On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 07:35:55PM +1100, Martin Pool wrote: > It would be nice if user text within Launchpad could be more than just > plain monospace. <https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/391780> > > * to let a Launchpad project or person homepage be more like a > project's real home page, at least for small projects > > This is a step towards what people mean when they say they want wikis, > but it's one particular aspect of wikis that is pretty well defined. > > Markdown is popular, is used on AskUbuntu amongst others, has Python > and js libraries, and is not bad to type. > > We will probably want to tweak the renderer to at least keep > highlighting 'bug 123' and perhaps more in future. python-markdown > looks like it can be extended reasonably well without actually > patching the code. > > Proposal: > > * Add python-markdown as an egg > * Hook it up as a TAL renderer > * At first do this only for, say, project descriptions, and only > behind a feature flag. > * If that works, roll it out over larger scopes.
+1 to the proposal, this definitely sounds like it would be a step in the right direction. bug highlighting is definitely important (along with 'lp #nnn', etc. formats). Auto-linking for branches, blueprints, and other Launchpad elements should be investigated. Simple table support would be nice too. Bryce _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : launchpad-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
