Re: Inserting blank lines into a document using Markdown

[Bastien DUMONT <bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>]

But since there is nothing abnormal in it, the problem probably comes from how your viewer/editor handles line breaks.

Le Tuesday 11 January 2022 à 09:52:22AM, denis.maier-NSENcxR/0n0@public.gmane.org a écrit :
> 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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> > 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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