the blank line isn't needed for commonmark, but i don't believe that the
pandoc manual mentions this?

should i create an issue to add a note to the manual ... or to suggest that
this behavior be controlled by an extension?

https://try.pandoc.org/?params=%7B%22text%22%3A%22Term+1%5Cn%3A+definition+with+bulleted+list%5Cn++-+item+1%5Cn++-+item+2%22%2C%22to%22%3A%22html%22%2C%22from%22%3A%22commonmark%22%2C%22standalone%22%3Afalse%2C%22embed-resources%22%3Afalse%2C%22table-of-contents%22%3Afalse%2C%22number-sections%22%3Afalse%2C%22citeproc%22%3Afalse%2C%22html-math-method%22%3A%22plain%22%2C%22wrap%22%3A%22auto%22%2C%22highlight-style%22%3Anull%2C%22files%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22template%22%3Anull%7D

On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 at 16:51, John MacFarlane <fiddlosopher-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:

> Put a blank line before the bullet list and make sure it’s indented 4
> spaces.
>
> On Nov 12, 2023, at 8:38 AM, A A <amine.aboufirass-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Is it possible to have a bulleted list inside a definition when converting
> to HTML? I tried converting the following:
>
> Term 1
> : definition with bulleted list
>   - item 1
>   - item 2
>
> But got the following result:
>
> <dl>
> <dt>Term 1</dt>
> <dd>
> definition with bulleted list - item 1 - item 2
> </dd>
> </dl>
>
> Am I doing something wrong here? Or is this just not possible in the
> current implementation? Perhaps there are some nifty workarounds?
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