Block quotes with a blank line between them get merged

[Paul M Jones]

On Oct 19, 2006, at 10:15 AM, Eric Daspet wrote:


>

> Le Jeu 19 octobre 2006 14:43, Michel Fortin a écrit :

>>      ~   <title>

>>          <?php echo $title ?>

>>          </title>

>

> and

>

>>      ~   <style>

>>      ~   <?php echo $stylesheet ?>

>>      ~   </style>

>

>

> Both solutions have a *major* problem : you can't copy/paste code. You

> have to add/delete these ~ on each line.

> IMHO the last proposal is the only one which is acceptable :

>

>     ~~~

>     <title>

>     <?php echo $title ?>

>     </title>

>     ~~~


Another alternative is to use opening and closing braces, perhaps  
dual braces, to delimit the code block, and retain the requirement  
for indenting:

{{
     <style>
     <?php echo $stylesheet
     </style>
}}

This has the advantage of being unambiguous and mostly unobtrusive,  
and you can still copy and paste code.  However, it may not be in the  
spirit of Markdown; I will leave it to John and Michel to say.


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