cmark

diff --git a/api_test/main.c b/api_test/main.c
@@ -552,9 +552,9 @@ static void render_xml(test_batch_runner *runner) {
   STR_EQ(runner, xml, "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"
                       "<!DOCTYPE document SYSTEM \"CommonMark.dtd\">\n"
                       "<paragraph sourcepos=\"1:1-1:9\">\n"
-                      "  <text>foo </text>\n"
-                      "  <emph>\n"
-                      "    <text>bar</text>\n"
+                      "  <text sourcepos=\"1:1-1:4\">foo </text>\n"
+                      "  <emph sourcepos=\"1:5-1:9\">\n"
+                      "    <text sourcepos=\"1:6-1:8\">bar</text>\n"
                       "  </emph>\n"
                       "</paragraph>\n",
          "render first paragraph with source pos");
@@ -883,6 +883,95 @@ static void test_feed_across_line_ending(test_batch_runner *runner) {
   cmark_node_free(document);
 }
 
+static void source_pos(test_batch_runner *runner) {
+  static const char markdown[] =
+    "# Hi *there*.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "Hello &ldquo; <http://www.google.com>\n"
+    "there `hi` -- [okay](www.google.com (ok)).\n"
+    "\n"
+    "> 1. Okay.\n"
+    ">    Sure.\n"
+    ">\n"
+    "> 2. Yes, okay.\n"
+    ">    ![ok](hi \"yes\")\n";
+
+  cmark_node *doc = cmark_parse_document(markdown, sizeof(markdown) - 1, CMARK_OPT_DEFAULT);
+  char *xml = cmark_render_xml(doc, CMARK_OPT_DEFAULT | CMARK_OPT_SOURCEPOS);
+  STR_EQ(runner, xml, "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"
+                      "<!DOCTYPE document SYSTEM \"CommonMark.dtd\">\n"
+                      "<document sourcepos=\"1:1-10:20\" xmlns=\"http://commonmark.org/xml/1.0\">\n"
+                      "  <heading sourcepos=\"1:1-1:13\" level=\"1\">\n"
+                      "    <text sourcepos=\"1:3-1:5\">Hi </text>\n"
+                      "    <emph sourcepos=\"1:6-1:12\">\n"
+                      "      <text sourcepos=\"1:7-1:11\">there</text>\n"
+                      "    </emph>\n"
+                      "    <text sourcepos=\"1:13-1:13\">.</text>\n"
+                      "  </heading>\n"
+                      "  <paragraph sourcepos=\"3:1-4:42\">\n"
+                      "    <text sourcepos=\"3:1-3:14\">Hello “ </text>\n"
+                      "    <link sourcepos=\"3:15-3:37\" destination=\"http://www.google.com\" title=\"\">\n"
+                      "      <text sourcepos=\"3:16-3:36\">http://www.google.com</text>\n"
+                      "    </link>\n"
+                      "    <softbreak />\n"
+                      "    <text sourcepos=\"4:1-4:6\">there </text>\n"
+                      "    <code sourcepos=\"4:8-4:9\">hi</code>\n"
+                      "    <text sourcepos=\"4:11-4:14\"> -- </text>\n"
+                      "    <link sourcepos=\"4:15-4:41\" destination=\"www.google.com\" title=\"ok\">\n"
+                      "      <text sourcepos=\"4:16-4:19\">okay</text>\n"
+                      "    </link>\n"
