developit/snarkdown

newlines transformed to <br />

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#11 opened on Mar 2, 2017

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Description

I'm just curious shouldn't multiple newlines be transformed to paragraphs, not linebreaks? This was intended for some reason?

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontendcontent
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Basic JavaScriptMarkdown syntaxsnarkdown internals
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60
Research direction
Investigate the current newline parsing logic in snarkdown. The library's source code is small (1kb) and likely in a single file. Look for where newlines are converted to <br> tags. Review the markdown specification (CommonMark) for correct handling of multiple newlines. Consider whether to change to paragraph breaks or keep line breaks. Check the existing comments for maintainer feedback. Proposed change: modify the parser to treat multiple newlines as paragraph separators instead of line breaks.