Newline vs. new paragraph in Octopress markdown

Question

In some markdown documentations they say that a newline is a new line, and two newlines is interpreted as a new paragraph.

But in Octopress one newline does nothing, and two newlines make a new paragraph. How can I have a single newline and not a paragraph in its markdown?

For example, if I start a bullet and have only one newline before it, it doesn't interpret it right, and the generated output is a continues text with no bullets. So currently I have to have:

sample text

* b1
* b2

instead of:

sample text
* b1
* b2

The latter is what I want to have, not the former. But the latter won't be interpreted correctly, or at least according to my expectation. The output I want to have would look like:

sample text
* b1
* b2

But what I get is:

sample text * b1 * b2

Do I have to change something in octopress settings, or what?

What *is* your expectation? Do you expect to see a `
` in the output? Please show the expected output in your question. — ChrisGPT was on strike, Jan 12 '14 at 14:06

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 28 '14 at 12:43

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Two or more spaces at the end of the line, before hitting enter should create a line break.

answered Jan 28 '14 at 12:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 17 '14 at 23:13

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I had the same issue and try to fix it for a while. I think you cannot change it in Octopress. That's the way it is and you just need to get used to this.

answered Jan 17 '14 at 23:13

tomordonez

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Newline vs. new paragraph in Octopress markdown

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