<textarea> has line-breaks removed?

[aquynh]

I am using Jekyll 2.2.0. In my markdown file, I have a simple HTML code textarea like this:

<textarea>
hello

world
</textarea>

You can see that there are few line-breaks between hello and world. The problem is that jekyll build then removes the line-breaks between them.

How can I tell Kramdown not to remove line-breaks like this?

Thanks.

[gettalong]

Will be fixed with the next release of kramdown.

[aquynh]

On Jul 31, 2014 6:07 PM, "Thomas Leitner" notifications@github.com wrote:

Will be fixed with the next release of kramdown.

Any workaround that you can recommend, if I cannot wait for the next
version?

Thanks

[gettalong]

You need to edit the source code. Remove the word "textarea" from the line https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/blob/master/lib/kramdown/parser/html.rb#L55

[aquynh]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Thomas Leitner notifications@github.com
wrote:

You need to edit the source code. Remove the word "textarea" from the line
https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/blob/master/lib/kramdown/parser/html.rb#L55

i tried, but this doesnt seem to help: the problem is still there.

here is how i did:

• i directly modified this file on my OSX machine:

/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/kramdown-1.4.0/lib/kramdown/parser/html.rb

• then i run "jekyll build" again.

the line-breaks inside are still eaten.

did i do that wrongly?

thanks.

[gettalong]

That should do the trick. Please try the standalone kramdown binary to check if it works correctly. If it does, it is a problem with Jekyll.

[aquynh]

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:24 AM, Thomas Leitner notifications@github.com
wrote:

That should do the trick. Please try the standalone kramdown binary to
check if it works correctly. If it does, it is a problem with Jekyll.

how to try the standalone kramdown binary to confirm it actually fixes this
issue?

thanks.

[larryhynes]

See kramdown -help for some guidance.

To test a testfile.markdown the command would be something like kramdown -i kramdown -o html testfile.markdown. This will output the html to stdout, you could redirect it to a file with kramdown -i kramdown -o html testfile.markdown > testfile.html.

[aquynh]

thanks! i can confirm that this fixes the issue with Kramdown, but Jekyll
still removed line-breaks inside <textarea>

any suggestion on where to look in Jekyll source to fix this problem?

thanks.

[gettalong]

I haven't used Jekyll so I'm the wrong person. Please have a look at the Jekyll website to find the right place for this question.