link soup

[Michel Fortin]

Le 2005-08-22 à 10:26, Mark Smith a écrit :


> I wonder though, does nobody else see any "net merit" in having more

> "flexible" output such that the footnote syntax can also be used for

> e.g. literature citations ?


I sure do... for example, I would like it if there was a way to  
change footnotes into sidenotes (without javascript) for web sites  
that prefer them.

As I said previously, I plan on making PHP Markdown a class with  
methods you can override by making a subclass, which means it would  
be easy to make (and maintain) a specific version of the PHP Markdown  
parser for sidenotes, or any other kind of output.

But I think the base Markdown (and PHP Markdown) parser should pick  
one implementation and implement it the best it can instead making  
something that won't be perfect for anyone.

There are many ways to write footnotes/sidenotes, just as there is  
many ways to write literature references, and I don't think we can  
satisfy everyone with the same output. (I, for instance, prefer to  
see `<sup>` *inside* the link.)


Michel Fortin
michel.fortin at michelf.com
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