From 4c361b1926eed5a426ff4271a027e54e57abe78a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Paul=20H=C3=A4nsch?= <paul@plutz.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2023 15:11:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] allow bullet symbol as list marker (for copy/paste from
 office documents)

---
 markdown.awk | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/markdown.awk b/markdown.awk
index 3b5a9bb..6d22e39 100755
--- a/markdown.awk
+++ b/markdown.awk
@@ -705,21 +705,23 @@ function _block( block, LOCAL, st, len, text, title, attrib, href, guard, code,
     return "\n<dl>\n" _dlist( list ) "</dl>\n" _block( block );
 
   # Unordered list types
-  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ul", "-",   "([+*]|[0-9]+\\.|#\\.|[0-9]+\\)|#\\))") ) {
+  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ul", "-",   "([+*•]|[0-9]+\\.|#\\.|[0-9]+\\)|#\\))") ) {
     return text;
-  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ul", "\\+", "([-*]|[0-9]+\\.|#\\.|[0-9]+\\)|#\\))") ) {
+  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ul", "\\+", "([-*•]|[0-9]+\\.|#\\.|[0-9]+\\)|#\\))") ) {
     return text;
-  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ul", "\\*", "([-+]|[0-9]+\\.|#\\.|[0-9]+\\)|#\\))") ) {
+  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ul", "\\*", "([-+•]|[0-9]+\\.|#\\.|[0-9]+\\)|#\\))") ) {
+    return text;
+  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ul", "•", "([-+*]|[0-9]+\\.|#\\.|[0-9]+\\)|#\\))") ) {
     return text;
 
   # Ordered list types
-  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ol", "[0-9]+\\.", "([-+*]|#\\.|[0-9]+\\)|#\\))") ) {
+  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ol", "[0-9]+\\.", "([-+*•]|#\\.|[0-9]+\\)|#\\))") ) {
     return text;
-  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ol", "[0-9]+\\)", "([-+*]|[0-9]+\\.|#\\.|#\\))") ) {
+  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ol", "[0-9]+\\)", "([-+*•]|[0-9]+\\.|#\\.|#\\))") ) {
     return text;
-  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ol", "#\\.", "([-+*]|[0-9]+\\.|[0-9]+\\)|#\\))") ) {
+  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ol", "#\\.", "([-+*•]|[0-9]+\\.|[0-9]+\\)|#\\))") ) {
     return text;
-  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ol", "#\\)", "([-+*]|[0-9]+\\.|#\\.|[0-9]+\\))") ) {
+  } else if ( text = _startlist( block, "ol", "#\\)", "([-+*•]|[0-9]+\\.|#\\.|[0-9]+\\))") ) {
     return text;
 
   # Split paragraphs
-- 
2.39.2