> First attempt attached.  Please let me know if I'm going in a decent
> direction.

Seems OK.

re this:

+<li>adding a comment on each blank line, or</li>
+<li>adding \\ on each blank line</li>

I'd rather:

+<li>putting an empty <code>;</code>-comment on each blank line, or</li>
+<li>adding a correctly-indented GROUP (<code>\\</code>) on each blank line</li>

Sincerely,
AmkG