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Formatting doesn't work for indented blocks

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Description

It is somewhat common to have indented code blocks, like within a bulleted list.

These get borked by Quarto when invoking a formatter on them because the formatter gets a virtual document and removes the "extraneous" indentation

This is enough to make someone turn off formatting in quarto docs (like @hadley) because it completely borks them

* My item

  ```{r}
  1 + 1
  ```

* My other item

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/80b99730-8ed3-4cec-aac9-7d05b081c3e6

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Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Reproduce formatting on the indented code block inside a bulleted list, trace the formatter's handling of the virtual document, and consider the issue complete when indentation is preserved and the example formats without being corrupted.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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