A Modest Definition List Proposal (David E. Wheeler)

[David E. Wheeler]

On Feb 26, 2009, at 3:57 AM, Fletcher T. Penney wrote:


> My thoughts:

>

> + I am perfectly willing to change the MMD table syntax if a better  

> alternative (particularly a standard one) comes along

>

> + Not everyone uses monospace fonts - as nice as that would be for  

> tables, I think it's not reasonable to expect that to be a  

> requirement for viewing tables

>

> + I hope someone out there smarter than me creates a better table  

> syntax


I can see that really opened a can of worms here. Sorry about that.  
I'll have to move up my plan to formally propose a table syntax. The  
comment that started this sub-thread was a throwaway line, really. I  
probably should have omitted it.

Best,

David