+                      "    <text sourcepos=\"4:42-4:42\">.</text>\n"
+                      "  </paragraph>\n"
+                      "  <block_quote sourcepos=\"6:1-10:20\">\n"
+                      "    <list sourcepos=\"6:3-10:20\" type=\"ordered\" start=\"1\" delim=\"period\" tight=\"false\">\n"
+                      "      <item sourcepos=\"6:3-8:1\">\n"
+                      "        <paragraph sourcepos=\"6:6-7:10\">\n"
+                      "          <text sourcepos=\"6:6-6:10\">Okay.</text>\n"
+                      "          <softbreak />\n"
+                      "          <text sourcepos=\"7:6-7:10\">Sure.</text>\n"
+                      "        </paragraph>\n"
+                      "      </item>\n"
+                      "      <item sourcepos=\"9:3-10:20\">\n"
+                      "        <paragraph sourcepos=\"9:6-10:20\">\n"
+                      "          <text sourcepos=\"9:6-9:15\">Yes, okay.</text>\n"
+                      "          <softbreak />\n"
+                      "          <image sourcepos=\"10:6-10:20\" destination=\"hi\" title=\"yes\">\n"
+                      "            <text sourcepos=\"10:8-10:9\">ok</text>\n"
+                      "          </image>\n"
+                      "        </paragraph>\n"
+                      "      </item>\n"
+                      "    </list>\n"
+                      "  </block_quote>\n"
+                      "</document>\n",
+         "sourcepos are as expected");
+  free(xml);
+  cmark_node_free(doc);
+}
+
+static void ref_source_pos(test_batch_runner *runner) {
+  static const char markdown[] =
+    "Let's try [reference] links.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "[reference]: https://github.com (GitHub)\n";
+
+  cmark_node *doc = cmark_parse_document(markdown, sizeof(markdown) - 1, CMARK_OPT_DEFAULT);
+  char *xml = cmark_render_xml(doc, CMARK_OPT_DEFAULT | CMARK_OPT_SOURCEPOS);
+  STR_EQ(runner, xml, "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"
+                      "<!DOCTYPE document SYSTEM \"CommonMark.dtd\">\n"
+                      "<document sourcepos=\"1:1-3:40\" xmlns=\"http://commonmark.org/xml/1.0\">\n"
+                      "  <paragraph sourcepos=\"1:1-1:28\">\n"
+                      "    <text sourcepos=\"1:1-1:10\">Let's try </text>\n"
+                      "    <link sourcepos=\"1:11-1:21\" destination=\"https://github.com\" title=\"GitHub\">\n"
+                      "      <text sourcepos=\"1:12-1:20\">reference</text>\n"
+                      "    </link>\n"
+                      "    <text sourcepos=\"1:22-1:28\"> links.</text>\n"
+                      "  </paragraph>\n"
+                      "</document>\n",
+         "sourcepos are as expected");
+  free(xml);
+  cmark_node_free(doc);
+}
+
 int main() {
   int retval;
   test_batch_runner *runner = test_batch_runner_new();
@@ -908,6 +997,8 @@ int main() {
   test_cplusplus(runner);
   test_safe(runner);
   test_feed_across_line_ending(runner);
+  source_pos(runner);
+  ref_source_pos(runner);
 
