Zettlr: Feature request: paragraph spacing

[samarulmeu]

Could it be possible that paragraphs get an empty line between on pressing Enter?
Maybe having Ctrl+Enter for the next line?

Taking into account Markdown format, if there is no empty line between them or two or more spaces at the end they are considered the same paragraph.

You can try to export this into docx:

Paragraph2

Paragraph3   
Paragraph4

[nathanlesage]

Do you mean to add two newlines on Enter and only one on Ctrl+Enter?

[samarulmeu]

Exactly.

[nathanlesage]

Phew … this might prove interesting to implement, as Enter already has a pesky command attached to it. But I'll see what I can do!

[samarulmeu]

Thank you again for the great support!

[nathanlesage]

You're welcome! Btw there are some new translations on translate.zettlr.com, you might want to check them out for translation :)

[samarulmeu]

I noticed some last evening, but it seems i have to check it more often... ;)

P. S. The last translation string means there are some goodies in the next release... I was waiting for it...

[nathanlesage]

Yes indeed! I'll implement an automatic mailing feature in a few days so that you can subscribe to email updates which I'll then send out once the translations have changed! This way you don't have to be on alert all the time ;)

[nathanlesage]

After due consideration, I decided not to implement this. Both because it tends to render invisible the mechanics of Markdown, and because it's not all too hard to hit return twice. Hope you don't mind! :)

[samarulmeu]

If it is too much trouble, you can forget about it and keep closed this issue, but the markdown specifications are different.

Quoting from markdown specifications:

A paragraph is simply one or more consecutive lines of text, separated by one or more blank lines. (A blank line is any line that looks like a blank line — a line containing nothing but spaces or tabs is considered blank.) Normal paragraphs should not be indented with spaces or tabs.

The implication of the “one or more consecutive lines of text” rule is that Markdown supports “hard-wrapped” text paragraphs. This differs significantly from most other text-to-HTML formatters (including Movable Type’s “Convert Line Breaks” option) which translate every line break character in a paragraph into a <br /> tag.

When you do want to insert a <br /> break tag using Markdown, you end a line with two or more spaces, then type return.

And as I mentioned in my previous message it is a problem when you export markdown.

[nathanlesage]

… how does this differ from what I've elaborated before?

It's simple: To begin a new paragraph, you need to hit Return twice, just as I stated. It's exactly as the Markdown specifications go!