Hi eveybody! I've got a suggestion to think about. Although i think that the drawbacks are bigher than the advantages im goong to tell you abou my idea: My idea is another syntax for e m p h a s i z e d words. It uses two spaces before and after the emphasized part and alternating space and letter in between, just like in the sentence before. Pros: ? no symbol needed ? granny compatible ;) similar look as on old typwritten texts ? emphasis visible in raw text ? extensible with * or _ for * s t r o n g * emphasis Cons: ? cant be searched for easily ? cant be easily converted ? only accepts blanks as starting and endpoint (e.g. You could write " b l a h , " instead of " *blah,* " but i see no way to write " *blah*, " in spaced text. Maybe someone has ideas on how to avoid the drawbacks or oher possible uses. Amike, Jakov
I don't understand why one would do this. Asterisks are easy to type. Alternating spaces with letters is not. Spell check is broken. Search is broken. Line breaks can be inserted in the middle of a word. This seems to be a poor solution in search of a problem to solve. You are absolutely correct that the drawbacks are bigger than the advantages. But I'm still at a loss as to why you even began to head down this rabbit hole. What am I missing? Fletcher Sent from my iPhone On Aug 17, 2012, at 5:11 PM, Jakob <jakov at gmx.at> wrote:> Hi eveybody! > > I've got a suggestion to think about. Although i think that the drawbacks are bigher than the advantages im goong to tell you abou my idea: > > My idea is another syntax for e m p h a s i z e d words. It uses two spaces before and after the emphasized part and alternating space and letter in between, just like in the sentence before. > > Pros: > ? no symbol needed > ? granny compatible ;) similar look as on old typwritten texts > ? emphasis visible in raw text > ? extensible with * or _ for * s t r o n g * emphasis > > Cons: > ? cant be searched for easily > ? cant be easily converted > ? only accepts blanks as starting and endpoint (e.g. You could write " b l a h , " instead of " *blah,* " but i see no way to write " *blah*, " in spaced text. > > Maybe someone has ideas on how to avoid the drawbacks or oher possible uses. > > Amike, > Jakov > _______________________________________________ > Markdown-Discuss mailing list > Markdown-Discuss at six.pairlist.net > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 4840 bytes Desc: not available Url : <http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/markdown-discuss/attachments/20120817/7837e4f4/attachment.bin>
Why would you want this? There is already to many features which rely on white space (manual line breaks being the most obvious). Those existing features have been some of the most problematic - they are hard to read (you can't see the whitespace) and it is hard to get right as a writer (again because you can't see it). Besides, there are already too many ways to create emphasis. Do we really need another one? I realize markdown does not follow the "one and only one way to do things" philosophy, but getting farther away from it doesn't help any. Add to the above all the cons mentioned by Fletcher and I see no reason to implement such a syntax. Waylan On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Jakob <jakov at gmx.at> wrote:> Hi eveybody! > > I've got a suggestion to think about. Although i think that the drawbacks are bigher than the advantages im goong to tell you abou my idea: > > My idea is another syntax for e m p h a s i z e d words. It uses two spaces before and after the emphasized part and alternating space and letter in between, just like in the sentence before. > > Pros: > ? no symbol needed > ? granny compatible ;) similar look as on old typwritten texts > ? emphasis visible in raw text > ? extensible with * or _ for * s t r o n g * emphasis > > Cons: > ? cant be searched for easily > ? cant be easily converted > ? only accepts blanks as starting and endpoint (e.g. You could write " b l a h , " instead of " *blah,* " but i see no way to write " *blah*, " in spaced text. > > Maybe someone has ideas on how to avoid the drawbacks or oher possible uses. > > Amike, > Jakov > _______________________________________________ > Markdown-Discuss mailing list > Markdown-Discuss at six.pairlist.net > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss-- ---- \X/ /-\ `/ |_ /-\ |\| Waylan Limberg
Well, I'm not saying you shouldn't want this or anything, but...
To me, this is not a question related to markdown, but to css instead
(letter-spacing property).
All you would have to do is to add :
em {
letter-spacing : 1ex;
}
in your css code.
And it would solve ALL the cons you've listed. ;)
Hope it will fit your needs.
On 08/17/2012 11:11 PM, Jakob wrote:> Hi eveybody!
>
> I've got a suggestion to think about. Although i think that the
drawbacks are bigher than the advantages im goong to tell you abou my idea:
>
> My idea is another syntax for e m p h a s i z e d words. It uses two
spaces before and after the emphasized part and alternating space and letter in
between, just like in the sentence before.
>
> Pros:
> ? no symbol needed
> ? granny compatible ;) similar look as on old typwritten texts
> ? emphasis visible in raw text
> ? extensible with * or _ for * s t r o n g * emphasis
>
> Cons:
> ? cant be searched for easily
> ? cant be easily converted
> ? only accepts blanks as starting and endpoint (e.g. You could write "
b l a h , " instead of " *blah,* " but i see no way to write
" *blah*, " in spaced text.
>
> Maybe someone has ideas on how to avoid the drawbacks or oher possible
uses.
>
> Amike,
> Jakov
> _______________________________________________
> Markdown-Discuss mailing list
> Markdown-Discuss at six.pairlist.net
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss
Oh and if you want to have syntax hightlighting of markdown (i.e. to have your "emphasis visible in raw text"), you might want to give a try to vim ;) On 08/17/2012 11:11 PM, Jakob wrote:> Hi eveybody! > > I've got a suggestion to think about. Although i think that the drawbacks are bigher than the advantages im goong to tell you abou my idea: > > My idea is another syntax for e m p h a s i z e d words. It uses two spaces before and after the emphasized part and alternating space and letter in between, just like in the sentence before. > > Pros: > ? no symbol needed > ? granny compatible ;) similar look as on old typwritten texts > ? emphasis visible in raw text > ? extensible with * or _ for * s t r o n g * emphasis > > Cons: > ? cant be searched for easily > ? cant be easily converted > ? only accepts blanks as starting and endpoint (e.g. You could write " b l a h , " instead of " *blah,* " but i see no way to write " *blah*, " in spaced text. > > Maybe someone has ideas on how to avoid the drawbacks or oher possible uses. > > Amike, > Jakov > _______________________________________________ > Markdown-Discuss mailing list > Markdown-Discuss at six.pairlist.net > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss