# Why does markdown do this? (whitespace trimming and other features)

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**Tags:** markdown\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-markdown-do-this-whitespace-trimming-and-other-features/279437 "2023-09-18T20:34:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Heliosurge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heliosurge/32/571810_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-markdown-do-this-whitespace-trimming-and-other-features/279437/5 "2023-09-20T01:33:20Z")

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> [@Jagster](#):
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> But I refuse to believe cleaning lines and extra spaces is actually making overall experience better to end user.

Definitely makes ascii art a challenge to display properly. 😉

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