MacDownApp / MacDownApp/macdown

Option to display lists like GitHub's markdown, without empty line above

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Description

In GitHub you can start a list immediately under a line of text, like:

```
Problems:
- foo
- bar
```

and it will show as a bulleted list.

However the same doesn't show up as a list in MacDown unless you add an empty line under `Problems:`.

Checking 'Render newline literally' doesn't fix this either (you still don't get bulleted list items).

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue in MacDown with the shown Markdown, both with and without “Render newline literally,” and compare the rendered output with GitHub’s behavior. No file, test, or entry point is named in the report; done means a list immediately following a text line renders as a bulleted list without an empty line.

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Assessment

Tech stack
markdown
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
40/100

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