Incorrect Task List syntax

[broslavski]

Describe the bug When creating a tasklist with checkboxes, the markdown code of the note is being created inconsistent with GitHub Markdown Guide and Extended Syntax of Markdown Guide.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a new file
2. Open the file using NextCloud text
3. Create Task List and wait until file is saved
4. Open the Markdown code of the note.
5. Each item in the list is displayed as * [ ] but not as - [ ]

Also, a previously saved note with correct syntax is converted to invalid when it is re-saved.

Expected behavior Each item in the Task List must begin with - [ ].

Text app version: 3.1.0

[jancborchardt]

For uniformity we should probably just use the - dash for both lists and task lists exclusively, those are also the first recommendations of the basic guides for normal unordered lists.

[juliusknorr]

Using * [ ] is perfectly valid GDM markdown according to https://github.github.com/gfm/#task-list-item-marker but I agree that using - is probably a nicer plaintext default.

[vinicius73]

This is directly rendered in Markdown by https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-markdown

https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-markdown/blob/af34ce60514afa8074fa32f82a08f622670a415d/src/to_markdown.ts#L83-L97

We must check how to change this default behavior in a good way.

[juliusknorr]

We already have the option to change the default with the bullet parameter, and we also extend the rendering and have our custom toMarkdown methods:

src/nodes/TaskList.js
35:		state.renderList(node, '  ', () => (node.attrs.bullet || '*') + ' ')

[vinicius73]

We already have the option to change the default with the bullet parameter, and we also extend the rendering and have our custom toMarkdown methods:

I've already tested it, but didn't work in my test, I can try more later.