Re: Inserting blank lines into a document using Markdown

[Thomas Byskov Dalgaard <tbdlist-AHfMSizzl90sTMJHDOTzqX9LOBIZ5rWg@public.gmane.org>]

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Hi Bastien!

I have tried to attach the two files.

Please let me know your findings here.

Thanks in advance

Best regards Thomas


> Den 5. jan. 2022 kl. 22.18 skrev Bastien DUMONT <bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.orgt>:
> 
> Sorry, I just tried with pandoc 2.16.2 and it worked as expected... Maybe you could share you exact input and output files restricted to this minimal example?
> 
> Le Wednesday 05 January 2022 à 08:49:54PM, Thomas Byskov Dalgaard a écrit :
>> Hi Bastien!
>> 
>> Here is the result from 2.16.2 converted from Markdown to docx:
>> 
>> This is a paragraph. After it, a blank line will be inserted.
>> 
> This is the following paragraph.
>> 
>> I see a strange character there where the blank line should have ben inserted.
>> 
>> I use Markdown quite extensively when using Braille, the way blind and visually impaired people read with their fingers.
>> I have a braille display connected to my computer and therefor I can get nice results via Markdown, I use Pandoc for converting documents when I need them to look elegant.
>> Yes, I could use Word, but I preer Markdown and plain text. :)
>> Do you think I have found a bug here?
>> 
>> Best regards Thomas 
>>> Den 5. jan. 2022 kl. 14.12 skrev Bastien DUMONT <bastien.dumont@posteo.net>:
>>> 
>>> I don't get any special character in DOCX, but I still use pandoc 2.14. If the exact code I wrote produces one in v. 2.16.2, this may be a bug.
>>> 
>>> Don't write the backslash between two blank lines if you want only one blank line: this indicates a paragraph containing a line break, so you will end up with two blank lines in the output. Instead, write the backslash on the line immediately preceding the paragraph, as I showed in my example.
>>> 
>>> In what cases do you want to insert some blank space before a paragraph? It would probably be better achieved through styling.
>>> 
>>> Le Wednesday 05 January 2022 à 11:57:49AM, Thomas Byskov Dalgaard a écrit :
>>>> Hi Bastien!
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for your idea.
>>>> 
>>>> I am a little behind on HTML 5 specs, because I mostly work in Markdown.
>>>> 
>>>> The following worked:
>>>> 
>>>> ~~~
>>>> This is the first paragraph. After this sentence there is inserted a blank line before the next paragraph.
>>>> 
>>>> \
>>>> 
>>>> Here starts the next paragraph.
>>>> ~~~
>>>> 
>>>> I noticed though that this inserts a special character when I convert from Markdown to docx-files. It looks like the escaped linebreak does something unexpected.
>>>> 
>>>> I also noticed that If I want to insert a heading I can't get blank lines before this element in docx-files as well.
>>>> How can I troubleshot this?
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards Thomas 
>>>> 
>>>>> Den 7. nov. 2021 kl. 11.40 skrev Bastien DUMONT <bastien.dumont@posteo.net>:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> This can be achieved by escaping the first line at the begin of the paragraph:
>>>>> 
>>>>> ```
>>>>> This is a paragraph. After it,
>>>>> a blank line will be inserted.
>>>>> 
>>>>> \
>>>>> This is the following paragraph.
>>>>> ```
>>>>> 
>>>>> However, if your inserting of a blank line follows some general criteria, there could be a better way to do this than manual insertion.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bastien
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Le Sunday 07 November 2021 à 11:29:52AM, Thomas Byskov Dalgaard a écrit :
>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> When I render documents  I have written in Markdown (the variant Pandoc defaults to) I find that I in a few cases want to include some blank lines before a new paragraph.
>>>>>> Is there a way to do this easily when writing in Markdown?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Best regards Thomas 
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This is a paragraph. After it, a blank line will be inserted.

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This is the following paragraph.


Third paragraph: However, if your inserting of a blank line follows some general criteria, there could be a better way to do this than manual insertion.

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