From b1625f77009deed54d3675f04a1035ef880611af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will Boyd <will@codersblock.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:24:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Double newlines between all the things

---
 src/translator.js | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/translator.js b/src/translator.js
index 0bdc79b..7df6e69 100644
--- a/src/translator.js
+++ b/src/translator.js
@@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ function initTurndownService() {
 		}
 	});
 
-	// preserve <figure> and <figcaption>
+	// preserve <figure> and <figcaption> -- the extra newlines between tags are
+	// necessary because of how markdown is being used inside HTML tags
 	turndownService.addRule('fig', {
 		filter: ['figure', 'figcaption'],
 		replacement: (content, node) => {
 			const tagName = node.nodeName.toLowerCase();
-			return '<' + tagName + '>' + content + '</' + tagName + '>';
+			const result = '\n\n<' + tagName + '>\n\n' + content + '\n\n</' + tagName + '>\n\n';
+			return result.replace('\n\n\n\n', '\n\n'); // reduce quadruple newlines
 		}
 	});