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[docs] Clarify .md handling with @next/mdx (#49785)
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…iles as MDX

I got bitten by this passage because it reads as if merely changing the
`extension` setting will cause `.md` files to be loaded as MDX.

See: mdx-js/mdx#2302

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Co-authored-by: JJ Kasper <jj@jjsweb.site>
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})
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Optionally you can match other file extensions for MDX compilation, by default only `.mdx` is supported
By default MDX will only match and compile MDX files with the `.mdx` extension.
However, it can also be optionally configured to handle markdown files with the `.md` extension, as shown below:

```js
// next.config.js
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module.exports = withMDX()
```

In addition, MDX can be customized with compiler options, see the [mdx documentation](https://mdxjs.com/packages/mdx/#compilefile-options) for details on supported options.

## Top level .mdx pages

Define the `pageExtensions` option to have Next.js handle `.md` and `.mdx` files in the `pages` directory as pages:
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