You could use a lua filter; it would have to replace
list items that consist of a single Para element with
list items that consist of a single Plain element.

This filter will do it:

```

paraToPlain = {
    Para = function(el)
      return pandoc.Plain(el.content)
    end
}

function BulletList(el)
  return pandoc.walk_block(el, paraToPlain)
end

```

Save that as tightenLists.lua and use

--lua-filter tightenLists.lua on your command line.

Clare Sudbery <claresudbery-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Hi
>
> I am converting from docx to gfm.
>
> My input Word docs contain simple bulleted lists like this:
>
> ·      This is a test top level bullet
>
> o   This is a test nested bullet
>
> ·      This is a test top level bullet
>
> o   This is a test nested bullet
>
> ·      This is a test top level bullet
>
> o   This is a test nested bullet
>
> My output markdown docs contain blank lines between every bullet point like
> this:
>   - This is a test top level bullet
>     
>       - This is a test nested bullet
>
>   - This is a test top level bullet
>     
>       - This is a test nested bullet
>
>   - This is a test top level bullet
>     
>       - This is a test nested bullet
>
>
> I have tried using the various docx extensions available but none of them
> seem relevant to this issue.
>
> Here is a sample pandoc command:
> pandoc -t gfm -o "/path/file.md" "/path/file.docx"
>
> Is there any way I can avoid this effect, or do I have to remove the
> resulting blank lines myself?
>
> Cheers
> Clare.
>
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