pre in lists

[Lou Quillio]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Boris Le Ninivin
<boris.leninivin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 08/16/2012 02:43 PM, Rob McBroom wrote:

>>

>> On Aug 16, 2012, at 5:45 AM, Boris Le Ninivin <boris.leninivin at gmail.com>

>> wrote:

>>

>>> When I try to use the code block syntax in a list, i.e :

>>>

>>> 1. some text

>>> 2. some code :

>>>     My first line of code

>>>     The second one

>>>         Some indented code

>>>         Another line

>>> 3. end of the list

>>>

>>> it doesn't work. Yet it appears that the syntax is valid (I checked on

>>> the w3 validator). I would need that functionality. Would it be possible to

>>> improve the markdown parser by adding it ?

>>

>> Code blocks in list items need to be indented 8 spaces instead of 4, and

>> (for some implementations anyway) there needs to be an empty line before the

>> first line of code. I think that's documented somewhere, but I'm too lazy to

>> check.

>>

> Well, the implementation I user (ikiwiki) doesn't support that, so I use :

>

>

> 1. some text

> 2. some code :

> `My first line of code`

> `The second one`

>>

>> `Some indented code`

>> `Another line`

>

> 3. end of the list

>

> My problem now is that when I want to add a not after the blockquote, either

> it's a the SAME level as the blockquote:

>

>

> 1. some text

> 2. some code :

> `My first line of code`

> `The second one`

>>

>> `Some indented code`

>> `Another line`

>

> (note)

>

> 3. end of the list

>

> or it breaks the list:

>

>

> 1. some text

> 2. some code :

> `My first line of code`

> `The second one`

>>

>> `Some indented code`

>> `Another line`

>

>

> (note)

>

>

> 3. end of the list

>

> Do you have an idea on how to do that ?


Relying on indentation for code blocks will disappoint you endlessly.
Better to use a transformer that supports fenced code blocks. Run this
through kramdown [1] (exclude the dashed lines):

--------------------------------
  1. some text

  2. some code:

     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     My first line of code
     The second one
         Some indented code
         Another line
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  3. end of the list
--------------------------------

Something like `kramdown test.txt > test.html`

Works the way you intend. You'll get paragraphs within the list items
but, arguably, you want them, or eventually will. IIRC, PHP Markdown
Extra [2] handles this similarly.

HTH

LQ


[1]: http://kramdown.rubyforge.org/
[2]: http://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra/


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