You're imagining that the formatter's top priority is to make markdown look similar to its rendered HTML. But that's not a goal of markdown (literally TFA), nor

You're imagining that the formatter's top priority is to make markdown look similar to its rendered HTML. But that's not a goal of markdown (literally TFA), nor of Prettier, and it's not relevant too what I and some other people use markdown for. If it's relevant for you, great! This thread is me saying it ought to be configurable either way. > so why does it matter? Readability, per the whole thread.