Tables

[robert mcgonegal]

On 17-Nov-05, at 4:03 PM, Michel Fortin wrote:


> I think this got no attention...

>

> Le 2005-11-15 à 12:07, John Gruber a écrit :

>

>

>> I had a very similar idea regarding table captions. Do you think the

>> "Table ___:" part should be mandatory? That would certainly avoid

>> any ambiguity from a regular paragraph in brackets preceding the

>> table.

>>

>

> Not everyone wants to write "Table" followed by a number in the  

> caption. Moreover, making the word "Table" mandatory makes Markdown  

> english-only.



My suggestion was to enclose the caption in square brackets and not  
have a blank line separating it from either the top or bottom of the  
table.

If a caption is physically separated from the table, should it be  
considered part of it?

Robert McGonegal