   test_print_summary(runner);
   retval = test_ok(runner) ? 0 : 1;

diff --git a/src/blocks.c b/src/blocks.c
@@ -904,6 +904,7 @@ static void open_new_blocks(cmark_parser *parser, cmark_node **container,
 
       (*container)->as.heading.level = level;
       (*container)->as.heading.setext = false;
+      (*container)->internal_offset = matched;
 
     } else if (!indented && (matched = scan_open_code_fence(
                                  input, parser->first_nonspace))) {

diff --git a/src/inlines.c b/src/inlines.c
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ static const char *LEFTSINGLEQUOTE = "\xE2\x80\x98";
 static const char *RIGHTSINGLEQUOTE = "\xE2\x80\x99";
 
 // Macros for creating various kinds of simple.
-#define make_str(mem, s) make_literal(mem, CMARK_NODE_TEXT, s)
-#define make_code(mem, s) make_literal(mem, CMARK_NODE_CODE, s)
-#define make_raw_html(mem, s) make_literal(mem, CMARK_NODE_HTML_INLINE, s)
+#define make_str(subj, sc, ec, s) make_literal(subj, CMARK_NODE_TEXT, sc, ec, s)
+#define make_code(subj, sc, ec, s) make_literal(subj, CMARK_NODE_CODE, sc, ec, s)
+#define make_raw_html(subj, sc, ec, s) make_literal(subj, CMARK_NODE_HTML_INLINE, sc, ec, s)
 #define make_linebreak(mem) make_simple(mem, CMARK_NODE_LINEBREAK)
 #define make_softbreak(mem) make_simple(mem, CMARK_NODE_SOFTBREAK)
 #define make_emph(mem) make_simple(mem, CMARK_NODE_EMPH)
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ typedef struct bracket {
 typedef struct {
   cmark_mem *mem;
   cmark_chunk input;
+  int line;
   bufsize_t pos;
+  int block_offset;
+  int column_offset;
   cmark_reference_map *refmap;
   delimiter *last_delim;
   bracket *last_bracket;
@@ -72,17 +75,22 @@ static delimiter *S_insert_emph(subject *subj, delimiter *opener,
 
 static int parse_inline(subject *subj, cmark_node *parent, int options);
 
-static void subject_from_buf(cmark_mem *mem, subject *e, cmark_chunk *chunk,
-                             cmark_reference_map *refmap);
+static void subject_from_buf(cmark_mem *mem, int line_number, int block_offset, subject *e,
+                             cmark_chunk *chunk, cmark_reference_map *refmap);
 static bufsize_t subject_find_special_char(subject *subj, int options);
 
 // Create an inline with a literal string value.
-static CMARK_INLINE cmark_node *make_literal(cmark_mem *mem, cmark_node_type t,
+static CMARK_INLINE cmark_node *make_literal(subject *subj, cmark_node_type t,
+                                             int start_column, int end_column,
                                              cmark_chunk s) {
-  cmark_node *e = (cmark_node *)mem->calloc(1, sizeof(*e));
-  cmark_strbuf_init(mem, &e->content, 0);
-  e->type = t;
+  cmark_node *e = (cmark_node *)subj->mem->calloc(1, sizeof(*e));
+  cmark_strbuf_init(subj->mem, &e->content, 0);
+  e->type = (uint16_t)t;
   e->as.literal = s;
+  e->start_line = e->end_line = subj->line;
+  // columns are 1 based.
+  e->start_column = start_column + 1 + subj->column_offset + subj->block_offset;
+  e->end_column = end_column + 1 + subj->column_offset + subj->block_offset;
   return e;
 }
 
@@ -95,14 +103,15 @@ static CMARK_INLINE cmark_node *make_simple(cmark_mem *mem, cmark_node_type t) {
 }
 
 // Like make_str, but parses entities.
-static cmark_node *make_str_with_entities(cmark_mem *mem,
+static cmark_node *make_str_with_entities(subject *subj,
+                                          int start_column, int end_column,
                                           cmark_chunk *content) {
-  cmark_strbuf unescaped = CMARK_BUF_INIT(mem);
+  cmark_strbuf unescaped = CMARK_BUF_INIT(subj->mem);
 
   if (houdini_unescape_html(&unescaped, content->data, content->len)) {
-    return make_str(mem, cmark_chunk_buf_detach(&unescaped));
+    return make_str(subj, start_column, end_column, cmark_chunk_buf_detach(&unescaped));
   } else {
-    return make_str(mem, *content);
+    return make_str(subj, start_column, end_column, *content);
   }
 }
 
@@ -140,21 +149,28 @@ static cmark_chunk cmark_clean_autolink(cmark_mem *mem, cmark_chunk *url,
   return cmark_chunk_buf_detach(&buf);
 }
 
