Re: Inserting blank lines into a document using Markdown

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

Hi Denis and Bastien!

Thanks for this, however when I look at the different xml-files I couldn't find the text I typed in the Word document. Strange.

Best regards Thomas 

> Den 11. jan. 2022 kl. 10.52 skrev denis.maier-NSENcxR/0n0@public.gmane.org:
> 
> A docx file is just a zip file consisting of a bunch of xml files. Change the file extension to zip, then you can unzip that file and investigate the contents.
> 
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>> Von: pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org <pandoc-
>> discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> Im Auftrag von Thomas Byskov Dalgaard
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. Januar 2022 10:49
>> An: pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
>> Betreff: Re: Inserting blank lines into a document using Markdown
>> 
>> Hi Bastien!
>> 
>> Interesting.
>> 
>> How did you read the source from the Word document?
>> I may look into this some more. So I am interested to know how to get into
>> reading docx source, then I might find out what to do about the issue I am
>> having.
>> Thanks
>> Best regards Thomas
>> 
>>> Den 6. jan. 2022 kl. 09.31 skrev Bastien DUMONT
>> <bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>:
>>> 
>>> I checked the docx file (including its source code): it is perfectly normal. The
>> problem may be with your displaying software.
>>> 
>>> Le Wednesday 05 January 2022 à 10:49:35PM, Thomas Byskov Dalgaard a
>> écrit :
>>>> 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/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 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-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 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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