hi Jeff thanks for sharing this, hadn't bumped into it yet :)
besides trying to define a set of specs for core, it's also a good run-down of basic rules and practices. it may help me be more consistent in how I write MD. there's a typo in "quoted text" a greater-than symbol < and I don't agree with "tables as images", that makes very little sense to me :D cheers ubi On 11 Nov 2014, at 07:38, Jeff McNeill <j...@jeffmcneill.com> wrote: >> As a mere user, I've noticed the same thing. One of the purported >> benefits of markdown is its portability, i.e., the ability of the user >> to write in any editor, knowing that he can then load it into any number >> of parsers and get consistent results. >> >> But, with all the different flavors out there, one now has to think, >> "which parser will I use to convert this file?" and insert markdown >> accordingly. I recently discovered at least four different ways in which >> parsers deal with typographic quotes and dashes, from the original >> SmartyPants to the Python Markdown implementation of SmartyPants to the >> Calibre implementation of it to RMarkdown's implementation (not to >> mention ReStructuredText and Textile, both of which do it differently, >> yet). So, I have to commit to a given dialect and converter before I >> begin to type. To me, that's defeating one of the fundamental purposes >> of markdown. >> >> Virgil > > > I believe that is why a neutral, “Bland” Markdown recommendation is needed. > Not as yet another parser or syntax but as something to tell writers and > editors to use, so that their content can be properly processed. > > This is actually not too difficult. http://jeffmcneill.com/bland-markdown > > -- > Jeff McNeill > _______________________________________________ > Markdown-Discuss mailing list > Markdown-Discuss@six.pairlist.net > https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss
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