Comments on: Markdown evangelism http://rc3.org/2007/03/23/markdown-evangelism/ Strong opinions weakly held Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:59:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: michael J. http://rc3.org/2007/03/23/markdown-evangelism/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 michael J. Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:55:20 +0000 http://rc3.org/wordpress/?p=7688#comment-1543 <p>Thanks for that pointer to the .pm files. I missed that on the mail list.</p> Thanks for that pointer to the .pm files. I missed that on the mail list.

]]> By: Michael J. http://rc3.org/2007/03/23/markdown-evangelism/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 Michael J. Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:50:39 +0000 http://rc3.org/wordpress/?p=7688#comment-1542 <p>Well, maybe 'dead' is too strong, but occasional features might be nice. Tables, for instance, are handled by other tools, and wouldn't clutter up the syntax too much.</p> Well, maybe ‘dead’ is too strong, but occasional features might be nice. Tables, for instance, are handled by other tools, and wouldn’t clutter up the syntax too much.

]]> By: keith http://rc3.org/2007/03/23/markdown-evangelism/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 keith Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:57:19 +0000 http://rc3.org/wordpress/?p=7688#comment-1541 <p>I think Markdown is ace. I use it <em>all</em> the time. Practically everything I write is in markdown format and I use it in pretty much every web-site/web application I write.</p> <p>I wish 37signals would add markdown support in their products. Textile is cool and it's great that they have support for it, but some people, like me, prefer markdown.</p> I think Markdown is ace. I use it all the time. Practically everything I write is in markdown format and I use it in pretty much every web-site/web application I write.

I wish 37signals would add markdown support in their products. Textile is cool and it’s great that they have support for it, but some people, like me, prefer markdown.

]]> By: ryan http://rc3.org/2007/03/23/markdown-evangelism/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 ryan Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:16:43 +0000 http://rc3.org/wordpress/?p=7688#comment-1540 <p>What do you mean dead? It's not like something markdown requires updating particularly often.</p> What do you mean dead? It’s not like something markdown requires updating particularly often.

]]> By: Alan http://rc3.org/2007/03/23/markdown-evangelism/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 Alan Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:55:04 +0000 http://rc3.org/wordpress/?p=7688#comment-1539 <p>FYI: Markdown got wrapped up into a perl module a while back</p> <p><a href="http://search.cpan.org/~sri/Text-Markdown-1.0.3/lib/Text/Markdown.pm" rel="nofollow">http://search.cpan.org/~sri/Text-Markdown-1.0.3/lib/Text/Markdown.pm</a></p> <p>There's also a discussion list that sees sporadic bursts of activity, which implies a markdown 2.0 is being worked on</p> <p><a href="http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss" rel="nofollow">http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss</a></p> FYI: Markdown got wrapped up into a perl module a while back

http://search.cpan.org/~sri/Text-Markdown-1.0.3/lib/Text/Markdown.pm

There’s also a discussion list that sees sporadic bursts of activity, which implies a markdown 2.0 is being worked on

http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss

]]> By: Michael J. http://rc3.org/2007/03/23/markdown-evangelism/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 Michael J. Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:47:20 +0000 http://rc3.org/wordpress/?p=7688#comment-1538 <p>I love Markdown, and have even built it into a product, but I wish, 1) there were a Perl module, not just a .pl file; and 2) it were updated once in a while. It seems kind of dead.</p> I love Markdown, and have even built it into a product, but I wish, 1) there were a Perl module, not just a .pl file; and 2) it were updated once in a while. It seems kind of dead.

]]> By: Rafe http://rc3.org/2007/03/23/markdown-evangelism/comment-page-1/#comment-1537 Rafe Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:26:48 +0000 http://rc3.org/wordpress/?p=7688#comment-1537 <p>I like Markdown better than Textile -- I think the markup is slightly less intrusive.</p> I like Markdown better than Textile — I think the markup is slightly less intrusive.

]]> By: Raymond Brigleb http://rc3.org/2007/03/23/markdown-evangelism/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 Raymond Brigleb Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:30:54 +0000 http://rc3.org/wordpress/?p=7688#comment-1536 <p>I really do find Textile far more intuitive, and generally much faster to type and use. Not to mention, many of the web services I use and love, like Basecamp, use it already, so it's intuitive.</p> I really do find Textile far more intuitive, and generally much faster to type and use. Not to mention, many of the web services I use and love, like Basecamp, use it already, so it’s intuitive.

]]> By: pauldwaite http://rc3.org/2007/03/23/markdown-evangelism/comment-page-1/#comment-1535 pauldwaite Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:07:37 +0000 http://rc3.org/wordpress/?p=7688#comment-1535 <p>Bravo, Markdown rocks.</p> <p>How about also changing the sentence above your comment field, i.e. "you may use HTML tags for style"? We all know HTML tags are for meaning, not style.</p> Bravo, Markdown rocks.

How about also changing the sentence above your comment field, i.e. “you may use HTML tags for style”? We all know HTML tags are for meaning, not style.

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