If I mark my fie as README.textile It parses just fine on Github. Dave On Apr 18, 2009, at 6:21 AM, Jason Garber wrote:> You know, I can see using Markdown in something like a README where > it will be read in plain-text (the plain text of markdown is > prettier than textile), but for issues, comments, and messages where > no one will be reading the plain text, GitHub is parsing it with > "GitHub Flavored Markdown":http://github.github.com/github-flavored-markdown/ > and that makes me grumpy. > > I personally find it tedious to write in Markdown and I wish they''d > add a Textile option. Do you too? Then vote here: http://github.com/defunkt/github-issues/issues/#issue/ > 106 (click on the little vote arrow to the left of the issue title). > > Let''s build a Textile coalition! Maybe we can even get Stephen > Colbert to make a TV ad for us. ;-) > > Jason > _______________________________________________ > Redcloth-upwards mailing list > Redcloth-upwards at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/redcloth-upwards
Yes, and wiki pages appear to be Textile too, but comments, issues, and messages are Markdown. On Apr 18, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Dave South wrote:> If I mark my fie as > > README.textile > > It parses just fine on Github. > > Dave > > On Apr 18, 2009, at 6:21 AM, Jason Garber wrote: > >> You know, I can see using Markdown in something like a README where >> it will be read in plain-text (the plain text of markdown is >> prettier than textile), but for issues, comments, and messages >> where no one will be reading the plain text, GitHub is parsing it >> with "GitHub Flavored Markdown":http://github.github.com/github-flavored-markdown/ >> and that makes me grumpy. >> >> I personally find it tedious to write in Markdown and I wish they''d >> add a Textile option. Do you too? Then vote here: http://github.com/defunkt/github-issues/issues/#issue/ >> 106 (click on the little vote arrow to the left of the issue title). >> >> Let''s build a Textile coalition! Maybe we can even get Stephen >> Colbert to make a TV ad for us. ;-) >> >> Jason >> _______________________________________________ >> Redcloth-upwards mailing list >> Redcloth-upwards at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/redcloth-upwards > > _______________________________________________ > Redcloth-upwards mailing list > Redcloth-upwards at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/redcloth-upwards
Ah-ha. I didn''t know that. Thanks for the clarification. On Apr 18, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Jason Garber wrote:> Yes, and wiki pages appear to be Textile too, but comments, issues, > and messages are Markdown. > > On Apr 18, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Dave South wrote: > >> If I mark my fie as >> >> README.textile >> >> It parses just fine on Github. >> >> Dave >> >> On Apr 18, 2009, at 6:21 AM, Jason Garber wrote: >> >>> You know, I can see using Markdown in something like a README >>> where it will be read in plain-text (the plain text of markdown is >>> prettier than textile), but for issues, comments, and messages >>> where no one will be reading the plain text, GitHub is parsing it >>> with "GitHub Flavored Markdown":http://github.github.com/github-flavored-markdown/ >>> and that makes me grumpy. >>> >>> I personally find it tedious to write in Markdown and I wish >>> they''d add a Textile option. Do you too? Then vote here: http://github.com/defunkt/github-issues/issues/#issue/ >>> 106 (click on the little vote arrow to the left of the issue title). >>> >>> Let''s build a Textile coalition! Maybe we can even get Stephen >>> Colbert to make a TV ad for us. ;-) >>> >>> Jason >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Redcloth-upwards mailing list >>> Redcloth-upwards at rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/redcloth-upwards >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Redcloth-upwards mailing list >> Redcloth-upwards at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/redcloth-upwards > > _______________________________________________ > Redcloth-upwards mailing list > Redcloth-upwards at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/redcloth-upwards