Non-standard behaviour for nested lists

[stomar]

I converted the following markdown:

Is this a nested list (indent 1)?

* one
 * a
 * b
  * 1
  * 2
* two

Is this a nested list (indent 2)?

* one
  * a
  * b
    * 1
    * 2
* two

Is this a nested list (indent 3)?

* one
   * a
   * b
      * 1
      * 2
* two

Is this a nested list (indent 4)?

* one
    * a
    * b
        * 1
        * 2
* two

Expected(?) output:

• one
  • a
  • b
    • 1
    • 2
• two

I get a list with two nesting levels for cases 2 and 3,
where the list markers are indented by 2 or by 3 spaces from
level to level.

In the last case, strange things happen and the result is:

• one * a * b * 1 * 2
• two

I also converted using kramdown, pandoc, and the "original" Markdown.pl.
Though the behaviour differs widely for the cases 1 to 3 (!), they
all agree on the last one (with an indentation of 4 spaces) and
ouput a list with two nesting levels.

[distler]

This is the duplicate of bug #30.

Maruku doesn't recognize lists which are indented by 2 or 3 spaces relative to the "current" indentation.

[stomar]

No, it is not! The current behaviour is:

Maruku recognizes a new nesting level only for indentations of 2 or 3 spaces relative to the current indentation.

However, the widely agreed upon behaviour seems to be that 4 spaces of indentation do trigger a new nesting level. Pandoc even requires at least 4 spaces, other interpreters also allow 3 (Markdown.pl) or even only 2 spaces (kramdown).

[distler]

A nomenclatural problem. When we are processing a list

* This is level-1 (current indentation=2 spaces)

  So here we are at zero indentation, relative to the current indentation (of 2 spaces).

   * Here we started a new nested list at indentation=1 space (relative to the current indentation),
     for a total indentation of 3 spaces. Now, the current indentations is 5=2+3

     * So here is another level of nested list.

Bug #30 is precisely the reason why indented lists, with indentation (relative to the current indentation!) of 2 or 3 spaces are not recognized as such.

[stomar]

Of course...this makes perfect sense now.

[bhollis]

Thanks @distler, I'll close this as a dup.

[tschaub]

Could you leave an example here of how to create a nested list? The example (case 2) above works only if the first list item is the only one with a nested list. This example doesn't work:

* one
  * a
  * b
* two
  * a
    * 1
    * 2
  * b
    * 1
    * 2

With maruku 0.6.0, the above markdown produces the following markup:

<ul>
<li>
<p>one</p>

<ul>
<li>a</li>

<li>b</li>
</ul>
</li>

<li>
<p>two * a * 1 * 2</p>
</li>
</ul>