-static CMARK_INLINE cmark_node *make_autolink(cmark_mem *mem, cmark_chunk url,
-                                              int is_email) {
-  cmark_node *link = make_simple(mem, CMARK_NODE_LINK);
-  link->as.link.url = cmark_clean_autolink(mem, &url, is_email);
+static CMARK_INLINE cmark_node *make_autolink(subject *subj,
+                                              int start_column, int end_column,
+                                              cmark_chunk url, int is_email) {
+  cmark_node *link = make_simple(subj->mem, CMARK_NODE_LINK);
+  link->as.link.url = cmark_clean_autolink(subj->mem, &url, is_email);
   link->as.link.title = cmark_chunk_literal("");
-  cmark_node_append_child(link, make_str_with_entities(mem, &url));
+  link->start_line = link->end_line = subj->line;
+  link->start_column = start_column + 1;
+  link->end_column = end_column + 1;
+  cmark_node_append_child(link, make_str_with_entities(subj, start_column + 1, end_column - 1, &url));
   return link;
 }
 
-static void subject_from_buf(cmark_mem *mem, subject *e, cmark_chunk *chunk,
-                             cmark_reference_map *refmap) {
+static void subject_from_buf(cmark_mem *mem, int line_number, int block_offset, subject *e,
+                             cmark_chunk *chunk, cmark_reference_map *refmap) {
   int i;
   e->mem = mem;
   e->input = *chunk;
+  e->line = line_number;
   e->pos = 0;
+  e->block_offset = block_offset;
+  e->column_offset = 0;
   e->refmap = refmap;
   e->last_delim = NULL;
   e->last_bracket = NULL;
@@ -221,6 +237,47 @@ static CMARK_INLINE cmark_chunk take_while(subject *subj, int (*f)(int)) {
   return cmark_chunk_dup(&subj->input, startpos, len);
 }
 
+// Return the number of newlines in a given span of text in a subject.  If
+// the number is greater than zero, also return the number of characters
+// between the last newline and the end of the span in `since_newline`.
+static int count_newlines(subject *subj, bufsize_t from, bufsize_t len, int *since_newline) {
+  int nls = 0;
+  int since_nl = 0;
+
+  while (len--) {
+    if (subj->input.data[from++] == '\n') {
+      ++nls;
+      since_nl = 0;
+    } else {
+      ++since_nl;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!nls)
+    return 0;
+
+  *since_newline = since_nl;
+  return nls;
+}
+
+// Adjust `node`'s `end_line`, `end_column`, and `subj`'s `line` and
+// `column_offset` according to the number of newlines in a just-matched span
+// of text in `subj`.
+static void adjust_subj_node_newlines(subject *subj, cmark_node *node, int matchlen, int extra, int options) {
+  if (!(options & CMARK_OPT_SOURCEPOS)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  int since_newline;
+  int newlines = count_newlines(subj, subj->pos - matchlen - extra, matchlen, &since_newline);
+  if (newlines) {
+    subj->line += newlines;
+    node->end_line += newlines;
+    node->end_column = since_newline;
+    subj->column_offset = -subj->pos + since_newline + extra;
+  }
+}
+
 // Try to process a backtick code span that began with a
 // span of ticks of length openticklength length (already
 // parsed).  Return 0 if you don't find matching closing
@@ -268,14 +325,14 @@ static bufsize_t scan_to_closing_backticks(subject *subj,
 
 // Parse backtick code section or raw backticks, return an inline.
 // Assumes that the subject has a backtick at the current position.
-static cmark_node *handle_backticks(subject *subj) {
+static cmark_node *handle_backticks(subject *subj, int options) {
   cmark_chunk openticks = take_while(subj, isbacktick);
   bufsize_t startpos = subj->pos;
   bufsize_t endpos = scan_to_closing_backticks(subj, openticks.len);
 
   if (endpos == 0) {      // not found
     subj->pos = startpos; // rewind
-    return make_str(subj->mem, openticks);
+    return make_str(subj, subj->pos, subj->pos, openticks);
   } else {
     cmark_strbuf buf = CMARK_BUF_INIT(subj->mem);
 
@@ -284,7 +341,9 @@ static cmark_node *handle_backticks(subject *subj) {
     cmark_strbuf_trim(&buf);
     cmark_strbuf_normalize_whitespace(&buf);
 
