Code blocks in blockquotes

2011-07-13 Thread bucephalus org
According to John Gruber's syntax page http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#blockquote it is possible to nest a code block in a blockquote. But Markdown.pl 1.0.1 shows some strange behavior in this respect. Let me take the following text example (I use `***BEGIN**` and `***END***`

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

2011-05-09 Thread bucephalus org
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Dr. Drang drdr...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:28 PM, bucephalus org bucephalus@gmail.com wrote: I think, even Markdowns own plurality, e.g. that _this_ and *this* are identical, is not helping anybody, but only increasing

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

2011-05-04 Thread bucephalus org
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 !-- blablabla -- But the converters I use do strange things with comments. Is there an official rule about that? (2.) I

Re: CodeDown = Markdown as the universal language for program documentation

2011-04-12 Thread bucephalus org
Hi Bob, hi Waylan, There seems to be no end in good news I definitely need to study all that. Thank you very much! What I like in Markdown, compare to other lightweight-markups and in this context of program documentation, is the two little, but very useful features: backticks around a

Re: CodeDown = Markdown as the universal language for program documentation

2011-04-11 Thread bucephalus org
, bucephalus org bucephalus@gmail.com wrote: Dear Markdown enthusiasts out there! Sure, I don't need to tell you how great an versatile Markdown is for writing standard documents. I think, that it would make a really great universal standard as a programming documentation language, too