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-rw-r--r--README4
-rw-r--r--src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs8
-rw-r--r--src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Markdown.hs7
-rw-r--r--tests/pipe-tables.txt4
4 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index ee138ac3d..8c8e8c957 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1827,8 +1827,8 @@ Pipe tables look like this:
The syntax is [the same as in PHP markdown extra]. The beginning and
ending pipe characters are optional, but pipes are required between all
columns. The colons indicate column alignment as shown. The header
-can be omitted, but the horizontal line must still be included, as
-it defines column alignments.
+cannot be omitted. To simulate a headerless table, include a header
+with blank cells.
Since the pipes indicate column boundaries, columns need not be vertically
aligned, as they are in the above example. So, this is a perfectly
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
index 910936b34..fcd18fdc0 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
@@ -1287,11 +1287,9 @@ pipeBreak = try $ do
pipeTable :: MarkdownParser ([Alignment], [Double], F [Blocks], F [[Blocks]])
pipeTable = try $ do
- (heads,aligns) <- try ( pipeBreak >>= \als ->
- return (return $ replicate (length als) mempty, als))
- <|> ( pipeTableRow >>= \row -> pipeBreak >>= \als ->
-
- return (row, als) )
+ (heads,aligns) <- pipeTableRow >>= \row ->
+ pipeBreak >>= \als ->
+ return (row, als)
lines' <- sequence <$> many1 pipeTableRow
let widths = replicate (length aligns) 0.0
return $ (aligns, widths, heads, lines')
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Markdown.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Markdown.hs
index 662373209..4ffdb2b36 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Markdown.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Markdown.hs
@@ -508,7 +508,12 @@ pipeTable headless aligns rawHeaders rawRows = do
AlignCenter -> ':':replicate w '-' ++ ":"
AlignRight -> replicate (w + 1) '-' ++ ":"
AlignDefault -> replicate (w + 2) '-'
- let header = if headless then empty else torow rawHeaders
+ -- note: pipe tables can't completely lack a
+ -- header; for a headerless table, we need a header of empty cells.
+ -- see jgm/pandoc#1996.
+ let header = if headless
+ then torow (replicate (length aligns) empty)
+ else torow rawHeaders
let border = nowrap $ text "|" <> hcat (intersperse (text "|") $
map toborder $ zip aligns widths) <> text "|"
let body = vcat $ map torow rawRows
diff --git a/tests/pipe-tables.txt b/tests/pipe-tables.txt
index ee8d54d9f..83debd595 100644
--- a/tests/pipe-tables.txt
+++ b/tests/pipe-tables.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Simplest table without caption:
| Default1 | Default2 | Default3 |
-|----------|----------|----------|
+ |----------|----------|----------|
|12|12|12|
|123|123|123|
|1|1|1|
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Simple table without caption:
Headerless table without caption:
+| | | |
|------:|:-----|:------:|
|12|12|12|
|123|123|123|
@@ -48,5 +49,6 @@ One-column:
Header-less one-column:
+| |
|:-:|
|hi|