-    return make_code(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_buf_detach(&buf));
+    cmark_node *node = make_code(subj, startpos, endpos - openticks.len - 1, cmark_chunk_buf_detach(&buf));
+    adjust_subj_node_newlines(subj, node, endpos - startpos, openticks.len, options);
+    return node;
   }
 }
 
@@ -442,7 +501,7 @@ static cmark_node *handle_delim(subject *subj, unsigned char c, bool smart) {
     contents = cmark_chunk_dup(&subj->input, subj->pos - numdelims, numdelims);
   }
 
-  inl_text = make_str(subj->mem, contents);
+  inl_text = make_str(subj, subj->pos - numdelims, subj->pos - 1, contents);
 
   if ((can_open || can_close) && (!(c == '\'' || c == '"') || smart)) {
     push_delimiter(subj, c, can_open, can_close, inl_text);
@@ -458,7 +517,7 @@ static cmark_node *handle_hyphen(subject *subj, bool smart) {
   advance(subj);
 
   if (!smart || peek_char(subj) != '-') {
-    return make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_literal("-"));
+    return make_str(subj, subj->pos - 1, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_literal("-"));
   }
 
   while (smart && peek_char(subj) == '-') {
@@ -491,7 +550,7 @@ static cmark_node *handle_hyphen(subject *subj, bool smart) {
     cmark_strbuf_puts(&buf, ENDASH);
   }
 
-  return make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_buf_detach(&buf));
+  return make_str(subj, startpos, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_buf_detach(&buf));
 }
 
 // Assumes we have a period at the current position.
@@ -501,12 +560,12 @@ static cmark_node *handle_period(subject *subj, bool smart) {
     advance(subj);
     if (peek_char(subj) == '.') {
       advance(subj);
-      return make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_literal(ELLIPSES));
+      return make_str(subj, subj->pos - 3, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_literal(ELLIPSES));
     } else {
-      return make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_literal(".."));
+      return make_str(subj, subj->pos - 2, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_literal(".."));
     }
   } else {
-    return make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_literal("."));
+    return make_str(subj, subj->pos - 1, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_literal("."));
   }
 }
 
@@ -642,6 +701,10 @@ static delimiter *S_insert_emph(subject *subj, delimiter *opener,
   }
   cmark_node_insert_after(opener_inl, emph);
 
+  emph->start_line = emph->end_line = subj->line;
+  emph->start_column = opener_inl->start_column + subj->column_offset;
+  emph->end_column = closer_inl->end_column + subj->column_offset;
+
   // if opener has 0 characters, remove it and its associated inline
   if (opener_num_chars == 0) {
     cmark_node_free(opener_inl);
@@ -668,11 +731,11 @@ static cmark_node *handle_backslash(subject *subj) {
   if (cmark_ispunct(
           nextchar)) { // only ascii symbols and newline can be escaped
     advance(subj);
-    return make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_dup(&subj->input, subj->pos - 1, 1));
+    return make_str(subj, subj->pos - 2, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_dup(&subj->input, subj->pos - 1, 1));
   } else if (!is_eof(subj) && skip_line_end(subj)) {
     return make_linebreak(subj->mem);
   } else {
-    return make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_literal("\\"));
+    return make_str(subj, subj->pos - 1, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_literal("\\"));
   }
 }
 
@@ -688,10 +751,10 @@ static cmark_node *handle_entity(subject *subj) {
                              subj->input.len - subj->pos);
 
   if (len == 0)
-    return make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_literal("&"));
+    return make_str(subj, subj->pos - 1, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_literal("&"));
 
   subj->pos += len;
-  return make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_buf_detach(&ent));
+  return make_str(subj, subj->pos - 1 - len, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_buf_detach(&ent));
 }
 
 // Clean a URL: remove surrounding whitespace, and remove \ that escape
@@ -738,7 +801,7 @@ cmark_chunk cmark_clean_title(cmark_mem *mem, cmark_chunk *title) {
 
