From f734fc015a1e43bcd26635cf41cd68b30c62533d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Connor Rhodes <connor@rhodes.contact>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:34:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix TOC entries collapsing to one line in ODT output

---
 pov-doc/scripts/render_poc.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pov-doc/scripts/render_poc.py b/pov-doc/scripts/render_poc.py
index 90e20e3..5c9d3ad 100644
--- a/pov-doc/scripts/render_poc.py
+++ b/pov-doc/scripts/render_poc.py
@@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ def process_markdown(
             md_content,
         )
 
+    # Add hard line breaks between consecutive TOC link entries so pandoc
+    # renders each entry on its own line instead of collapsing them into one paragraph
+    md_content = re.sub(
+        r'(\]\([^)]*\))\n(\[)',
+        r'\1\\\n\2',
+        md_content,
+    )
+
     # Insert page break before Table of Contents
     md_content = re.sub(
         r'(#{1,3} \*\*Table of Contents\*\*)',