markupless tables

[Fletcher T. Penney]

On Dec 9, 2005, at 10:18 AM, A. Pagaltzis wrote:


> * Fletcher T. Penney <fletcher at alumni.duke.edu> [2005-12-09 15:20]:

>> Is there  truly a standard conversion (e.g. 4 spaces equals 1

>> tab) to allow you to compare rows?

>

> Well, Markdown already has rules that pay attention to tabs, so

> its own conventions would be what counts here, and Markdown.pl

> ships with `$g_tab_width` set to 4.


Right, but it would be much more important to pay attention to this  
if alignment had to be accurate within a single character...

F-

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Fletcher T. Penney
fletcher at alumni.duke.edu

Bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel.
     - Renata Alder


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