Strange behaviour of kirbytext() with unordered lists

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In a text field that I output with kirbytext() I just noticed a strange behavior:

The text field contains an unordered list in markdown:

- Beisitzer
- Vorsitzender
- Aufsichtsrat

The HTML looks as expected:

<ul>
	<li>Beisitzer</li>
	<li>Vorsitzender </li>
	<li>Aufsichtsrat</li>
</ul>

However, if one of the list items starts with a number, kirbytext() produces a nested list from it.

- Beisitzer
- 1. Vorsitzender
- Aufsichtsrat

The HTML will look like this:

<ul>
	<li>Beisitzer</li>
	<li>
		<ol>
			<li>Vorsitzender</li>
		<ol>
	</li>
	<li>Aufsichtsrat</li>
</ul>

This behavior is driving me crazy right now. On the website in question, there are list items in several places within unordered lists that start with a bullet number. Looks like a bug for me. Has anybody already experienced this behavior and knows a workaround?

2

That is expected behavior. You have to escapt such characters in Markdown, see Daring Fireball: Markdown Syntax Documentation

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3

Sonja, you saved my day – again! Thanks a lot!

- 1\. Vorsitzender

results in a correct list item.

Still, I’m having a bit of a hard time acknowledging this as expected or even helpful behavior right now. Gruber writes “It’s worth noting that it’s possible to trigger an ordered list by accident”

4

If you use Markdown, this is how it works. If you need a field only for lists, consider the list field.

5

You have to know it… I write a lot in Markdown, but never stumbled over this in the last >10 years.