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MacDown renders a single row after colons #1344
Description
There is an issue with MacDown where lists that immediately follow a line ending with a colon don't render properly as multi-line lists.
Hence:
This is a sentence ending with a colon:
- List item 1
- List item 2
- List item 3Gives:
This is a sentence ending with a colon: - List item 1 - List item 2 - List item 3
The workaround is a blank line after a colon but this is time consuming when there is a lot of markdown to correct:
This is a sentence ending with a colon:
- List item 1
- List item 2
- List item 3Is it possible to fix this in a future release?
Thank you.
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schuyler commentedon Nov 28, 2025
This issue has been addressed in MacDown 3000, a fork that continues active development
of MacDown.
Lists immediately following a line ending with a colon now render correctly as multi-line lists, without requiring
a blank line separator.
See: schuyler/macdown3000#70