>>>>> "Miles" == Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Miles> Er, I don't know about that. There are about 1,783
Miles> different "structured text" formats out there, and ReST
Miles> doesn't seem to be a particularly great one.
Have you actually used it? I use it all the time, and I like it a
lot. I've tried others, including StructuredText and ASCIIText and
YaML, and reST is the best of those I tried.
Miles> and the table syntax is completely awful (tables are
Miles> actually ascii-art tables, which are a big pain in the butt
Miles> to maintain).
==== == ======================================
What is so hard about a format like this?
==== == ======================================
Hell I sure don't know.
It's a pretty easy thing to type.
Yes, a reST table does require some fiddling.
Eg, I had to extend the rules for fiddling.
==== == ======================================
Of course if you want something complex, with cells spanning rows and
columns, it's annoying because you need the vertical rules. I don't
see how to avoid that, though, and table.el does pretty well with it
(IIRC -- I don't actually use anything but the simple format above in
practice.)
On the other hand, when reST as the standard markup for manuals came
up on python-dev a couple weeks ago, there was determined opposition
from both the LaTeX crowd (current standard) and the "semantic markup"
(ie, XML) crowd. Not a great recommendation.
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