Re: Literal HTML export and paragraphs

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

Hi Ulf,

On Feb 23, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Ulf Stegemann wrote:

> Hi,
>
> not quite sure if that's a bug but I've just noticed that literal HTML
> export with `#+HTML' or `#+BEGIN_HTML ...' suppresses paragraph  
> markups
> whenever literal export appears at the end of a paragraph.  An org  
> file
> like this
>
> ,----
> | line 1
> | line 2
> |
> | line 3
> `----
>
> is exported to
>
> ,----
> | <p>
> | line 1
> | line 2
> | </p>
> | <p>
> | line 3
> | </p>
> `----
>
> while an org file like this
>
> ,----
> | line 1
> | #+HTML: <strong>line 2</strong>
> |
> | line 3
> `----
>
> is exported to
>
> ,----
> | <p>
> | line 1
> | <strong>line 2</strong>
> |
> | line 3
> | </p>
> `----
>
> This is probably not a major thing but it may lead to invalid HTML  
> code.
> Suppose `line 3' is replaced by e.g. an example block (which inserts  
> its
> own p element) then a p element would appear inside another p element
> which is not allowed.

I think your observation is correct.  However, it is very tricky
to get this right, and I don't have the time to look into this now.

- Carsten