GFM: Line break using a backslash

[Artha]

The GFM spec specifies that to make a line break, a backslash can be used so it is more visible. It also better because some editors automatically remove trailing whitespace.

The GithubMarkdown class doesn't support those. Only double-space breaks are allowed. It would be really nice if that feature would be added.

I tried doing this myself, but renderText receives line text and the backslash as separate blocks, so I kinda failed there. Also, what would be the preferred way to do this? Is changing the escape code parser necessary?

[Carsten Brandt]

The GithubMarkdown class doesn't support those. Only double-space breaks are allowed. It would be really nice if that feature would be added.

seems it is a newly added feature.

• \ is a marker for the parseEscape function, so extending it should allow implementing this:

markdown/Parser.php

Lines 368 to 378 in eeb1bf6

 	/** 
 	 * Parses escaped special characters. 
 	 * @marker \ 
 	 */ 
 	protected function parseEscape($text) 
 	{ 
 		if (isset($text[1]) && in_array($text[1], $this->escapeCharacters)) { 
 			return [['text', $text[1]], 2]; 
 		} 
 		return [['text', $text[0]], 1]; 
 	} 

have not checked it in detail though.