From: Leslie Viljoen <leslieviljoen@...>
Date: 2007-04-13T15:49:53+09:00
Subject: Re: for user submitted content on website, use textile or html?

On 4/12/07, Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> wrote:
> James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> writes:
>
> > On Apr 12, 2007, at 4:20 AM, Leslie Viljoen wrote:
> >
> >> Markdown is my favourite because I think the
> >> text looks most like the final product,
> >
> > I agree.  Markdown is under loved.  I think it's a much better fit
> > for most user entry than Textile, which is over loved, in my opinion.
> >
> >> it's just that Markdown desperately needs a syntax for tables.
> >
> > And definition lists, yes.
>
> And custom class=.  Pleeaaase!

I emailed John Gruber and he says tables are definitely coming - but
who knows when? In the meantime, he said that extensions found here
are the best bet: http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/extra/

Taking a quick look, tables, definition lists and footnote syntax look
the same as in Maruku (Maruku says it implements php-markdown's
extensions). In any event, the Markdown mailing list discusses
improvements:
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss

My secret plan is to convert all our company's technical documentation
to Markdown.

Les