[MlMt] Future of Markdown syntax in Mailmate

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

/max
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On 10 Aug 2020, at 14:52, Andreas Sahlbach wrote:

> Oh interesting, it is actually working (I though it's not supported), 
> because
>
> 1. I am missing
>     a) this
>     b) nested list

okey - not a big user of that :)

> which renders as a single line in HTML preview. Might be just a bug.
>
> I also would like to see
> - this
> - as
> - a list

  - this
  - is
  - a list

...that just seem to work.

> which is not recognized as list in sundown.
>
> I am missing ~~strikethrough~~ as well.

that could be handy.


> Or the fact that when I quote this:
>
>> ```java
>> public class Main {
>>     public static void main(String[] args) {
>>         System.out.println("This will be printed");
>>     }
>> }
>> ```
>
> it is not rendered properly anymore.

it is if you make sure its actually markdown...was missing a newline 
after ```java

> But again: I am just one user, writing a lot Github Flavored Markdown 
> and missing some of the features or features in general (and I have 
> not listed all).
>
> Others might have a different opinion. