Re: [Python-markdown-discuss] nested list termination

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This is definitely not a bug. For some reason newcomers to markdown always
try to add extra blank lines to break a list/codeblock/blockquote into two
separate blocks. There is simply nothing in the syntax [rules] to support
that however. And in fact, the original implementation (markdown.pl) does
not support such a concept. This is simply a fact of how Markdown works.
Extra blank lines (more than one) have no implied meaning  Once you get used
to the idea it becomes easy enough to work with.

Some people have been known to use HTML comments to get around this.
Remember raw HTML is passed through as is. And an HTML comment does not get
displayed in the browser. If you want to break one list into two with
nothing between, insert a raw HTML comment between them.

And as you seem to be confused about why the `<p>`  tags are introduced,
reread the section of the rules on [lists]. Particularly the part that
starts with this line:

> If list items are separated by blank lines, Markdown will wrap the items
in `<p>` tags in the HTML output.

[rules]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
[lists]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#list

Waylan Limberg

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Pawson [mailto:dav...@gm...] 
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 9:20 AM
To: PythonMD list
Subject: [Python-markdown-discuss] nested list termination

Given input

* a
    *a1
* a

*b
    *b1

I.e. two lists, each having nested children, the output needs 'something' (a
para or hr etc) between the two lists, or the html output appears to put p
elements inside the 'outer' li elements.

Is this just my processing chain or a know 'feature' please?

Dave

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