@@ -797,9 +797,15 @@
 		{seq = '→', parse = insert_link};
 		{seq = '🔗', parse = insert_link};
 		{seq = '##', parse = insert_var_ref(true)};
 		{seq = '#', parse = insert_var_ref(false)};
-		{seq = '%%', parse = function() --[[NOP]] end};
+		{seq = '%%', parse = function (s,c)
+			local com = s:match '^%%%%%s*(.*)$'
+			return {
+				kind = 'comment';
+				comment = com;
+			}
+		end};
 		{seq = '%!', parse = insert_span_directive(true,false)};
 		{seq = '%:', parse = insert_span_directive(false,true)};
 		{seq = '%', parse = insert_span_directive(false,false)};
 	}