A very minor irritation gets more noticeable when it happens over and over and over. Here's one that's been barely bothering me, but frequently.
When adding code to a post, typing
Text here
<code>
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
</code>
results in two blank lines between the text and the code block. Removing the extra line requires deleting a line break, writing:
Text here
<code>#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
</code>
This can get to be a nuisance. And it doesn't read cleanly in the raw text. So, in a separate system I maintain that also supports code tags, I had the formatting engine recognize when the code tags were alone on a line. Then, the formatter would remove the blank line for for me (by deleting the \n after open tag tag). Works like a charm.
I wonder if something like that would help here. Does the extra blank line you get when <code> appears on a line by itself bother anyone besides me?
If there's a concensus that removing the extra blank line automagically would be a Good Thing, I'll take a shot at a patch.