Maruku: a better Markdown interpreter for Ruby.

[Andrea Censi]

> I can't think of anything to complain about in the proposal from

> 2005, except that I don't like this:

>

>     Blah blah blah blah this is a

>     paragraph of text.

>

>     {#id_ref}

>

>

> My gut feeling is that it'd have to be like this, with no blank

> line:

>

>     Blah blah blah blah this is a

>     paragraph of text.

>     {#id_ref}


Okay. I guess that's easier for Maruku to use either one as I'm using
a line-oriented parser.


> But as for the rest, I'd have to try it and live with it for a

> while before declaring it finalized. Markdown's original syntax

> changed a lot from my original concept after I tried it out in the

> real world.

>

> So maybe the actual syntax will be exactly like this proposal. But

> I can't say for sure until after it's implemented and I see how it

> works.


That's good to hear that. Also Michel wants to implement something
very similar for its next PHP Markdown.

I guess that the 2005 proposal is as defined it can be before any
implementation exists.
In the next days, I'll try to refine that proposal and then implement
it to see how it works.

Michel told me he plans his next release in the month of January, so
we can hear his experience too in a short time.

-- 
Andrea Censi
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