spaces and newlines before list markers (was: evolving the spec)

[Seumas Mac Uilleachan]

david parsons wrote:

> In article <fa4efbc00802291558t35aeed62o329ed3bde495e3a0 at mail.gmail.com>,

> Yuri Takhteyev <markdown-discuss at six.pairlist.net> wrote:

>

>   

>> Is it so much work, though, to then change the numbers of just the

>> first two items to "1." and "2."?  Note that I am not suggesting that

>> all numbers must be consecutive - just the first two.  In fact, I

>> would also throw in the idea of making the numbers themselves optional

>> for all subsequent elements.  I.e. the following should be enough:

>>

>> 1. Item one

>> 2. Item two

>> . Item three

>> . Item four

>> . Item five

>>     

>

>  

>    But that's not very readable, is it?

>

>    When I look at a list in the source document, I'd expect to see

>    a list.    I don't know of very many (if any) cases where the

>    numbers in the list just sort of trail off and leave every item

>    prefixed with a bullet.

>

>

>   

It is also hard to distinguish between . for numbered list and - for 
bullet list when reading.

>    -david parsons

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