Issues with converting from Markdown to Markdown

Issues with converting from Markdown to Markdown

[Nikhil Agarwal]

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Version: **pandoc 2.2.1**

## Description

- In the following example, I am 
  - converting from Markdown to Markdown 
    - to convert inline links to references.

```bash
$ cat Simple.md
- Some text

<center>![Hi](Image/Image_18-09-14_18-28-22.png){width=500px}</center>

- Some

$ pandoc --reference-links  --wrap=preserve Simple.md -o temp.md

$ cat temp.md
-   Some text

<center>
![Hi]
</center>
-   Some

  [Hi]: Image/Image_18-09-14_18-28-22.png {width="500px"}
```
## How can

- Pandoc Preserve newlines as in the original Markdown?
- Avoid generation of extra newlines by Pandoc in the output Markdown file?
- Pandoc avoid adding 2 blank spaces before the Reference Links definition? 
Is it necessary?

**NOTE**: Pandoc can't render Image any more, when converted to `html`

## Expected results

With rendering of Image, when converted to `html`.

```bash
$ cat temp.md
-   Some text

<center>![Hi]</center>

-   Some

[Hi]: Image/Image_18-09-14_18-28-22.png {width="500px"}
```

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Re: Issues with converting from Markdown to Markdown

[John MacFarlane]

> - Pandoc Preserve newlines as in the original Markdown?

You mean the newlines around the center tags?
That is because `<center>` gets parsed as a raw HTML
block (rather than inline), and pandoc puts newlines
after these in its output.

These are harmless.

> - Pandoc avoid adding 2 blank spaces before the Reference Links definition? 
> Is it necessary?

No.  But pandoc's markdown writer has to make some
decision.  Any decision will be objectionable to some
people.