Re: What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

On 05/09/2011 11:34 AM, bucephalus org wrote: > > > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Dr. Drang > wrote: > > On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:28 PM, bucephalus org @gmail.com > wrote: > > I think, even Markdowns own plurality, e

Re: What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:34, bucephalus org wrote: > > Of course, the double rule > for say *this* and _this_ is simple and is not that hard to understand. But > I had neither a history or habit with either *this* or _that_. So, I spend > some time on the question, what the best choice would be a

Re: What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

What you're saying is that Markdown is more of a Perl than a Python. :) There are other options which provide one and only one way to do a particular thing, but in my opinion none is as elegant as Markdown. Rather than view Markdown's flexibility as a design flaw, I'm learning to embrace it. As wi

Re: What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

On May 9, 2011, at 8:34 AM, bucephalus org wrote: Sorry, but I disagree. The success of Markdown is just not its flexibility, but its simplicity and convenience. There may be one good reason for the double syntax in some of its features (like and ), and that is history. If there are co

Re: What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Dr. Drang wrote: > On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:28 PM, bucephalus org > wrote: > > I think, even Markdowns own plurality, e.g. that > > _this_ > > and > > *this* > > are identical, is not helping anybody, but only increasing the learning > and > > reading problems

Re: What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:28 PM, bucephalus org wrote: > I think, even Markdowns own plurality, e.g. that >   _this_ > and >   *this* > are identical, is not helping anybody, but only increasing the learning and > reading problems. Is anyone really confused by this? Or by the two ways of doing hea

Re: What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

Hello, all you nice people out there! Thank you for your comments and reactions, this is helpful and I got the message. Markdown is a great format for writing standard texts and it has become my first choice. I use a couple of tools to create my own "office environment" that allows me to comforta

Re: What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

On 05/06/2011 06:00 PM, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > * Waylan Limberg [2011-05-05 03:25]: >> However, most projects I'm aware of use '.md' or '.markdown'. > `.mkd` and `.mkdn` are also popular. I’ve seen `.mdwn` also, > and I think even `.mdn` though I’m not sure about that one. > > Regards, I als

Re: What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

* Waylan Limberg [2011-05-05 03:25]: > However, most projects I'm aware of use '.md' or '.markdown'. `.mkd` and `.mkdn` are also popular. I’ve seen `.mdwn` also, and I think even `.mdn` though I’m not sure about that one. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis //

Re: What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

Hello. Not having tried to use MultiMarkdown for comments, but knowing that they work for including raw latex, I can't see why they shouldn't work for html as comments. I ran this test: MMD document: ## comment test html To comment or not comment is a question about reflection. -- Result

Re: What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

* bucephalus org [2011-05-05 03:03:05 +0200] wrote : > Hi there! Hi ;) [...] > (2.) > > I wonder if there is a recommended standard file extension for Markdown > source files. > For my own files I always use `.markdown`. > But other important sources seem to prefer `.text`. > > Do you have a

Re: What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

Hey Waylan, this is very helpful. Thank you! On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Waylan Limberg wrote: > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:03 PM, bucephalus org > wrote: > > Hi there! > > (1.) > > It may sound awkward, but I would like to use comments in Markdown texts. > > According to the rule that prope

Re: What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:03 PM, bucephalus org wrote: > Hi there! > (1.) > It may sound awkward, but I would like to use comments in Markdown texts. > According to the rule that proper HTML works as HTML, I should be able to > use >     > But the converters I use do strange things with comments.

What does Markdown do with HTML comments? Recommendation on Markdown file extension?

Hi there! (1.) It may sound awkward, but I would like to use comments in Markdown texts. According to the rule that proper HTML works as HTML, I should be able to use But the converters I use do strange things with comments. Is there an official rule about that? (2.) I wonder if there i