Markdown Discuss - Apr 2011 - Consecutive code blocks

Hi folks,

I just wrote some Markdown which featured the following code snippets:

    <h1>TXJS 2011 Speakers</h1>
    <ul>
      <li><span>Brendan Eich</span></li>
      <li><span>Alex Russell</span></li>
      <li><span>Douglas Crockford</span></li>
      <li><span>Paul Irish</span></li>
    </ul>

    ul {
      list-style: square outside;
      color: #ccc;
    }

    li>span {
      color: #000;
    }

The horrible styling above highlights the trailing whitespace a few lines
from the end.

I would love this to be converted to *two* code blocks rather than one.

I realize that the fenced code extension provided by certain implementations
makes it possible to generate
`<pre><code>foo</code></pre>\n\n<pre><code>bar</code></pre>`,
but it'd be
nice to be able to achieve this within including a dozen tildes. :)

Has anyone written a Markdown extension along these lines?

David
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On Apr 13, 2011, at 5:59 PM, David Chambers wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I just wrote some Markdown which featured the following code snippets:
>
>     <h1>TXJS 2011 Speakers</h1>
>     <ul>
>       <li><span>Brendan Eich</span></li>
>       <li><span>Alex Russell</span></li>
>       <li><span>Douglas Crockford</span></li>
>       <li><span>Paul Irish</span></li>
>     </ul>
>
>     ul {
>       list-style: square outside;
>       color: #ccc;
>     }
>
>     li>span {
>       color: #000;
>     }
>
> The horrible styling above highlights the trailing whitespace a few  
> lines from the end.
>
> I would love this to be converted to two code blocks rather than one.

     How about putting a dummy html comment in the middle, like:

         Code block
         One
     <!-- two code blocks, please -->
         Code block
         Two



-david parsons

Wondered what you were talking about until I switched over to viewing  
the message as HTML. In the plain-text portion, the trailing spaces  
were not present.

Not safe to assume people don't read their plain-text. Especially on a  
Markdown discussion list. (Nor, if they do, that they'll see what you  
intend, since there's no standard specification for how to include  
HTML in email anyway.)

</rant>

On Apr 13, 2011, at 8:59 PM, David Chambers wrote:
>    <h1>TXJS 2011 Speakers</h1>
>    <ul>
>      <li><span>Brendan Eich</span></li>
>      <li><span>Alex Russell</span></li>
>      <li><span>Douglas Crockford</span></li>
>      <li><span>Paul Irish</span></li>
>    </ul>
>
>    ul {
>      list-style: square outside;
>      color: #ccc;
>    }
>
>    li>span {
>      color: #000;
>    }
>

The short answer, in my experience, is no. When I've wanted to do
something like that on my blog, I've rewritten it so I can put a
little noncode (e.g., "Therefore," "And," "Later in the
file") between
the two code snippets.

I suspect that a blank, unindented line between blocks doesn't create
two code sections because it's impossible to visually distinguish
between a between a blank line in the code and a blank line separating
two bits of code. The only place where Markdown does something similar
is with two (or more) spaces at the end of a line generate, a
construct that can generate inadvertent <br /> tags.

Dr. Drang