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Markdown for bullet points (unordered lists) in a sheet.json file

May 08 (5 years ago)
Foemass
Sheet Author

My sheets -finally- reached the point where I can try and share it, I just need to put together its sheet.json.  However, I can't seem to get markdown bullet points to display using the custom sheet sandboxes sheet.json editor.  I've tried * and - with a variety of different spacing and \n, \r combinations but i'm getting nowhere. The Mutant Crawl Classics sheet.json seems to have done it so it must be possible, though I can't find the sheet on GitHub.   Can anyone direct me to an example of how to do this right?

May 08 (5 years ago)
Andreas J.
Forum Champion
Sheet Author
Translator

I don't remember ever getting bullet points to work, I've just kept using "*" as it's common markdown. If you want to include some more complex instructions, it might be better to move that to the Roll20 Wiki and leave a link to the wiki page in the sheet.json's "instructions" section.


Here is the file for Mutant Crawl Classics: https://github.com/Roll20/roll20-character-sheets/blob/master/MCC_Tabbed_Sheet/sheet.json


You can check out my Star Wars D6 sheet for an example where info is spread out between instructions and the wiki: https://github.com/Roll20/roll20-character-sheets/tree/master/D6StarWars

May 09 (5 years ago)
Foemass
Sheet Author

Using your json I've figured it out, Thanks Andreas!

It seems the interpreter is just a bit fussy and you must prefix your unordered list with a header.

For Example:

"Text before bullet \r * Bullet1 \r * Bullet2"

Will not work, however...

"# Text before bullet \r * Bullet1 \r * Bullet2"

Will work!  

My sheet probably does warrant some complex instructions for the fancier features, so i'll try to make a Wiki page like you recommended.  Cheers!

May 09 (5 years ago)
Andreas J.
Forum Champion
Sheet Author
Translator

Great it worked out!

Foemass said:

[...]

My sheet probably does warrant some complex instructions for the fancier features, so i'll try to make a Wiki page like you recommended.

If you end up make a wiki page, you can find documentation on more advanced wiki features here: https://wiki.roll20.net/Help:Contents

By default people don't have privileges for uploading images to the wiki, but the page have instructions on that, or you can ask someone here to upload things for you.

Oh and one of the better things with the wiki is that you can edit it whenever you want, and not be restricted to the once-a-week update for the sheet.