[MlMt] Future of Markdown syntax in Mailmate

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

  - what
    - nested lists
      - are you missing ?

and what is wrong with:


```java

System.out.println("Hello MailMate")
```

?

/max
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On 10 Aug 2020, at 13:22, Andreas Sahlbach wrote:

>> Can you suggest a possible replacement? I assume that it's largely a 
>> case of adjusting to a different API.
>
> I would prefer to deal with this in an outcome oriented way, not from 
> a implementation perspective. Ask the users what they want, then solve 
> their problems. I can only speak for myself, the current syntax is too 
> restricted and too basic.
> I am missing nested lists, nicely rendered code snippets etc. But 
> that's only my opinion and based on my view of existing markdown 
> solutions.
>
> Besides that, for a quick fix, there are several forks from the 
> deprecated repository. Maybe one of them is compatible and improves 
> the current situation already? (https://github.com/apiaryio/sundown, 
> https://github.com/hoedown/hoedown)
>
> On a midterm base it would be a cool feature to open up a plug-in 
> interface so that the community can improve the situation by itself.
>
> Ciao,
>
> Andreas
>
> On 10 Aug 2020, at 13:12, Charlie Clark wrote:
>
>> On 10 Aug 2020, at 12:44, Andreas Sahlbach wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I would like to ask (again), what are the plans of the mark down 
>>> syntax in Mailmate? AFAIK the current markdown is based 
>>> on [Sundown](<https://github.com/vmg/sundown> ), which is 
>>> deprecated since 2012 without any fixes or active development.
>>>
>>> Since 2012 there are a lot of improvements in the Markdown language 
>>> and features and I saw several questions about supporting more 
>>> markdown features in the mailing list. I myself would love to see 
>>> github flavored markdown or even simple things like nested lists.
>>>
>>> Are there any plans in doing improvements in this sector in 
>>> Mailmate? Or opening up the interface so that the community can 
>>> write its own plugins to enhance Mailmate?
>>>
>>> I would love to continue to use Mailmate, since there are a lot of 
>>> features that I love. But the lack of progress in this sector bugs 
>>> me more and more, so I wrote this mail.
>>
>> Can you suggest a possible replacement? I assume that it's largely a 
>> case of adjusting to a different API.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
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