No newline between multiple markdown input files?

No newline between multiple markdown input files?

[david.pw.smith-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w]

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Hi all,

I was wondering about how pandoc concatenates files when multiple inputs 
are specified, specifically whether it would be better to add a blank line 
between separate files. I have a few markdown files that make up a larger 
document, and, since none of them have a blank line left at the end, only a 
standard unix \n, the only way to get pandoc not to swallow the paragraphs 
is to do:

```
awk 'FNR==1{print ""}1' | pandoc
```

This seems a bit backwards to me --- I can't really think of a reason that 
someone would spread out a single paragraph over two files, so couldn't 
pandoc do the lifting here?

Do let me know if I'm barking up the wrong tree!

Cheers,

Dave

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Re: No newline between multiple markdown input files?

[John MACFARLANE]

Pandoc does add an extra newline between sources.

In the ordinary case, where the sources end with a
newline, this should give you a blank line (two newlines
in a row).  Be sure your source really ends with a newline.

I don't want to add two newlines, because there are
cases where one might not want the blank line, and in
such cases one can leave the newline off.

For example, one might want to end source #1 with

``` haskell

and then use a Haskell program for source #2,
and start source #3 with

```

This would give you a code block with the program.

+++ david.pw.smith-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org [Aug 31 15 08:22 ]:
>   Hi all,
>   I was wondering about how pandoc concatenates files when multiple
>   inputs are specified, specifically whether it would be better to add a
>   blank line between separate files. I have a few markdown files that
>   make up a larger document, and, since none of them have a blank line
>   left at the end, only a standard unix \n, the only way to get pandoc
>   not to swallow the paragraphs is to do:
>   ```
>   awk 'FNR==1{print ""}1' | pandoc
>   ```
>   This seems a bit backwards to me --- I can't really think of a reason
>   that someone would spread out a single paragraph over two files, so
>   couldn't pandoc do the lifting here?
>   Do let me know if I'm barking up the wrong tree!
>   Cheers,
>   Dave
>
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