* Andrei Fangli andrei_fan...@hotmail.com [2014-09-07 10:45]:
When I hear Markdown processor I think of a specialized word/text
processor
That is not what it generally mean in RFCs. The XML specs speak of an
XML processor, the Atom RFCs speak of an Atom processor, etc. So I think
the
john macfarlane said:
When you try to fit a curve to a bunch of data points
(which is what writing more precise rules for Markdown involves),
the best fitting curve will probably not pass through all of the
points.
you have shown a great ability to fit a curve to some disjointed points,
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Sean Leonard dev+i...@seantek.com wrote:
I have been using the term Markdown processor
In the context of RFCs, etc., that sounds correct. The other things
being discussed in this thread include things I think of as Markdown
editors and in other cases Markdown
Sean wrote:
I am trying to use uniform terms. An implementation that converts
Markdown content to another format--most typically HTML--is called...a
Markdown processor, right?
I was focusing on naming the software that takes text in format A and outputs
it in format B (yep, just that use
How about some of the verbs used by libraries as a method on a class instance:
render or convert. Of course we want the nouns: renderer or converter.
They are very similar to translator, but unlike translator are actually used
by the existing implementations.
Waylan Limberg
On Sep 7, 2014,
* Waylan Limberg waylan.limb...@icloud.com [2014-09-08 03:55]:
How about some of the verbs used by libraries as a method on a class
instance: render or convert. Of course we want the nouns:
renderer or converter. They are very similar to translator, but
unlike translator are actually used by
