On simplifying table syntax in any future markdown extension. (Use CSV)

[mofo syne]

Tom Humiston, I agree. I prefer tables that are easy to remember and
maintain as needed.

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Fletcher. It might be personal preference, but the reason I like comma
separated variables, is that they are visually forgiving if you
exclude whitespaces (because you are in a hurry).

        Year  |   Make  |   Model
        --------------------------------------------------------------------
        1997, Ford, E350
        1999, Chevy, Venture "Extended Edition"
        1999, Chevy, Venture "Extended Edition"
        1996, Jeep, Grand Cherokee

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Michel Fortin. Fair enough, I can certainly imagine the annoyance with
bug reports from those confusing this with the real csv standards. As
Tom Humiston said, we do need a simplified table structure for tables
that would be maintained often (or needs to be constructed fast), at
the acceptable cost to flexibility of aligning cells.

If you can implement any of Tom's 3 ideas, that would be best. But as
always, if you have your reasons then that is understandable.

On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Tom Humiston <tom at jumpingrock.net> wrote:
> As an author, not an implementer, this I would use:
>
>     Year | Make | Model
>     ------------------------
>     1997, Ford, E350
>     1999, Chevy, Venture "Extended Edition"
>     1999, Chevy, Venture "Extended Edition"
>     1996, Jeep, Grand Cherokee
>
> Or this:
>
>     Year | Make | Model
>     ------------------------
>     1997 | Ford | E350
>     1999 | Chevy | Venture "Extended Edition"
>     1999 | Chevy | Venture "Extended Edition"
>     1996 | Jeep | Grand Cherokee
>
> Or this:
>
>     | Year | Make | Model |
>     | ------------------------ |
>     | 1997 | Ford | E350 |
>     | 1999 | Chevy | Venture "Extended Edition" |
>     | 1999 | Chevy | Venture "Extended Edition" |
>     | 1996 | Jeep | Grand Cherokee |
>
> Anything beyond that has seemed too unmemorable and irrelevant to my task for me to bother with.
>
> Not that I'm complaining; the implementers have their reasons and I have mine.
>
> - Tom
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