Unable to create "spacers" in TOC with blank h1s like with Slate

[dustinloflandsmith]

Hi @MikeRalphson, could use your help on a nitpicky little issue I'm having.

Using lord/slate, I can include a _blank.md file containing only the code

<h1 id="_"><br> </h1>

wherever I need to create a gap between items in the TOC.

Slate renders this as

<a href="#_" class="toc-h1 toc-link" data-title=" "><br> </a>

in the resulting index.html file.

Using the exact same source files in shins doesn't display the same behavior, it renders as

<a href="#_" class="toc-h1 toc-link" data-title=" "> </a>

without the <br> and I can't figure out how to get shins to keep it!

[MikeRalphson]

From a quick look it shouldn't affect things, but could you check if using the --unsafe option to disable html sanitisation helps at all?

[dustinloflandsmith]

Just gave it a try and the behavior persists while using --unsafe.

[MikeRalphson]

Are you able to test latest master from github? If not, don't worry and I'll cut a new release.

[dustinloflandsmith]

Just tested on the latest master, with and without --unsafe --> the ToC includes the headers now but the <br> is included as text.
Also tested with:

• <h1 id="_">&nbsp</h1> ---> everything inside <h1> tags appears in ToC as text
• <h1 id="_"><&nbsp></h1> ^ (same as above)
• <h1 id="_"><pre></pre></h1> ^ (same as above)
• <h1 id="_"><pre> </pre></h1> ^ (same as above)
• just a plain space (i.e. <h1 id="_"> </h1>)--> nothing appears in the ToC.

[MikeRalphson]

Please continue the discussion over on slant if still an issue.