Redcloth upwards - Jun 2006 - pre, code, ```, and a "bc." marker. Was "Re: shortcut for full url as the linktext?"

On 6/18/06, Iain Haslam <iainhaslam at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > BTW, I really like the new
> >
> > ```source
> > code
> > ```
> >
> > syntax. *Huge* timesaver.
>
> Continuing this particular off-topicness: Lucas, are you aware or in
> favour of the bc(code). syntax already being used for this [1]? I
> mentioned it previously on the list [2], but elicited no response.
>
> Iain.
>
> [1] http://blog.thought-mesh.net/mt-static/docs/mtmanual_textile.html
> [2] First post here:
> http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/redcloth-upwards/2006-March.txt
Sorry for the late reply...

Iain, how would "bc." work for multi-line code snippets with spaces
between some lines? For example, with ''bq.'', if I break a
line, I
leave the blockquote. It would seem to me that tags you can open and
close (```like these```) would be more suitable for putting chunks of
code in.

BTW, I''d love to see ```(ruby) whatever``` give me syntax highlighted
code. :)

Not sure I''ve installed the svn version correctly, but putting
anything in parentheses after the ``` doesn''t seem to produce any
extra "class=ruby" at all... I just get that extra text (like, say,
''(ruby)'') inside my pre/code tags.

---John

> Iain, how would "bc." work for multi-line code snippets with
spaces
> between some lines? For example, with ''bq.'', if I break a
line, I
> leave the blockquote. It would seem to me that tags you can open and
> close (```like these```) would be more suitable for putting chunks of
> code in.
I would suggest using the "extended blocks" bc.. notation. It
indicates that formatting should remain the same until the next
formatting instruction. It''s useful for bq.. too, although I
don''t
think redcloth currently supports it. I have seen this in other
textile implementations, eg [1], but I don''t think redcloth does it
yet.
> BTW, I''d love to see ```(ruby) whatever``` give me syntax
highlighted code. :)
Great that someone else thinks the same. My implementation (bc. only)
was based on an old version of redcloth, but I''m sure it
wouldn''t take
me long to get it working against the svn version.

Regards,
Iain.

[1] http://www.brajeshwar.com/faq/mtmanual_textile2.html#extended_blocks