Markdown not parsing reference links about algernon

[scrumit]

Ah, on reading the spec closely I note this:

* followed by a colon;
* followed by one or more spaces (or tabs);
* followed by the URL for the link;

So, no space could be messing it up. Also:

[id]: <http://example.com/>  "Optional Title Here"

Nowhere does it suggest surrounding the URL in quotes or brackets.

Yes, that's the problem. Wrapping the URL with nothing, or angle brackets is OK.

My bad. Sorry.

[scrumit]

adding issue to blackfriday, too.

[xyproto]

Thanks for reporting! Will look into it.

[xyproto]

I'm unable to reproduce the issue here. Could you please provide a small .md file that demonstrates the issue?

Also, which version of algernon is this, is it the latest one from homebrew?

[scrumit]

I'm using two versions. The first is from the Mac store, the version of Algernon according to get info is 1.4 and according to the container.plist is 35.

On this Mac I am using the home-brew version and that is 1.4.3

Attached a ZIP of the index.md file that exhibits the problem.

index.md.zip

[xyproto]

Thanks for the index.md file! I'm able to reproduce the issue now.

[xyproto]

When converting index.md with pandoc index.md -o index.html the output is:

<p>title: Markdown</p>
<h2 id="test-of-ref-link">Test of ref link</h2>
<p>This is a <a href="http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/">direct link to the RO page</a></p>
<p>This is <a href="" title="http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/">an indirect link</a></p>

The second link URL ends up in the link title. Do you know of any utilities or libraries that converts the ref links as expected?

I'll read the Markdown spec(s) closely and see what I can find.

[scrumit]

I use markdown purely for documentation. it appears dillinger and Quoda are also broken in the same way. I use Macdown on Mac, ``` <p>title: Markdown</p> <h2 id="toc_0">Test of ref link</h2> <p>This is a <a href="http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/">direct link to the RO page</a></p> <p>This is <a href="(http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/)">an indirect link</a></p> ``` minimalist material markdown on Chrome/Chromebook ``` <p>title: Markdown</p> <h2>Test of ref link</h2> <p>This is a <a href="http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/">direct link to the RO page</a></p> <p>This is <a href="(http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/)">an indirect link</a></p> ``` and Dillinger on browser ``` <p>title: Markdown</p> <h2><a id="Test_of_ref_link_2"></a>Test of ref link</h2> <p>This is a <a href="http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/">direct link to the RO page</a></p> <p>This is <a href="(http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/)">an indirect link</a></p> ``` I can't get the HTML from quoda because I only have the free version on Android.

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On 17 June 2017 at 17:41, Alexander F Rødseth ***@***.***> wrote: When converting index.md with pandoc index.md -o index.html the output is: <p>title: Markdown</p> <h2 id="test-of-ref-link">Test of ref link</h2> <p>This is a <a href="http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/">direct link to the RO page</a></p> <p>This is <a href="" title="http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/">an indirect link</a></p> The second link URL ends up in the link title. Do you know of any utilities or libraries that converts the ref links as expected? I'll read the Markdown spec(s) closely and see what I can find. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#12 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACH4BLsvyK3xYerakQhFNXTQN11y6J0Dks5sFAHAgaJpZM4N8QJw> .

[dolanor]

Got bitten by this one also (not on algernon, on gogs though), but just to give the link to the spec: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#link

(btw, I tried in github, doesn't seem to work either…)

[xyproto]

I am glad things are in order. Thanks for caring enough to fill a bug report. Cheers!