Tables

[Jelks Cabaniss]

Fletcher T. Penney wrote:

> To me, the question is not which option to use (of these two, the

> choice seems obvious, though I am certainly open to other ideas).

> The question is how to make the second less ugly (note that I didn't

> say pretty) when spanning lots of cells.  And this is where the

> "Markdown as email text" analogy breaks down - I don't currently see

> how it can remain quite as elegant as the rest of Markdown when it

> comes to creating tables.  


"Markdown as email text" *will* break down to a certain extent when it comes
to "advanced" features.  Tables (with colspans), and attributes are good
examples of such.


> But I really feel that tables are too important not to include in 

> Markdown 


I agree, but I think that attributes are equally as important, and I hope to
see them implemented soon.


/Jelks