Definition lists

John Gruber gruber at fedora.net
Tue Jul 26 10:25:44 EDT 2005


Aaron Swartz <aaronsw at gmail.com> wrote on 07/26/05 at 9:35 am:


> Thanks to Michel for Markdown Extra. I propose the definition list

> syntax be fixed such that:

>

> Bozo the Clown

> :a clown often known for his humorous antics

> and magical ability to be in multiple places at once

> :an extremely silly way of doing things


This should work already, I think. You can put 0-3 spaces before the colons.

Same way that you can use 0-3 spaces before ul and ol lists now:

* first
* second

-J.G.


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