# Markdown and line ending conventions

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/markdown-and-line-ending-conventions/15419>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** documentation, markdown\
**Created:** [September 24, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/markdown-and-line-ending-conventions/15419 "2018-09-24T08:14:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![GunnarFarneback](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gunnarfarneback/32/1827_2.png) [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/markdown-and-line-ending-conventions/15419/1 "2018-09-24T08:14:26Z")

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I’m getting different results when parsing markdown on Linux and Windows because the latter checks out the the markdown file with native Windows line endings. E.g.

```julia
julia> Markdown.parse("* a\n\n * b\n") == Markdown.parse("* a\r\n\r\n * b\r\n")
false

```

Is this expected or should I report it as an issue?

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**Author:** ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/markdown-and-line-ending-conventions/15419/2 "2018-09-24T11:51:48Z")

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Sounds like a bug.

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**Author:** ![GunnarFarneback](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gunnarfarneback/32/1827_2.png) [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/markdown-and-line-ending-conventions/15419/3 "2018-09-24T14:52:57Z")

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Thanks. [Markdown parsing is sensitive to line endings · Issue #29344 · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/29344)