not aligned with pandoc

[Mister-Hope]

Syntax is based on pandoc definition lists.

The above text is in README.

According to PanDoc

Term 1

: Definition paragraph.

Term 2

: Definition paragraph.

Should be a loose list:

<dl>
  <dt>Term 1</dt>
  <dd><p>Definition paragraph.</p></dd>
  <dt>Term 2</dt>
  <dd><p>Definition paragraph.</p></dd>
</dl>

However, the plugin generates a tight list:

<dl>
  <dt>Term 1</dt>
-  <dd><p>Definition paragraph.</p></dd>
+  <dd>Definition paragraph.</dd>
  <dt>Term 2</dt>
-  <dd><p>Definition paragraph.</p></dd>
+  <dd>Definition paragraph.</dd>
</dl>

[puzrin]

try pandoc online demo

It create paragraphs. As far as i remember, paragraphs removed in compact format only,

[Mister-Hope]

Excuse me?

Pandoc creates paragraphs while yours is not.

Again:

Syntax is based on pandoc definition lists.

The plugin clarify it is based on pandoc synatax:

But pandoc is loose there while the plugin is not.

Also in list like ol and ul, the main markdown-it also prefer loose:

So that's why this should be a bug: An official plugin behaves different both with other syntax of its core, and the syntax reference it's built from.

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Then why this issue is closed without any explanation?

[Mister-Hope]

My downstream collection has fixed it BTW, ref:

• [Bug] Paragraphs in definition list items are not created mdit-plugins/mdit-plugins#264
• mdit-plugins/mdit-plugins@9613d67

Should not be hard for you to follow the fix

[puzrin]

Sorry, the pandoc demo gives the wrong permalink. Try this samplе, it's directly copied from pandoc's manual:

Term 1
  ~ Definition 1

Term 2
  ~ Definition 2a
  ~ Definition 2b

It gives no inner paragraphs in both demos. That's a compact format.

Paragraphs are caused by empty lines. That's the same principle everywhere, in deflists and ordinary lists.

IMHO, all works as expected, exactly as the online pandoc demo. Maybe you speak about some different pandoc, and there is a term confusion? I really don't understand why you expect different behavior.

[Mister-Hope]

Here is what I want to report:

https://stackblitz.com/edit/dl-demo?file=test.js&terminal=test

Some users want a loose deflist, but the plugin is not well behaving.

We should expect the 2 cases to be loose, as ordinary lists behaves loose.

Any reason why these 2 cases are tight?

[puzrin]

Got it.

The case below has no <p> (no space between definitions, but space after terms). But pandoc (at https://pandoc.org/try/) adds <p>. Such "intermediate" behavior is not defined in the docs, but certainly worth making the same as in the original.

Term 1

  ~ Definition 1

Term 2

  ~ Definition 2a
  ~ Definition 2b

demo