FIX: Blockquotes prefixed by spaces

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/bold_italics_dialect.js

@@ -23,3 +23,20 @@ replaceMarkdown('**', 'strong');
 replaceMarkdown('__', 'strong');
 replaceMarkdown('*', 'em');
 replaceMarkdown('_', 'em');
+
+
+// There's a weird issue with the markdown parser where it won't process simple blockquotes
+// when they are prefixed with spaces. This fixes it.
+Discourse.Dialect.on("register", function(event) {
+  var dialect = event.dialect,
+      MD = event.MD;
+
+  dialect.block["fix_simple_quotes"] = function(block, next) {
+    var m = /^ +(\>[\s\S]*)/.exec(block);
+    if (m && m[1] && m[1].length) {
+      next.unshift(MD.mk_block(m[1]));
+      return [];
+    }
+  };
+
+});

app/assets/javascripts/external/better_markdown.js

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
   * We fixed a bug where references can be created directly following a list.
 
+  * Fix to blockquote to handle spaces in front and when nested.
+
   * Note the name BetterMarkdown doesn't mean it's *better* than markdown-js, it refers
     to it being better than our previous markdown parser!
 
@@ -750,7 +752,7 @@ Markdown.dialects.Gruber = {
       }
 
       // Strip off the leading "> " and re-process as a block.
-      var input = block.replace( /^> ?/gm, "" ),
+      var input = block.replace( /^> */gm, "" ),
           old_tree = this.tree,
           processedBlock = this.toTree( input, [ "blockquote" ] ),
           attr = extract_attr( processedBlock );

test/javascripts/components/markdown_test.js

@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ test("Links", function() {
 
 });
 
+test("simple quotes", function() {
+  cooked("> nice!", "<blockquote><p>nice!</p></blockquote>", "it supports simple quotes");
+  cooked(" > nice!", "<blockquote><p>nice!</p></blockquote>", "it allows quotes with preceeding spaces");
+  cooked("> level 1\n> > level 2",
+         "<blockquote><p>level 1</p><blockquote><p>level 2</p></blockquote></blockquote>",
+         "it allows nesting of blockquotes");
+  cooked("> level 1\n>  > level 2",
+         "<blockquote><p>level 1</p><blockquote><p>level 2</p></blockquote></blockquote>",
+         "it allows nesting of blockquotes with spaces");
+});
+
 test("Quotes", function() {
 
   cookedOptions("[quote=\"eviltrout, post: 1\"]\na quote\n\nsecond line\n[/quote]",