3 files changed, 36 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/BlogPost.kt b/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/BlogPost.kt
index 25ec13f..8343b85 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/BlogPost.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/BlogPost.kt
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ fun main() {
     parser.addDefaultParsers()
     val doc = parser.readDocument()
     doc.debugFormat(System.out)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/ItalicsParser.kt b/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/ItalicsParser.kt
index afecf79..30b5c38 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/ItalicsParser.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/ItalicsParser.kt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ object ItalicsParser : InlineParser {
         val firstSequence = mutableListOf<MarkdownFormat>()
         var remainingText = text.substring(firstStarCount)
         var lastToken: MarkdownFormat = Begin() // TODO: dedicated begin token
-        while (true) {
+        while (remainingText.isNotEmpty()) {
             val (element, next) = parser.parseInlineTextOnce(lastToken, remainingText)
             remainingText = next
             lastToken = element
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ object ItalicsParser : InlineParser {
         if (secondStarCount < 1) error("Invalid italics/bold sequence")
 
         remainingText = remainingText.substring(secondStarCount)
-        var firstElement = parser.collapseInlineFormat(firstSequence)
+        var firstElement = parser.collapseInlineFormat(firstSequence, false)
         if (secondStarCount == 2)
             firstElement = Bold(firstElement)
         if (secondStarCount == 1)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ object ItalicsParser : InlineParser {
 
         val secondSequence = mutableListOf<MarkdownFormat>()
         lastToken = Begin()
-        while (true) {
+        while (remainingText.isNotEmpty()) {
             val (element, next) = parser.parseInlineTextOnce(lastToken, remainingText)
             remainingText = next
             lastToken = element
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ object ItalicsParser : InlineParser {
         if (thirdStarCount != firstStarCount - secondStarCount) {
             error("Invalid italics/bold sequence")
         }
-        var secondElement = parser.collapseInlineFormat(secondSequence)
+        var secondElement = parser.collapseInlineFormat(secondSequence, false)
         var combined: MarkdownFormat = FormatSequence(firstElement, secondElement)
         if (thirdStarCount == 1)
             combined = Italics(combined)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/MarkdownParser.kt b/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/MarkdownParser.kt
index 86b92d2..f8095ad 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/MarkdownParser.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/MarkdownParser.kt
@@ -71,11 +71,39 @@ class MarkdownParser(source: String) {
             lastToken = tok
             remaining = next
         }
-        return collapseInlineFormat(seq)
+        return collapseInlineFormat(seq, true)
     }
 
-    fun collapseInlineFormat(sequence: List<MarkdownFormat>): MarkdownFormat {
-        return FormatSequence(sequence)
+    private fun expandMarkdownFormats(sequence: List<MarkdownFormat>): List<MarkdownFormat> {
+        val elongated = mutableListOf<MarkdownFormat>()
+        for (markdownFormat in sequence) {
+            if (markdownFormat is FormatSequence) {
+                elongated.addAll(expandMarkdownFormats(markdownFormat.list))
+            } else {
+                elongated.add(markdownFormat)
+            }
+        }
+        return elongated
+    }
+
+    private fun collapseMarkdownFormats(
+        sequence: List<MarkdownFormat>,
+        trimWhitespace: Boolean
+    ): MutableList<MarkdownFormat> {
+        val shortened = mutableListOf<MarkdownFormat>()
+        var last: MarkdownFormat = if (trimWhitespace) Whitespace() else Begin()
+        for (format in sequence) {
+            if (format is Whitespace && last is Whitespace) {
+                continue
+            }
+            last = format
+            shortened.add(format)
+        }
+        return shortened
+    }
+
+    fun collapseInlineFormat(sequence: List<MarkdownFormat>, trimWhitespace: Boolean): MarkdownFormat {
+        return FormatSequence(collapseMarkdownFormats(expandMarkdownFormats(sequence), trimWhitespace))
     }
 
     fun readDocument(): Document {