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#13 2009-09-01 10:16:34

wet
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From: Schoerfling, Austria
Registered: 2005-06-06
Posts: 3,330
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Re: Markdown support?

colak wrote:

the problem I foresee …

Should impose no problems if we cater for this requirement early. Drupal, for instance, allows pluggable text filters, and lives happily.

Aside: I particularly dig this quote from the Drupal Textile project:

[…] implements the popular Textile markup shorthand made popular by Movable Type and Basecamp.

Honour where honour is due…

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#14 2009-09-01 10:23:00

policleto
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From: Pisa, Italy
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 24

Re: Markdown support?

The honour of textile is not in discussion, at least is not for me.

My point is not a last ditch duel between textile and putmarkupnamehere but a possible textpattern enhancement.
Do not misunderstand my words: I think textile (like txp) is a great piece of software, but I think all the things could be improved and textpattern in not an exception.

Last edited by policleto (2009-09-01 10:23:53)

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#15 2009-09-01 18:02:54

PascalL
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From: Switzerland
Registered: 2009-03-09
Posts: 132
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Re: Markdown support?

nested paragraphs in list

Is this valid ?
more precisely, do you mean paragraphs inside list elements (li) or paragraphs inside paragaphs inside a list?

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#16 2009-09-01 18:35:14

masa
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From: Asturias, Spain
Registered: 2005-11-25
Posts: 1,091

Re: Markdown support?

Personally I don’t see the need to introduce another formatting language.

Textpattern & Textile makes a lot of sense from a branding point of view, and clients usually get the hang of it pretty quickly. I also prefer Textpattern’s header formatting syntax with simple h1, h2 etc. – easier to identify when scrolling through long articles.

In my experience end-users don’t bother much with nesting of list items.

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#17 2009-09-01 21:31:36

Neko
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Registered: 2004-03-18
Posts: 458

Re: Markdown support?

masa wrote:

Personally I don’t see the need to introduce another formatting language.

I’m with you on this one, although I don’t have a particular reason to not support policleto’s idea.

IMVHO the Dev Team shouldn’t have to introduce any new markup language, just provide the right hooks. At this point, any plug-in author could provide a dedicated solution for Markdown, BBcrap and so on. Or a user could upload a markdown.php inside the /lib folder or whatever.

I don’t see the whole process having an high priority, tho.

Last edited by Neko (2009-09-01 21:33:59)

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#18 2009-09-01 23:32:16

policleto
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From: Pisa, Italy
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 24

Re: Markdown support?

I also prefer Textpattern’s header formatting syntax with simple h1, h2 etc. – easier to identify when scrolling through long articles.

I think it’s a matter of taste, but in general Markdown sintax is more readable though give less power editing html entities.

Yes Neko, this is what I mean: hooks!
Not a particular markup language, but an opportunity to write my own.

I can’t agree with some opinion which retain that what exist is always enough.
I think there is a margin of improvement, everywhere.

Maybe it’s neither an high-priority feature nor a useless one.

Last edited by policleto (2009-09-02 10:38:42)

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#19 2012-06-04 20:19:33

stephan
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From: Bochum, Germany
Registered: 2004-07-26
Posts: 196
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Re: Markdown support?

Oh, sorry – I wasn’t aware that this has been requested a while ago already. Now, in 2012, I find that many areas decided to make use of Markdown. Writers and Coders alike share in interest in having a choice. I would still leave Textile as the default for Textpattern but make way for a plugin that allows a system-wide or by post preference of the interpreter to be used.

For anyone already using Markdown on a daily basis it will make life much easier. Or maybe it is just me.


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