     var router = new(journey.Router)({ filter: authorize });
+```
 
 *Note: This filter will not actually be enforced until you use the APIs exposed in (2) and (3)*
 
 #### Set a scoped filter in your route function
 
+```javascript
     var router = new(journey.Router)({ filter: authorize });
 
     router.map(function () {
@@ -223,9 +256,11 @@ Journey exposes this in three separate location through the `filter` API:
             //
         });
     });
+```
 
 #### Set a filter on an individual route
 
+```javascript
     var router = new(journey.Router)({ filter: authorize });
 
     router.map(function () {
@@ -241,16 +276,19 @@ Journey exposes this in three separate location through the `filter` API:
             //
         });
     });
+```
 
 ### Accessing the request object #
 
 From a bound function, you can access the request object with `this.request`, consider
 a request such as `POST /articles`, and a route:
 
+```javascript
     router.route('/articles').bind(function (req, res) {
         this.request.method; // "POST"
         res.send("Thanks for your " + this.request.method + " request.");
     });
+```
 
 license
 -------