fix: allow list markers indented by up to 4 spaces

[tishajain25]

Marked version: 16.4.0

Markdown flavor: CommonMark

Description Fixes #2832 - Render bullet-pointed incorrectly The issue was that nested lists with 4-space indentation were not being parsed correctly. When users indented nested list items with 4 spaces (which is common in some editors), the parser would incorrectly treat the nested bullet as part of the parent list item's content, leading to malformed HTML output where nested bullets were rendered as headings instead of proper nested lists.

Expectation Nested lists with 4-space indentation should render as proper nested HTML lists:

<li>title<ul>
<li>desc</li>
<li></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

Result Previously, 4-space indented nested lists would produce incorrect output like:

<li><h2>title
  - desc</h2>
</li>
</ul>

What was attempted The root cause was that the regex patterns for list markers in rules.ts only allowed 0-3 spaces before bullet markers, but CommonMark parsing should be more lenient to handle various indentation styles. Updated the following regexes to allow 0-4 spaces:

list regex: ^( {0,4}bull) listItemRegex: ^( {0,4}${bull}) nextBulletRegex: ^ {0,4}(?:[*+-]|\d{1,9}[.)]) hrRegex: ^ {0,4}((?:- *){3,}|(?:_ ){3,}|(?:\ ){3,}) fencesBeginRegex: ^ {0,4}(?:``|~~~)` headingBeginRegex: ^ {0,4}# htmlBeginRegex: ^ {0,4}<(?:[a-z].>|!--) Contributor Test(s) exist to ensure functionality and minimize regression (all existing spec and unit tests pass) no tests required for this PR. Committer In most cases, this should be a different person than the contributor.

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request resolves a parsing defect in the Markdown renderer that caused nested bulleted lists with 4-space indentation to render incorrectly. The core change involves updating regular expressions responsible for identifying list markers and other block-level elements to correctly interpret 4-space leading indentation, thereby ensuring proper CommonMark compliance and accurate HTML generation for such list structures. A new test file has been added to confirm the fix.

Highlights

• Bug Fix for Nested Lists: Addresses an issue where nested lists with 4-space indentation were incorrectly parsed, resulting in malformed HTML output (e.g., nested bullets rendered as headings instead of proper nested lists).
• Regex Pattern Update: Modified several regex patterns in src/rules.ts to allow for up to 4 leading spaces (instead of the previous 3) for list markers and other block elements, aligning with CommonMark's leniency for indentation.
• New Test Case: Introduced test-bullet-issue.js to specifically validate the correct rendering of nested lists with both 2-space and 4-space indentations, ensuring the fix works as expected and prevents regressions.

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