The code block was workaround I wanted to do this > * list element 1 > * list element 2 without the indent. I don't get why it just doesn't use comm

The code block was workaround I wanted to do this > * list element 1 > * list element 2 without the indent. I don't get why it just doesn't use common mark or something, it's just some inept, half-assed clone of it anyway.