{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/issues/2765","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/issues/2765/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/issues/2765/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/issues/2765/events","html_url":"https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/2765","id":139516677,"number":2765,"title":"rmarkdown to html: tables do not render if + or - present in header row","user":{"login":"oliverdrechsel","id":8122897,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8122897?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel","html_url":"https://github.com/oliverdrechsel","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":6,"created_at":"2016-03-09T09:01:29Z","updated_at":"2016-03-09T16:15:59Z","closed_at":null,"body":"As soon as one puts strings ending with '+' or '-' in the header of tables, they will not render as table, but as normal text, in html. \r\n\r\nThe issue was described with example data here:\r\nhttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/35798605/how-to-markdown-html-tables-containing-plus-minus"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/issues/comments/194370784","html_url":"https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/2765#issuecomment-194370784","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/issues/2765","id":194370784,"user":{"login":"oliverdrechsel","id":8122897,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8122897?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel","html_url":"https://github.com/oliverdrechsel","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oliverdrechsel/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-03-09T16:15:59Z","updated_at":"2016-03-09T16:15:59Z","body":"I tried a bit more and it seems the \\_ is necessary to get a valid html table.\r\n\r\n`a+_b` doesn't work\r\n`a\\+_b` doesn't work\r\n`a+\\_b` works\r\n`a+b` works"}}