Could also support two spaces for list indentation?

Spec
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Example:

  1. Test 1.
  • Blah.
  • Blah.
  1. Test 2.
1. Test 1.
  - Blah.
  - Blah.
2. Test 2.

Because GitHub support two spaces indentation list. (also here)
Could CommonMark also support two spaces for list indentation?

Thank you guys!

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See the spec for an extensive discussion of the choice points for indented lists, including an explanation of why a rigid 2-space rule wasn’t chosen.

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Thanks, I get it now.
Seems CommonMark would never use other rules than 4-spaces indentation rule.

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@jackycute no, CommonMark does not use the 4-space rule (or a 2-space rule). That, too, is explained in the document I linked to.

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Huh, OK, Now I read whole paragraph.
I was wrong.
So different structure have different indent rules.
Right?

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The basic idea is that you need to indent to where the text after the list marker starts – not just for sublists, but for any block-level content to be included under a list item.

So,

- Here
  - two spaces is enough

 -  Here
    - you need four

1. Here
   - you need three

1.   Here
     - you need five

Please read the whole section on list items, which covers the rules in great detail with many examples.

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Thank you! Now I totally get it!

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