The discussion revolves around Markdown handling of whitespace in lists on Discourse. jmsachs is having trouble creating a blank line inside a numbered list element without restarting the numbering. jmsachs notes that Stackoverflow Markdown allows this, but Discourse does not. tobiaseigen suggests using <br> as a workaround, which jmsachs finds helpful. david mentions that Discourse will be switching to CommonMark, which handles lists similarly to Stackoverflow Markdown, in the next version. codinghorror adds that mixing loose and tight lists in Markdown is not possible.
Discourse Markdown seems to be quite a bit different than Stackoverflow Markdown and I’m wondering how to format some text properly when it’s in an extended numbered list. Is there any way to create a blank line inside a numbered list element, so that the numbering doesn’t restart?
In Stackoverflow, this markup text:
1. Hickory dickory dock,
the mouse ran up the clock
the clock struck one
the mouse ran down,
hickory dickory dock.
2. Mary had a little lamb
whose fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go.
Probably unsatisfying, but you can get what you want with <br>, like this:
Hickory dickory dock,
the mouse ran up the clock
the clock struck one
the mouse ran down,
hickory dickory dock.
Mary had a little lamb
whose fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go.
Produced with this:
1. Hickory dickory dock,
the mouse ran up the clock
the clock struck one
<br>the mouse ran down,
hickory dickory dock.
2. Mary had a little lamb
whose fleece was white as snow.
<br> And everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go.
