Right now this forum supports RST, which is quite cumbersome to use (for instance, I have to get the syntax for links every single time from the cheatsheet).
Are there any plans to add Markdown support? One neat consequences would be the possibility to have real time preview, since there are many Markdown js libraries.
The forum actually supports a superset of RST with some Markdown features. The syntax for links seems to be the only real omission. So IMO we should add that and call it a day, but i don't know dom's plans.
Of course the alternative is you post more links here, so that you remember the syntax. ;-)
Isn't the link syntax pretty simple? :
`text <link>`_
You should try reading an actual guide, not a cheatsheet. That was my biggest mistake learning rST at first; it will leave lots of "What the heck?" moments. I've gotten to the point where I like rST better than Markdown, except for the table syntax.
To be perfectly honest, I find the markup syntax on this forum to be somewhat annoying. I once tried to use bold formatting in hyperlinked text and gave up after four tries. Even BBcode lets you do it very simply and intuitively.
Among the existing ones, RST seems to have the most ridiculously convoluted link syntax, while MediaWiki has the most logical one.
(I find all existing markup syntaxes imperfect, and will be implementing my own when I get a chance.)
Can't you just surround it in double asterisks?
I'm starting to think I'm the only rST fan here...
Apparently what I tried to do is impossible in RST:
The obvious approach fails:
And even does this:
`is impossible in RST <http://tiny.cc/rstFail>`_
Typing HTML would be easier:
<a href="http://tiny.cc/rstFail" >is impossible in <b>RST</b></a>
SMF BBCode:
[url=http://tiny.cc/rstFail]is impossible in [b]RST[/b][/url]
MediaWiki:
[http://tiny.cc/rstFail is impossible in '''RST''']
My own sexy "d0c" syntax:
[a tiny.cc/rstFail is impossible in [b RST]]
Araq: The syntax for links seems to be the only real omission.
Not supporting HTML is a huge omission. Compare Markdown:
"For any markup that is not covered by Markdown’s syntax, you simply use HTML itself. There’s no need to preface it or delimit it to indicate that you’re switching from Markdown to HTML; you just use the tags."
.. raw:: html <b>abc</b>
avsej: are these @mentions really work and notify people? or just like convention from twitter?
Convention. They predate Twitter, however.