New markdown support ate my numbers/bullet points

On journal post comments, flags, and probably other places, if you try to do a numbered list, no numbers display:

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This was noted in the blog post about Markdown:

Using \ worked for me on a journal post comment just now.

The comment in the blog was about using specific not-in-order numbers. So if you put in this:

1. Hairy patella
4. Red tail
18. Falcate toes

you actually get this:

  1. Hairy patella
  2. Red tail
  3. Falcate toes

If you want to keep 1, 4, 18 instead of 1, 2, 3 then you have to use the backslash:

1\. Hairy patella
4\. Red tail
18\. Falcate toes

becomes

1. Hairy patella
4. Red tail
18. Falcate toes




It’s not supposed to throw your numbers out entirely, just convert them to ordered numbers if you don’t use the backslash.

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Duh, gotcha. Thanks.

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5 posts were split to a new topic: Fixing journal formatting with unintentional headers

I somehow haven’t ever noticed this before, but I just tried to add bullet points to a flag and they disappeared. I can use a backslash before the asterisk, but that just displays the asterisk. What’s most unhelpful is that the bullet points show up in the preview.

I agree: if the preview could show what actually gets posted it would help a lot.