Doubt about standard syntax

[Michel Fortin]

Le 2006-12-29 à 12:45, Andrea Censi a écrit :


> -----------

> Paragraph and no space:

> * ciao

>

> Paragraph and 1 space:

>  * ciao

>

> Paragraph and 3 spaces:

>    * ciao

>

> Paragraph and 4 spaces:

>     * ciao

> -----------

>

> In other words, a paragraph, once started, eats everything until a  

> blank line?


 From the Markdown 1.0.1 (and PHP Markdown 1.0.1) changelog:


> Sort-of fixed a bug where lines in the middle of hard-wrapped  

> paragraphs, which lines look like the start of a list item, would  

> accidentally trigger the creation of a list. E.g. a paragraph that  

> looked like this:

>

>     I recommend upgrading to version

>     8. Oops, now this line is treated

>     as a sub-list.

>

> This is fixed for top-level lists, but it can still happen for sub- 

> lists. E.g., the following list item will not be parsed properly:

>

>     *   I recommend upgrading to version

>         8. Oops, now this line is treated

>         as a sub-list.

>

> Given Markdown’s list-creation rules, I’m not sure this can be fixed.


Obviously, the same rule applies to unordered lists too. I don't  
think this is documented in the syntax documentation.


Michel Fortin
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