Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> writes: > On 2/10/13, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Blank lines below an element belong to that element, by definition. So, >> obviously, just add a blank line between "comments" and "# test" and it >> will not be removed. > > You are saying that the comments get removed with the blank line > because the blank line is considered part of the comments?
Is silence following music still music? ;) Blank lines belong to the "comments" element, but are not commented themselves. > In my case, the proposed solution changes the meaning of the comment. > For example: > > === > a > b > c > d > # e > # f > > new paragraph > === > > If you make e and f a new paragraph, it is intended to be a new > paragraph and no longer refers to the previous paragraph. > > I don't know the code, but is it possible that, instead of attaching > blank lines to elements, blank lines can be an element on their own? It's not a matter of "where to store it", but "what to do with it". > Would that allow the needed flexibility and also add orthogonality for > other purposes? I don't think we need it. I have pushed a patch for that. Note that now, blank lines before the comment and after it will accumulate. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou