bugfix...

Signed-off-by: Alex A. Naanou <alex.nanou@gmail.com>

experiments/outline-editor/editor.js

@@ -1120,13 +1120,15 @@ var JSONOutline = {
 						attrs.splice(i, 1)
 					: undefined } }
 
-		var children = data.children
+		var children = (data.children ?? [])
 			.map(function(data){
 				return that.htmlBlock(data) })
 			.join('')
+		// NOTE: the '\n' at the start of the textarea body below helps 
+		// 		preserve whitespace when parsing HTML...
 		return (
 `<div class="block ${ cls.join(' ') }" tabindex="0" ${ attrs.join(' ') }>\
-<textarea class="code text" value="${ data.text }">${ data.text }</textarea>\
+<textarea class="code text" value="${ data.text }">\n${ data.text }</textarea>\
 <span class="view text">${ parsed.text }</span>\
 <div class="children">${ children }</div>\
 </div>`) },

experiments/outline-editor/index.html

@@ -48,27 +48,38 @@ var setup = function(){
   - 
 - ## Bugs:
   focused:: true
-  - BUG: styling error...
-    - this _seems `to` work_
-    - `while` _this `does` not_
-    - _seems to be connected with quoting..._
   - BUG leading/trailing blank lines mishandled:
     - blank line at end of block is initially not shown
       - this block contains two lines (empty below)
         
+        - `editor.Block(editor.data(editor.get())).querySelector('.view').innerHTML` -- '\n' present
+        - _...is this a resize issue???_
       - 
         this block also contains two lines (empty above)
       - 
         this block contains three lines (empty above and below)
         
-    - blank line at start of block is shown but removed on edit
+    - DONE blank line at start of block is shown but removed on edit
+      collapsed:: true
       - 
         this block also contains two lines (empty above)
+        - `editor.data(editor.get()).text` -- no `\n` at start...
+        - `editor.get().querySelector('.code').value` -- no `\n` at start...
+        - ```
+          d = document.createElement('div')
+          d.innerHTML = editor.htmlBlock({text: '\nabc\n'}) // -> '\n' exists...
+          d.querySelector('.code').value // -> no '\n' at start...
+          ```
+          ...seems that the `\n` is lost on html parse...
       - 
         this block contains three lines (empty above and below)
         
     - _this seams to be a problem only on the initial render -- edit/exit fixes the issue..._
     - _Q: are we using different code paths for initial render and element render???_
+  - BUG: styling error...
+    - this _seems `to` work_
+    - `while` _this `does` not_
+    - _seems to be connected with quoting..._
   - BUG: can't move down out of a code block
     - edit this line, then move down
     - ```
@@ -144,6 +155,8 @@ var setup = function(){
       ```
   -
 - ## ToDo:
+  - `.json(..)`, `.data(..)`, ... should be signature compatible with `.get(..)` (???)
+    - _current state causes constant confusion..._
   - Time to think about a standalone client -- at least to edit own notes as a test...
     - _also this would be a nice opportunity to start the move to a newer electron version_
   - Q: Make the heading level depend on its depth??