On the other hand, were we to switch to a different Markdown converter, it would be nice to have once place to change and have it take effect everywhere.
On Jun 13, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Reinier Balt wrote: > I guess for the short term it would be best to use textilize because > it handles hard breaks better, right? > > Reinier > >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >> Van: Walter Cruz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Verzonden: vrijdag 13 juni 2008 19:35 >> Aan: Eric Allen >> CC: Reinier Balt; [email protected] >> Onderwerp: Re: [Tracks-discuss] textile() vs. markdown() >> >> Hi Eric! >> >> In the Brazilian Rails Podcast, the guys speak about two newer and >> faster alternatives to RedCloth. >> >> Maybe it could be worth a look :) >> >> http://tomayko.com/writings/ruby-markdown-libraries-real-cheap-for-you- >> two-for-price-of-one >> >> []'s >> - Walter >> >> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Eric Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> Thomas & Walter: They both handle both Markdown and Textile because >>> RedCloth parses both. There will be zero impact on user experience. >>> >>> Reiner: the only difference appears to be hard breaks: >>> >>> def markdown(text) >>> RedCloth.new(text).to_html >>> end >>> >>> def textilize(text) >>> if text.blank? >>> "" >>> else >>> textilized = RedCloth.new(text, [ :hard_breaks ]) >>> textilized.hard_breaks = true if textilized.respond_to? >>> ("hard_breaks=") >>> textilized.to_html >>> end >>> end >>> >>> :hard_breaks means one newline is a <br/> and two makes a paragraph >>> >>> >>> On Jun 13, 2008, at 1:56 AM, Reinier Balt wrote: >>> >>>> It does make sense to keep everything consistent. Is there much >>>> difference between markdown and textilize, besides textilize >>>> being a >>>> built-in Rails helper? >>>> >>>> Reinier >>>> >>>> Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:tracks- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> ]Namens Eric Allen >>>> Verzonden: vrijdag 13 juni 2008 3:32 >>>> Aan: [email protected] >>>> Onderwerp: [Tracks-discuss] textile() vs. markdown() >>>> >>>> I was looking through commit #876 today and noticed that in some >>>> places we use markdown() to invoke RedCloth, and in others we use >>>> textilize(). Does it make sense to keep everything consistent? If >>>> so, it seems to me textilize() would be better, since it's a built- >>>> in Rails helper. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tracks-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.rousette.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/tracks-discuss >>> > _______________________________________________ Tracks-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rousette.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/tracks-discuss
