Fix incorrect parsing of links after square brackets

Links parser would identify the first square brackets as invalid link and then continue from after the entire link, which skipped the valid link right next to the brackets
trentm · Dec 17, 2023 · cfbc79c · cfbc79c
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diff --git a/lib/markdown2.py b/lib/markdown2.py
@@ -1786,7 +1786,8 @@ def _do_links(self, text):
                             curr_pos = start_idx + 1
                     else:
                         # This id isn't defined, leave the markup alone.
-                        curr_pos = match.end()
+                        # set current pos to end of link title and continue from there
+                        curr_pos = p
                     continue
 
             # Otherwise, it isn't markup.

diff --git a/test/tm-cases/link_after_square_brackets.html b/test/tm-cases/link_after_square_brackets.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<p>[before]
+<a href="https://google.com">Some link</a>
+[after]</p>
diff --git a/test/tm-cases/link_after_square_brackets.text b/test/tm-cases/link_after_square_brackets.text
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[before]
+[Some link](https://google.com)
+[after]