Markdown and the hCal microformat

[Michael McCracken]

On Aug 3, 2006, at 12:53 PM, Michel Fortin wrote:


> Le 3 août 2006 à 15:16, Milian Wolff a écrit :

>

>> And to the general idea: I think markdown should become extensible  

>> (the php oo

>> version is already?) - and this would perfectyl fit into an  

>> extension.

>> Nothing for the main package though.

>

> I agree with this. Calendars can be written in a lot of different  

> ways, and the output expected will vary depending on the  

> application. Keeping this separate as an extension to Markdown  

> seems the best.


Did you mean calendars can be marked up in different ways in HTML, or  
that people will want to write different markdown-style syntax for  
calendars?

I was hoping to start a discussion on what the 'markdown way' to  
write calendar entries should be.
I tried to start from what I'd seen in emails, but I was hoping for  
some feedback about the syntax I came up with.


> Yes, PHP Markdown, the object oriented version I announced a little  

> while ago, is better suited for extension than John's Perl  

> Markdown. But there is no "intelligent" way to add a function in  

> the middle of the processing chain other than by replacing the  

> caller function, which makes any extension rather inelegant (but  

> still better than before). Improving PHP Markdown's extension  

> capabilities is on my todo list.


As far as extension, I think there will probably be a small set of  
microformats which could reasonably be included in the core Markdown  
syntax (assuming that the Markdown community is interested in  
microformats). Specifically, I mean the hCard contact info and hCal  
calendar entries.
If it's just two formats, perhaps extension is unnecessary?  
(Especially considering that extension support is not present in  
current Markdown versions?)

Thanks,
-mike