Flat code block syntax

[Michel Fortin]

Le 2007-10-08 à 11:52, Bruce Phillips a écrit :


> Though not visually appealing, are there any (technical) thoughts  

> on backticks (which are currently used for <code>)?

>

> ``

> "Hello, code!"

> ``


Using backticks (in any number) is likely to conflict with code  
spans. You can start a code span with any number of consecutive  
backticks (and stop it with the same number). The above example is  
seen by current Markdown parsers as a paragraph containing a code  
span. Do we want to change the behaviour when backticks are alone on  
their line? I'm not sure it'd be wise.



> What about colons?

>

> ::::::::

> "Hello, code!"

> ::::::::


I still prefer tildes `~~~~` as they're closer in appearance to  
hyphens `----` I've seen used in email, [ddoc][1] embedded code, and  
some other places. Technically, colons would be as good, but I prefer  
the aesthetics of a tilde line.

  [1]: http://www.digitalmars.com/d/ddoc.html


Michel Fortin
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