 // Parse an autolink or HTML tag.
 // Assumes the subject has a '<' character at the current position.
-static cmark_node *handle_pointy_brace(subject *subj) {
+static cmark_node *handle_pointy_brace(subject *subj, int options) {
   bufsize_t matchlen = 0;
   cmark_chunk contents;
 
@@ -750,7 +813,7 @@ static cmark_node *handle_pointy_brace(subject *subj) {
     contents = cmark_chunk_dup(&subj->input, subj->pos, matchlen - 1);
     subj->pos += matchlen;
 
-    return make_autolink(subj->mem, contents, 0);
+    return make_autolink(subj, subj->pos - 1 - matchlen, subj->pos - 1, contents, 0);
   }
 
   // next try to match an email autolink
@@ -759,7 +822,7 @@ static cmark_node *handle_pointy_brace(subject *subj) {
     contents = cmark_chunk_dup(&subj->input, subj->pos, matchlen - 1);
     subj->pos += matchlen;
 
-    return make_autolink(subj->mem, contents, 1);
+    return make_autolink(subj, subj->pos - 1 - matchlen, subj->pos - 1, contents, 1);
   }
 
   // finally, try to match an html tag
@@ -767,11 +830,13 @@ static cmark_node *handle_pointy_brace(subject *subj) {
   if (matchlen > 0) {
     contents = cmark_chunk_dup(&subj->input, subj->pos - 1, matchlen + 1);
     subj->pos += matchlen;
-    return make_raw_html(subj->mem, contents);
+    cmark_node *node = make_raw_html(subj, subj->pos - matchlen - 1, subj->pos - 1, contents);
+    adjust_subj_node_newlines(subj, node, matchlen, 1, options);
+    return node;
   }
 
   // if nothing matches, just return the opening <:
-  return make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_literal("<"));
+  return make_str(subj, subj->pos - 1, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_literal("<"));
 }
 
 // Parse a link label.  Returns 1 if successful.
@@ -907,13 +972,13 @@ static cmark_node *handle_close_bracket(subject *subj) {
   opener = subj->last_bracket;
 
   if (opener == NULL) {
-    return make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_literal("]"));
+    return make_str(subj, subj->pos - 1, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_literal("]"));
   }
 
   if (!opener->active) {
     // take delimiter off stack
     pop_bracket(subj);
-    return make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_literal("]"));
+    return make_str(subj, subj->pos - 1, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_literal("]"));
   }
 
   // If we got here, we matched a potential link/image text.
@@ -990,12 +1055,15 @@ noMatch:
   // If we fall through to here, it means we didn't match a link:
   pop_bracket(subj); // remove this opener from delimiter list
   subj->pos = initial_pos;
-  return make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_literal("]"));
+  return make_str(subj, subj->pos - 1, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_literal("]"));
 
