Re: Markdown development
* david parsons o...@pell.chi.il.us [2010-03-06 05:25]: In article 20100306020548.gb...@protagoras.phil.berkeley.edu, John MacFarlane markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net wrote: `` a```a `` should render as codea```a/code Now that's a defect all right. It looks like the reference matches any run of ticks, not just the one or two that I read from the standard. According to the spec it *is* supposed to match any number of ticks – but they are supposed to be the *same* number on both ends. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // http://plasmasturm.org/ ___ Markdown-Discuss mailing list Markdown-Discuss@six.pairlist.net http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss
Re: Markdown development
* Fletcher T. Penney fletc...@fletcherpenney.net [2010-03-06 00:00]: The point is that each of these variant forms of Markdown evolved to scratch someone's particular itch. As indeed did Markdown himself. Once it scratched John’s own itch well enough, he lost the compulsion to improve it. Which I can relate to very well – a lot of my personal projects end up this way. The problem we are having is that by virtue of being the principal designer of Markdown, he is also the only one with the authority to set a direction and have all implementations unilaterally follow it. Michel Fortin is probably the only one in an at all comparable position. Personally I find most extensions to Markdown lacking in that ineffable spirit that ties Markdown together. But I’m pretty sure that the designers of these extensions disagree, and would in turn find my proposals lacking. And if that is the case, then I’d be even less likely to want anything that any likely committee would cook up. This is why the fact that Gruber himself no longer participates causes a problem for everyone else who is invested in Markdown: there is no longer a central voice. But Gruber created what he did, and shared it, and he marketed it (and very successfully, as we all are proof of) for what it was. That no one else has had the same success in pushing their own evolution of the format does not oblige Gruber to anything. If Markdown is to evolve, this is the problem that needs to be solved: it needs a principal designer with a good enough sense for its spirit and enough of a voice to gain the authority to have his or her mandates followed. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // http://plasmasturm.org/ ___ Markdown-Discuss mailing list Markdown-Discuss@six.pairlist.net http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss
Re: Markdown development
Le 2010-03-06 à 11:56, Aristotle Pagaltzis a écrit : If Markdown is to evolve, this is the problem that needs to be solved: it needs a principal designer with a good enough sense for its spirit and enough of a voice to gain the authority to have his or her mandates followed. I'm of the same opinion, although I'll say the problem goes a little deeper. Personally, I see little to be gained by improving Markdown. This applies to myself, but probably to John Gruber too. There's not much more recognition I can get by improving PHP Markdown and very little money to make with it. I'm still answering my emails about PHP Markdown, giving tips to whoever needs them, and I'm fixing bugs from time to time. But all this I do by charity: I don't gain anything personally or professionally by doing it except perhaps the goodwill of a few people. That could change if I were to return to web development, but right now I'm working on other things to pay the bills. I think John is in a similar situation. Is there anyone interested in sponsoring Markdown development? I think you first need a solution to this problem if you want to have a lead designer. -- Michel Fortin michel.for...@michelf.com http://michelf.com/ ___ Markdown-Discuss mailing list Markdown-Discuss@six.pairlist.net http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss
Media type for markdown?
I think it's about time that markdown had its own IANA media type. Markdown is mature enough and there are plenty of implementations. I suggest text/markdown. Here's a list of currently registered text subtypes: http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/ What are your thoughts? --Dietrich Epp ___ Markdown-Discuss mailing list Markdown-Discuss@six.pairlist.net http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss
