On Sat, 18 Apr 2009, Vincent Danjean wrote:
Remove the first space, remove the '.' that are alone on their line,
That's cheap.
add a blank line before enumeration (this last point seems the more annoying to me: it can be difficult to automatically find where to insert a blank line).
Well - here is the crux which let's me wonder whether Manoj was right in his posting[1] when he claimed:
> If you make a suggestion please answer the following question: > > A. Does the suggestion enable parsing logical structures like > two level itemize lists? > (This is what I want to approach and what is IMHO needed) Markdown and ReST, trivially. > B. Does the suggestion enable keeping the majority of description > untouched and enables keeping the currently existing tools? > (This is important to gain any acceptance) Yes, for both.
It is neither trivial to detect the point where to add the needed blank line nor would it be a solution to advise people alwasy to enclose lists in blank lines because people will tell you that this will look ugly in the existing interfaces. So I would rather tend to "No for both" and this is the crux here. So while I perfectly agree with Manoj that voting on technical decisions is a bad idea I come back to my initial suggestion because my suggestions are technically equivalent but express a matter of taste of the developers which might lead to better acceptance. I would love if somebody could provide a proof that I'm wrong and there is a reliable way to turn long descriptions into proper markdown input to *really* be able to detect the lists. If not I think I continue with my intention as described. [2] Kind regards Andreas. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/04/msg00652.html [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/04/msg00643.html -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org