On the suggestion for double-spaces, I share the general 'oh no'. I see an explosion of people with iPads etc trying out Markdown in education because formatting sucks on iPads. They struggle with needing new lines (see recent post for an example). In short, they struggle with white-space (invisible) mark-up. Added to that, frequently cut and paste leaves double spaces (eg in BBEdit which abandoned smart copy paste on this years ago in despair). Then perhaps most crucially, what about trying to type a double-space on an iPad? You will get a full-stop...! (just taking a chance to say thank you to JG and FP for Markdown and Multimarkdown. Years ago in OS 9 I had Nisus converting formatted to my home made mark-up through macros for editing on Palms, then when Nisus abandoned its macros, in LaTeX. But typing LaTeX on an ipad is a nightmare so now I can once again do what I did 15 years ago, which is type/edit books and articles on a mobile device...basically, if I do anything at all, it must pass through BBEdit at some point...;))
This is not an issue about markdown, but about Apple software. You should write to Apple developers to ask them why they added some bugs (seriously, is it supposed to be a FEATURE?!) in their code. If I want a full stop, I type a full stop. If I want two spaces, I type two spaces. Oh and while you're at it, ask them to remove all their sh**y DRM they fancy everywhere in their products. Btw, there are a LOT of mobile devices that do NOT run on Apple software. My two cents. On 08/18/2012 02:36 PM, Jason Davies wrote:> On the suggestion for double-spaces, I share the general 'oh no'. I > see an explosion of people with iPads etc trying out Markdown in > education because formatting sucks on iPads. They struggle with > needing new lines (see recent post for an example). In short, they > struggle with white-space (invisible) mark-up. > > Added to that, frequently cut and paste leaves double spaces (eg in > BBEdit which abandoned smart copy paste on this years ago in despair). > Then perhaps most crucially, what about trying to type a double-space > on an iPad? You will get a full-stop...! > > > (just taking a chance to say thank you to JG and FP for Markdown and > Multimarkdown. Years ago in OS 9 I had Nisus converting formatted to > my home made mark-up through macros for editing on Palms, then when > Nisus abandoned its macros, in LaTeX. But typing LaTeX on an ipad is a > nightmare so now I can once again do what I did 15 years ago, which is > type/edit books and articles on a mobile device...basically, if I do > anything at all, it must pass through BBEdit at some point...;)) > > > _______________________________________________ > Markdown-Discuss mailing list > Markdown-Discuss at six.pairlist.net > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss
Le 2012-08-18 ? 8:36, Jason Davies <j.p.davies at ucl.ac.uk> a ?crit :> On the suggestion for double-spaces, I share the general 'oh no'. I see an explosion of people with iPads etc trying out Markdown in education because formatting sucks on iPads. They struggle with needing new lines (see recent post for an example). In short, they struggle with white-space (invisible) mark-up. > > Added to that, frequently cut and paste leaves double spaces (eg in BBEdit which abandoned smart copy paste on this years ago in despair). Then perhaps most crucially, what about trying to type a double-space on an iPad? You will get a full-stop...!I haven't used Markdown much on an iPad. But you're right, looks like a problem. I'm unsure what could be done about it though. -- Michel Fortin michel.fortin at michelf.ca http://michelf.ca/
"Then perhaps most crucially, what about trying to type a double-space on an iPad? You will get a full-stop...!" Well i see it as a feature as it makes typing a lot faster, caus you dont have to switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard. Also you can just wait a second between the two spaces to get two spaces. It should be easierly switched off, but one almost never needs more than one space. I see a bigger problem in the lack of arrow keys and the tab key.
Am 18.08.2012 um 14:36 schrieb Jason Davies <j.p.davies at ucl.ac.uk>:> On the suggestion for double-spaces, I share the general 'oh no'. I see an explosion of people with iPads etc trying out Markdown in education because formatting sucks on iPads. They struggle with needing new lines (see recent post for an example). In short, they struggle with white-space (invisible) mark-up.I forgot to add that the actual newline is not frequently needed for markup. One almost everytime should use a paragraph when one wants a newline. To me the double blank newline is a good solution. If a text editor automatically strips away blanks, then this is a bug or a feature that should be opted in only.