Consecutive unordered and ordered lists.

[Mark Henderson Linton]

I'm sorry if I'm being a pest about this, but I just wanted to clean up 
my solution a little bit. I came up with a more general way of solving 
the problem that did not involve having two nearly identical routines. 
Now there is a single routine that you call twice, once passing it the 
ordered list marker, then again passing it the unordered list marker. 
Note: For some reason it seems important to do the ordered lists first.

Please find below the output from 'diff -u' that can be used with the 
'patch' command to incorporate the change. I hereby release these 
modifications under the terms of a BSD-style open source license.

  sub _DoLists {
+       my $text = shift;
+       my $marker_ul  = qr/[*+-]/;
+       my $marker_ol  = qr/\d+[.]/;
+
+       $text = _DoGenericLists($marker_ol, $text);
+       $text = _DoGenericLists($marker_ul, $text);
+
+       return $text;
+}
+
+
+sub _DoGenericLists {
  #
  # Form HTML ordered (numbered) and unordered (bulleted) lists.
  #
+       my $marker = shift;
         my $text = shift;
         my $less_than_tab = $g_tab_width - 1;

         # Re-usable patterns to match list item bullets and number 
markers:
         my $marker_ul  = qr/[*+-]/;
         my $marker_ol  = qr/\d+[.]/;
-       my $marker_any = qr/(?:$marker_ul|$marker_ol)/;
+       my $marker_any = qr/(?:$marker)/;

         # Re-usable pattern to match any entirel ul or ol list:
         my $whole_list = qr{


On Dec 21, 2004, at 9:17 PM, Mark Henderson Linton wrote:

> I played a little bit with this and if you make two new routines, 
> nearly identical to _DoLists, called _DoOrderedLists and 
> _DoUnorderedLists, where the only difference is that $marker_any only 
> includes $marker_ol in the former and $marker_ul in the latter, and 
> call them like this:
>
> sub _DoLists {
> 	my $text = shift;
>
> 	$text = _DoOrderedLists($text);
> 	$text = _DoUnorderedLists($text);
>
> 	return $text;
> }
>
> The code then behaves as expected.
>
> On Dec 18, 2004, at 9:53 PM, Mark Henderson Linton wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I believe there is a problem in the _DoLists subroutine involving the 
>> use of $marker_any to determine when a list ends. If you have an 
>> ordered list following an unordered list, the routine will 
>> incorrectly match the end of the second, ordered list as the end of 
>> the first, unordered list, resulting in a single unordered list.
>>
>> Place the following into the Dingus:
>>
>> ====
>>
>> # Yorkshire Pudding
>>
>> * 2 cups all-purpose flour
>> * 1 teaspoon coarse salt
>> * Freshly ground pepper
>> * 4 large eggs
>> * 3 to 3 1/2 cups whole milk
>> * 6 to 8 tablespoons drippings from roasting pan, vegetable oil, or 
>> lard
>>
>> 1. In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, and pepper. Make a well in 
>> the center, and add eggs and one-quarter of the milk. Using a whisk, 
>> combine eggs and milk, then incorporate flour; begin with the inner 
>> rim of the well. Continue whisking until a smooth, stiff batter 
>> forms. Stir in half of the remaining milk. Cover with plastic wrap 
>> and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
>>
>> 2. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Place 12 3/4-cup capacity muffin tins in 
>> oven until very hot, about 5 minutes.
>>
>> 3. Stir enough of the remaining milk into the batter until it is the 
>> consistency of heavy cream. Transfer 1 to 2 teaspoons of drippings 
>> into each muffin tin. Pour batter in the muffin tins, filling them 
>> about one-third full; the batter should sizzle in the hot drippings. 
>> Return to oven and bake until puffed, browned, and crisp, 25 to 30 
>> minutes. Yorkshire pudding is best served fresh from the oven, but it 
>> can be kept warm in a low oven for about 15 minutes.
>>
>> ====
>>
>> The following code will result:
>>
>> ====
>>
>> <h1>Yorkshire Pudding</h1>
>>
>> <ul>
>> <li>2 cups all-purpose flour</li>
>> <li>1 teaspoon coarse salt</li>
>> <li>Freshly ground pepper</li>
>> <li>4 large eggs</li>
>> <li>3 to 3 1/2 cups whole milk</li>
>> <li><p>6 to 8 tablespoons drippings from roasting pan, vegetable oil, 
>> or lard</p></li>
>> <li><p>In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, and pepper. Make a well 
>> in the center, and add eggs and one-quarter of the milk. Using a 
>> whisk, combine eggs and milk, then incorporate flour; begin with the 
>> inner rim of the well. Continue whisking until a smooth, stiff batter 
>> forms. Stir in half of the remaining milk. Cover with plastic wrap 
>> and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.</p></li>
>> <li><p>Heat oven to 400 degrees. Place 12 3/4-cup capacity muffin 
>> tins in oven until very hot, about 5 minutes.</p></li>
>> <li><p>Stir enough of the remaining milk into the batter until it is 
>> the consistency of heavy cream. Transfer 1 to 2 teaspoons of 
>> drippings into each muffin tin. Pour batter in the muffin tins, 
>> filling them about one-third full; the batter should sizzle in the 
>> hot drippings. Return to oven and bake until puffed, browned, and 
>> crisp, 25 to 30 minutes. Yorkshire pudding is best served fresh from 
>> the oven, but it can be kept warm in a low oven for about 15 
>> minutes.</p></li>
>> </ul>
>>
>> ====
>>
>> This is the code that was expected:
>>
>> ====
>>
>> <h1>Yorkshire Pudding</h1>
>>
>> <ul>
>> <li>2 cups all-purpose flour</li>
>> <li>1 teaspoon coarse salt</li>
>> <li>Freshly ground pepper</li>
>> <li>4 large eggs</li>
>> <li>3 to 3 1/2 cups whole milk</li>
>> <li>6 to 8 tablespoons drippings from roasting pan, vegetable oil, or 
>> lard</li>
>> </ul>
>>
>> <ol>
>> <li><p>In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, and pepper. Make a well 
>> in the center, and add eggs and one-quarter of the milk. Using a 
>> whisk, combine eggs and milk, then incorporate flour; begin with the 
>> inner rim of the well. Continue whisking until a smooth, stiff batter 
>> forms. Stir in half of the remaining milk. Cover with plastic wrap 
>> and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.</p></li>
>> <li><p>Heat oven to 400 degrees. Place 12 3/4-cup capacity muffin 
>> tins in oven until very hot, about 5 minutes.</p></li>
>> <li><p>Stir enough of the remaining milk into the batter until it is 
>> the consistency of heavy cream. Transfer 1 to 2 teaspoons of 
>> drippings into each muffin tin. Pour batter in the muffin tins, 
>> filling them about one-third full; the batter should sizzle in the 
>> hot drippings. Return to oven and bake until puffed, browned, and 
>> crisp, 25 to 30 minutes. Yorkshire pudding is best served fresh from 
>> the oven, but it can be kept warm in a low oven for about 15 
>> minutes.</p></li>
>> </ol>
>>
>> ====
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Mark Linton
>> --
>> If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times 
>> out of ten it will. -- Paul Harvey News, 1979
>>
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> Sincerely,
> Mark Linton
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