I'm experimenting with using pandoc to generate customized documentation based on a yaml data stream and a custom template.

I have the following inputs:

test.yaml

------------

---

example: |

  foo@bar {

          baz = <11>;

  };

...

test.template

-----------------

$if(example)$

# Example

$endif$

$for(example)$

```

$example$

```

$endfor$

command line

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$ pandoc test.yaml --from markdown+yaml_metadata_block --template test.template -s -o test.md

test.md

----------

# Example

```

foo@bar { baz = \<11\>; };

```

I see that the markdown support drops the newlines and whitespace in my yaml string. It also escapes

other characters since it doesn't realize this is something I want preserved.

Is there some way to convince pandoc's markdown reader/writer to yield output like the following?

```

  foo@bar {

          baz = <11>;

  };

```

Thanks,

Matt