GitHub markdown indent hanging indent

Question

I am trying to make a webpage using github. But I got stuck when trying to make a hanging indent

I want to make a reference list using apa format. (In Normal Text, Not in Code)

 A., B., & C., D. (2020, August 1). Name of the paper. Name of the paper Name of the paper
      Name of the paper Name of the  paper. Journal of ABC. Retrieved from
      https://doi.org/1.1.2.2.2./deew/37.4.433

I have been looking around, but I could not find a way to do this.

Finally, this is what I found

A., B., & C., D. (2020, August 1). Name of the paper. Name of the paper Name of the paper Name of the paper <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Name of the paper. Journal of ABC. Retrieved from https://doi.org/1.1.2.2.2./deew/37.4.433

Which produce the following

A., B., & C., D. (2020, August 1). Name of the paper. Name of the paper Name of the paper Name
            of the paper Name of the paper. Journal of ABC. Retrieved from
            https://doi.org/1.1.2.2.2./deew/37.4.433

But I think this is not a very efficient way to do. I wonder if you have any better ideas? Thanks!

Please let me know if you need more information. I am still trying to learn github.

Answer 1

Sorry about the late response but this is for others with the same problem

The hanging indent that you want is somewhat the handling that you see after a list item and in the next line adding spaces before the text

1. List item itself
(space)(space)Hanging indent that is handled to make nice multiline list items
2. Next list item

Is is usually not possible in markdown itself. In HTML+CSS you can do this:

<p style="padding-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em;">(a) in relation to an exempt payment service provider mentioned in subsection (1)(a), means any of the following payment services:</p>

But is is not always that you can use the CSS in Markdown supported HTML.

Some of the solutions have been explored [here] [https://serial-comma.com/blog/posts/2020-09-13-hanging-paragraphs-in-markdown.html]