 match:
   inl = make_simple(subj->mem, is_image ? CMARK_NODE_IMAGE : CMARK_NODE_LINK);
   inl->as.link.url = url;
   inl->as.link.title = title;
+  inl->start_line = inl->end_line = subj->line;
+  inl->start_column = opener->inl_text->start_column;
+  inl->end_column = subj->pos + subj->column_offset + subj->block_offset;
   cmark_node_insert_before(opener->inl_text, inl);
   // Add link text:
   tmp = opener->inl_text->next;
@@ -1042,6 +1110,8 @@ static cmark_node *handle_newline(subject *subj) {
   if (peek_at(subj, subj->pos) == '\n') {
     advance(subj);
   }
+  ++subj->line;
+  subj->column_offset = -subj->pos;
   // skip spaces at beginning of line
   skip_spaces(subj);
   if (nlpos > 1 && peek_at(subj, nlpos - 1) == ' ' &&
@@ -1101,7 +1171,7 @@ static int parse_inline(subject *subj, cmark_node *parent, int options) {
   cmark_node *new_inl = NULL;
   cmark_chunk contents;
   unsigned char c;
-  bufsize_t endpos;
+  bufsize_t startpos, endpos;
   c = peek_char(subj);
   if (c == 0) {
     return 0;
@@ -1112,7 +1182,7 @@ static int parse_inline(subject *subj, cmark_node *parent, int options) {
     new_inl = handle_newline(subj);
     break;
   case '`':
-    new_inl = handle_backticks(subj);
+    new_inl = handle_backticks(subj, options);
     break;
   case '\\':
     new_inl = handle_backslash(subj);
@@ -1121,7 +1191,7 @@ static int parse_inline(subject *subj, cmark_node *parent, int options) {
     new_inl = handle_entity(subj);
     break;
   case '<':
-    new_inl = handle_pointy_brace(subj);
+    new_inl = handle_pointy_brace(subj, options);
     break;
   case '*':
   case '_':
@@ -1137,7 +1207,7 @@ static int parse_inline(subject *subj, cmark_node *parent, int options) {
     break;
   case '[':
     advance(subj);
-    new_inl = make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_literal("["));
+    new_inl = make_str(subj, subj->pos - 1, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_literal("["));
     push_bracket(subj, false, new_inl);
     break;
   case ']':
@@ -1147,15 +1217,16 @@ static int parse_inline(subject *subj, cmark_node *parent, int options) {
     advance(subj);
     if (peek_char(subj) == '[') {
       advance(subj);
-      new_inl = make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_literal("!["));
+      new_inl = make_str(subj, subj->pos - 2, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_literal("!["));
       push_bracket(subj, true, new_inl);
     } else {
-      new_inl = make_str(subj->mem, cmark_chunk_literal("!"));
+      new_inl = make_str(subj, subj->pos - 1, subj->pos - 1, cmark_chunk_literal("!"));
     }
     break;
   default:
     endpos = subject_find_special_char(subj, options);
     contents = cmark_chunk_dup(&subj->input, subj->pos, endpos - subj->pos);
+    startpos = subj->pos;
     subj->pos = endpos;
 
     // if we're at a newline, strip trailing spaces.
@@ -1163,7 +1234,7 @@ static int parse_inline(subject *subj, cmark_node *parent, int options) {
       cmark_chunk_rtrim(&contents);
     }
 
-    new_inl = make_str(subj->mem, contents);
+    new_inl = make_str(subj, startpos, endpos - 1, contents);
   }
   if (new_inl != NULL) {
     cmark_node_append_child(parent, new_inl);
@@ -1177,7 +1248,7 @@ extern void cmark_parse_inlines(cmark_mem *mem, cmark_node *parent,
                                 cmark_reference_map *refmap, int options) {
   subject subj;
   cmark_chunk content = {parent->content.ptr, parent->content.size, 0};
-  subject_from_buf(mem, &subj, &content, refmap);
+  subject_from_buf(mem, parent->start_line, parent->start_column - 1 + parent->internal_offset, &subj, &content, refmap);
   cmark_chunk_rtrim(&subj.input);
 
   while (!is_eof(&subj) && parse_inline(&subj, parent, options))
@@ -1216,7 +1287,7 @@ bufsize_t cmark_parse_reference_inline(cmark_mem *mem, cmark_chunk *input,
   bufsize_t matchlen = 0;
   bufsize_t beforetitle;
 
-  subject_from_buf(mem, &subj, input, NULL);
+  subject_from_buf(mem, -1, 0, &subj, input, NULL);
 
   // parse label:
   if (!link_label(&subj, &lab) || lab.len == 0)

diff --git a/src/iterator.c b/src/iterator.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ void cmark_consolidate_text_nodes(cmark_node *root) {
       while (tmp && tmp->type == CMARK_NODE_TEXT) {
         cmark_iter_next(iter); // advance pointer
         cmark_strbuf_put(&buf, tmp->as.literal.data, tmp->as.literal.len);
+        cur->end_column = tmp->end_column;
         next = tmp->next;
         cmark_node_free(tmp);
         tmp = next;

diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct cmark_node {
   int start_column;
   int end_line;
   int end_column;
+  int internal_offset;
   uint16_t type;
   uint16_t flags;