[pmwiki-users] Is a space needed in between asterisk and text (for list)

[ABClf]

Thank you, thank you ;
I have been struggling with some formatting issue and finally found
the culprit : me, lazy writing single list item without space, then
having blank line followed by a preformatted list of items (starting
with one space). Took me quite long to find out the trick ;)
Thus my question. And your answers. So smart.

Le dim. 4 août 2024 à 21:45, Petko Yotov <5ko at 5ko.fr> a écrit :
>
> On 04/08/2024 21:26, ABClf wrote:
> > Documentation says :
> > https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/TextFormattingRules#BulletedLists
> >
> > Bullet lists are made by placing asterisks at the beginning of the
> > line. Numbered lists are made by placing number-signs (#) at the
> > beginning of the line. More asterisks/number-signs increases the level
> > of bullet:
> >
> > So my question is :
> > is a space requested in between asterisk/number-sign and text ?
>
> No, it isn't.
>
> > what will happen if no space is used ?
>
> With or without a space, the same list item will be generated.
>
> Some writers feel that a space makes it easier to read.
>
> The space is important for indented lines and lists. If the next line
> starts with as many spaces as asterisks+spaces on the current line, then
> the next line will be part of the previous list item, respecting
> (:linebreaks:).
>
> The next line is aligned with the first non-asterisk and non-space
> character above:
>
> *  Item
>     Part of the previous item, "P" aligned with "I"
> *No space
>   Part of the previous item ("P" aligned with "N")
>
> You can have indented lists the same way, indenting with spaces instead
> of multiplying ** or ***:
>
> * Parent item
>    * Child list ("*" aligned with "P")
> *New item
>   *   Sub-list ("*" aligned with "N")
>       * Nested sublist ("*" aligned with "S")
>
> Same for the # hash character for numbered lists.
>
> In these cases the number of spaces is important. If the number of
> spaces on the next line is different from the number of
> asterisks+spaces, the line will be preformatted instead of list item.
>
> Petko