Improve paragraph skips in Markdown output

novelwriter/constants.py

@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ class nwUnicode:
     U_THNBSP = "\u202f"  # Thin non-breaking space
     U_ENSP   = "\u2002"  # Short (en) space
     U_EMSP   = "\u2003"  # Long (em) space
+    U_MMSP   = "\u205f"  # Medium mathematical space
     U_LSEP   = "\u2028"  # Line separator
     U_PSEP   = "\u2029"  # Paragraph separator
 

novelwriter/core/tomd.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import logging
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from novelwriter.constants import nwHeadFmt, nwLabels
+from novelwriter.constants import nwHeadFmt, nwLabels, nwUnicode
 from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
 from novelwriter.core.tokenizer import Tokenizer
 
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class ToMarkdown(Tokenizer):
                 self.FMT_SUB_B: "",
                 self.FMT_SUB_E: "",
             }
+            cSkip = ""
         else:
             # Extended Markdown
             mdTags = {
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ class ToMarkdown(Tokenizer):
                 self.FMT_SUB_B: "~",
                 self.FMT_SUB_E: "~",
             }
+            cSkip = nwUnicode.U_MMSP
 
         self._result = ""
 
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ class ToMarkdown(Tokenizer):
         for tType, _, tText, tFormat, tStyle in self._tokens:
 
             if tType == self.T_EMPTY:
-                if len(para) > 0:
+                if para:
                     tTemp = (lineSep.join(para)).rstrip(" ")
                     lines.append(f"{tTemp}\n\n")
                 para = []
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ class ToMarkdown(Tokenizer):
                 lines.append(f"{tText}\n\n")
 
             elif tType == self.T_SKIP:
-                lines.append("\n\n\n")
+                lines.append(f"{cSkip}\n\n")
 
             elif tType == self.T_TEXT:
                 tTemp = tText

tests/test_core/test_core_tokenizer.py

@@ -1734,10 +1734,8 @@ def testCoreToken_CountStats(mockGUI, ipsumText):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.core
-def testCoreToken_HeaderCounterAndVisibility(mockGUI):
-    """Test the header counter and visibility of the Tokenizer class.
-    This is a special test to cover issue #1704.
-    """
+def testCoreToken_SceneSeparators(mockGUI):
+    """Test the section and scene separators of the Tokenizer class."""
     project = NWProject()
     project.data.setLanguage("en")
     project._loadProjectLocalisation()
@@ -1855,8 +1853,50 @@ def testCoreToken_HeaderCounterAndVisibility(mockGUI):
         "Text\n\n"
     )
 
-    # Show/Hide Headings
-    # ==================
+    # Separators with Scenes Only
+    # ===========================
+    # Requires a fresh builder class
+    md = ToMarkdown(project)
+    md.setExtendedMarkdown()
+    md._isNone = False
+    md._isNote = False
+    md._isNovel = True
+
+    md._text = (
+        "### Scene One\n\n"
+        "Text\n\n"
+        "### Scene Two\n\n"
+        "Text\n\n"
+        "### Scene Three\n\n"
+        "Text\n\n"
+        "###! Scene Four\n\n"
+        "Text\n\n"
+    )
+
+    md.setSceneFormat("", False)
+    md.setHardSceneFormat("* * *", False)
+    md.tokenizeText()
+    md.doConvert()
+    assert md.result == (
+        "Text\n\n"
+        "\u205f\n\n"
+        "Text\n\n"
+        "\u205f\n\n"
+        "Text\n\n"
+        "* * *\n\n"
+        "Text\n\n"
+    )
+
+# END Test testCoreToken_SceneSeparators
+
+
+@pytest.mark.core
+def testCoreToken_HeaderVisibility(mockGUI):
+    """Test the heading visibility settings of the Tokenizer class."""
+    project = NWProject()
+    project.data.setLanguage("en")
+    project._loadProjectLocalisation()
+    md = ToMarkdown(project)
 
     md._text = (
         "#! Novel\n\n"
@@ -1876,6 +1916,13 @@ def testCoreToken_HeaderCounterAndVisibility(mockGUI):
         "Text\n\n"
     )
 
+    # Novel Files
+    # ===========
+
+    md._isNone = False
+    md._isNote = False
+    md._isNovel = True
+
     # Show All
     md.setTitleFormat(nwHeadFmt.TITLE, False)
     md.setChapterFormat(nwHeadFmt.TITLE, False)
@@ -1923,6 +1970,55 @@ def testCoreToken_HeaderCounterAndVisibility(mockGUI):
         "Text\n\n"
     )
 
+    # Note Files
+    # ==========
+
+    md._isNone = False
+    md._isNote = True
+    md._isNovel = False
+
+    # Hide All
+    md.setTitleFormat(nwHeadFmt.TITLE, True)
+    md.setChapterFormat(nwHeadFmt.TITLE, True)
+    md.setUnNumberedFormat(nwHeadFmt.TITLE, True)
+    md.setSceneFormat(nwHeadFmt.TITLE, True)
+    md.setHardSceneFormat(nwHeadFmt.TITLE, True)
+    md.setSectionFormat(nwHeadFmt.TITLE, True)
+
+    md.tokenizeText()
+    md.doConvert()
+    assert md.result == (
+        "# Novel\n\n"
+        "# Title One\n\n"
+        "## Prologue\n\n"
+        "Text\n\n"
+        "## Chapter One\n\n"
+        "### Scene One\n\n"
+        "Text\n\n"
+        "### Scene Two\n\n"
+        "#### Section Two\n\n"
+        "Text\n\n"
+        "## Chapter Two\n\n"
+        "### Scene Three\n\n"
+        "Text\n\n"
+        "### Scene Four\n\n"
+        "Text\n\n"
+    )
+
+# END Test testCoreToken_HeaderVisibility
+
+
+@pytest.mark.core
+def testCoreToken_CounterHandling(mockGUI):
+    """Test the heading counter of the Tokenizer class."""
+    project = NWProject()
+    project.data.setLanguage("en")
+    project._loadProjectLocalisation()
+    md = ToMarkdown(project)
+    md._isNone = False
+    md._isNote = False
+    md._isNovel = True
+
     # Counter Handling, Novel Titles
     # ==============================
     # This also checks that only numbered chapters bump the counter
@@ -1998,7 +2094,7 @@ def testCoreToken_HeaderCounterAndVisibility(mockGUI):
         "Text\n\n"
     )
 
-# END Test testCoreToken_HeaderCounterAndVisibility
+# END Test testCoreToken_CounterHandling
 
 
 @pytest.mark.core

tests/test_core/test_core_tomd.py

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def testCoreToMarkdown_ConvertDirect(mockGUI):
         (toMD.T_EMPTY, 1, "", None, toMD.A_NONE),
     ]
     toMD.doConvert()
-    assert toMD.result == "\n\n\n"
+    assert toMD.result == "\n\n"
 
 # END Test testCoreToMarkdown_ConvertDirect