Should markdownify be affected by a single space?

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I have this in the front matter of my .md file:

introduction 	= "<p>This is the page's **introduction**, with a link to [more](/) content.</p>"

I include that in my page as follows:

  {{ if isset .Params "introduction" }}
      {{ .Params.introduction | markdownify }}
  {{ end }}

It renders, however, as:

This is the page's **introduction**, with a link to [more](/) content.

Now if I add an empty space in the front matter string like so:

introduction 	= " <p>This is the page's **introduction**, with a link to [more](/) content.</p>"

The same markdownify command renders as:

<p>This is the page’s <strong>introduction</strong>, with a link to <a href="http://localhost:1313/">more</a> content.</p>

My question: Should markdownify be affected by a single space, or am I overlooking some Markdown feature which would totally explain this (for me confusing) behaviour?

Thanks for any insights!

I:\website>hugo env
Hugo Static Site Generator v0.20.2 windows/amd64 BuildDate: 2017-04-16T11:19:32+02:00
GOOS="windows"
GOARCH="amd64"
GOVERSION="go1.8.1"
2

Do you need that space?

This is related, I guess, to an open issue on GitHub.

3

Thanks for replying!

I need to use it to have markdownify process my string, but otherwise have no need for that space.

I couldn’t find an open related issue when searching for ‘space’ or ‘markdownify’, but if (something like) this is already reported, then great of course. :slightly_smiling: