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Creating lists and sub items in R markdown not working any longer?

I'm following the following cheat sheet:

https://www.rstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rmarkdown-cheatsheet.pdf

And trying to make some lists using the following code (copy pasted from the cheat sheet) 

---
title: "Test"
author: "Test"
date: "7 August 2017"
output: html_document # or pdf_document
---

* unordered list
* item 2
 + sub-item 1
 + sub-item 2

1. ordered list
2. item 2
 + sub-item 1
 + sub-item 2

But the results are not the same as in the cheat sheet, the circles are not the same and the sub items do not get indented.

Solution

  • For everyone that has problems showing simple list, markdown need an Empty line before a list.
    This will not work * Item 1 * Item 2 * Item 3

    The output will look something like this.
    This will not work * Item 1 * Item 2 * Item 3

    To fix this;
    INSERT EMPTY LINE HERE, BEFORE LIST.
    * Item 1
    * Item 2
    * Item 3

    should output like this

    • Item 1
    • Item 2
    • Item 3