nested lists with multiple paragraphs should work properly

[jhammel@…]

When you need to nest list with multiple paragraphs, the markup rendered is not what is expected. With the source input

 * lists can be used to denote all sorts of things
   
   '''Examples:'''
    - listing tickets
    - listing other things that need doing
    - laundry lists

 * this is another list item

 * and so is this

the markup rendered is

<ul><li>lists can be used to denote all sorts of things
</li></ul><p>
   
</p>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>

<p>
<strong>Examples:</strong>
</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<ul><li>listing tickets
</li><li>listing other things that need doing
</li><li>laundry lists
</li></ul><ul><li>this is another list item
</li></ul><ul><li>and so is this
</li></ul>

The markup desired is more like:

<ul><li>lists can be used to denote all sorts of things

<p>
<strong>Examples:</strong>
</p>

<ul><li>listing tickets
</li><li>listing other things that need doing
</li><li>laundry lists
</li></ul></ul>
<ul><li>this is another list item
</li></ul><ul><li>and so is this
</li></ul>

This can be worked around with the [[BR]] tag:

* lists can be used to denote all sorts of things[[BR]]'''Examples:'''
    - listing tickets
    - listing other things that need doing
    - laundry lists

 * this is another list item

 * and so is this

But this is non-semantic

[Christian Boos]

In the current WikiEngine, empty lines are paragraph separators and they end a list. So even:

 * one
 
 * two

will currently create two lists.

In this situation, we could indeed try to keep those items in the same list.

[anonymous]

In this situation, we could indeed try to keep those items in the same list.

Yes, especially in the case of ordered lists:

 1. one

 1. one

should be numbered 1. and 2., not 1. and 1.:

1. one

1. one

[anonymous]

There is a workaround described in the ​GHC wiki, namely:

Formatting list items with multiple paragraphs

TracWiki recognizes list items by their indentation and the asterisk preceding the first line. However if a second paragraph is started after an empty line, TracWiki will not consider it part of the list item despite the use of indentation. The "proper" way to do it is to separate the second and subsequent paragraphs by line break macros. For example:

 * A list item paragraph consists of a leading asterisk
   and indented text lines.
   [[br]][[br]]
   Using line breaks we can start another paragraph.
   [[br]][[br]]
   And another

How the above renders:

• A list item paragraph consists of a leading asterisk and indented text lines.
  
  Using line breaks we can start another paragraph.
  
  And another

[Christian Boos]

Right, that's a good workaround. You can also use \\ as an easier to type alternative to [[br]].

Wiki text	Rendered
* A list item paragraph consists of a leading asterisk and indented text lines. \\\\ Using line breaks we can start another paragraph. \\\\ And another	A list item paragraph consists of a leading asterisk and indented text lines. Using line breaks we can start another paragraph. And another