Process linebreaks and convert them to br element.

recommonmark/parser.py

@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ def visit_text(self, mdnode):
     def visit_softbreak(self, _):
         self.current_node.append(nodes.Text('\n'))
 
+    def visit_linebreak(self, _):
+        self.current_node.append(nodes.raw('', '<br />', format='html'))
+
     def visit_paragraph(self, mdnode):
         p = nodes.paragraph(mdnode.literal)
         p.line = mdnode.sourcepos[0][0]

tests/test_basic.py

@@ -459,6 +459,24 @@ def test_eval(self):
             """
         )
 
+    def test_linebreak(self):
+        self.assertParses(
+            """
+            line1  
+            line2
+            """,
+            """
+            <?xml version="1.0" ?>
+            <document source="&lt;string&gt;">
+              <paragraph>
+                line1
+                <raw format="html" xml:space="preserve">&lt;br /&gt;</raw>
+                line2
+              </paragraph>
+            </document>
+            """
+        )
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()