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Github markdown that respects newlines

I've got a txt file with a list that looks like this

# Actors
Robert Mitchum
John Voight

# Musicians
Geddy Lee
Angus Young

Without modifying this text, I'd like to add it to a Github Wiki page, and make it render each name on a separate rows, like this:

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What I do NOT want is the default Github markdown behavior where single newlines are not respected and two names can render on the same row.

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Is there any of the predefined edit modes in Github which could achieve this? Here's the list of the edit modes available

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I like Markdown overall, but I could consider changing to some other similar markup language if Markdown simply doesn't respect newlines.

I just want to be able to write a simple list, just like in a txt file, one row per item - and let it render as one row per item

item one
item two
item three

I don't want to have to add extra input like double line-breaks or other extra characters

Solution

  • Answering my own question: None of the answers had formatting that I liked. I ended up going with textile (https://textile-lang.com/) where line-breaks are respected, just had to change the heading syntax

    h1. Actors
Robert Mitchum
John Voight

h1. Musicians
Geddy Lee
Angus Young