How to insert a blank line between blockquote paragraphs?

[Waylan Limberg]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:22 PM, John MacFarlane <jgm at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> See question 6 here:

> http://johnmacfarlane.net/babelmark2/faq.html#what-are-some-big-questions-that-the-markdown-spec-does-not-answer

>

> And note that pandoc allows you to create two blockquotes if

> you leave blank space between,

>


Which is clearly in violation of the syntax rules [1]. According to
the rules, these two examples are to produce the exact same output:

~~~

> This is a blockquote with two paragraphs. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,

> consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aliquam hendrerit mi posuere lectus.

> Vestibulum enim wisi, viverra nec, fringilla in, laoreet vitae, risus.

>

> Donec sit amet nisl. Aliquam semper ipsum sit amet velit. Suspendisse

> id sem consectetuer libero luctus adipiscing.

~~~

and

~~~

> This is a blockquote with two paragraphs. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,

consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aliquam hendrerit mi posuere lectus.
Vestibulum enim wisi, viverra nec, fringilla in, laoreet vitae, risus.


> Donec sit amet nisl. Aliquam semper ipsum sit amet velit. Suspendisse

id sem consectetuer libero luctus adipiscing.
~~~

Note that the first sentence of each example states that that entire
example "... is **a** blockquote with two paragraphs" (emphasis
added). That states explicitly that it must be interpreted as one
blockquote. There is no other interpretation. Pandoc is simply wrong
here (even in strict mode - using the above examples from the rules)
and I would suggest that John M. should remove that question from his
FAQ. Or at least move it to the "divergences between implementations"
section. There is no "big question" on this issue.

As an aside, after seeing John list this as a "big question" I reread
the rules and initially thought it might be a valid question. Other
than implying (but not explicitly stating) that the two examples
should produce the exact same output, I didn't see any indication in
the main text explicitly stating that the second example should
produce one blockquote. Only after rereading a second time did I
notice that this part of the rule is explicitly stated in the example
itself - and only in the example. My point is, it is easy to miss, but
that doesn't mean its not part of the rule - or that it can be
interpreted in multiple ways.

[1]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#blockquote

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Waylan Limberg