* Yuri Takhteyev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-03-01 00:20]: > My suggestion would be to actually restrict the range of what > is turned into ordered lists, either by requiring that ordered > lists start with "1.", or that they have at least two items > with consecutive numbers, or even to require both.
Not both, but lists not starting at 1. having to have more than one item is a nice idea for solving the problem. > I frankly don't see a point in allowing the user to number > their list items starting with an arbitrary number if those the > list will start with "1." when displayed to the viewer anyway. This is actually my second biggest complaint with Markdown. As I understand, John was originally going to allow numbered lists to start at numbers other than 1, but then discovered that the HTML4 WG labelled the `start` attribute of lists deprecated, so he removed this feature. I find the WG’s decision utterly baffling and wrong-headed. *How on Earth* is that information presentational?! So while I don’t disagree with the basic desire to output valid HTML, I think John’s decision in this one case was mistaken. IMO, in this one case Markdown should do what is sensible, validation be damned. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/> _______________________________________________ Markdown-Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss
