forking Markdown.pl?

[Michel Fortin]

Le 2008-02-29 à 0:23, Andrea Censi a écrit :


>> Hum, while it's difficult to spec Markdown because its author doesn't

>> seem so much interested, I think creating a spec for Markdown Extra  

>> is

>> possible. I could host it on my website, alongside PHP Markdown  

>> Extra,

>> and I could change PHP Markdown Extra to fit that spec.

>

> If you do write a spec for Markdown Extra, I'll make sure Maruku

> conforms to it.


Great.


> Anyway, a spec for Markdown Extra would contain a spec for Markdown as

> well, wouldn't it?


Yeah, in a way. I could even distinguish in the spec the parts which  
should be ignored to get a plain Markdown parser based on the Markdown  
Extra syntax definition.

The main point of writing a spec for Markdown Extra instead of  
Markdown is that I can give it a more official status than if it was  
for Markdown.


Michel Fortin
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