Re: Formatting to Markdown inserts space indentation in list items

[Will Faught <will.faught-cFyOE3ROWdBBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>]

Makes sense about not being able to preserve the original spacing.

So there's no option or extension to set the bullet spacing to be 1 space?

> On Oct 16, 2017, at 2:55 PM, John MACFARLANE <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> There's no way to retain all the details of the original
> formatting.  Everything goes via an intermediate
> representation of a structured document, which does not
> store details like how many spaces between the bullet and
> the text...
> 
> There's actually good reason to format the way we do, since
> it makes everything line up when you obey the four-space
> rule:
> 
> -   beginning paragraph
> 
>   second paragraph of list
> 
>   -   sublist
> 
> Obeying the four-space rule is what you should do if you
> want your document to be compatible with the most Markdown
> implementations.
> 
> +++ will.faught-cFyOE3ROWdBBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org [Oct 16 17 14:00 ]:
>>  For example, when formatting this:
>>  ```
>>  - a
>>  - b
>>  - c
>>  ```
>>  I get this:
>>  ```
>>  -   a
>>  -   b
>>  -   c
>>  ```
>>  where there are now 3 spaces between the hyphen and the bullet text
>>  Instead of the original 1 space.
>>  How do I either keep the original spacing, or control the number of
>>  spaces it uses (I want 1 space)?
>>  It seems to happen when formatting to any Markdown flavor.
>> 
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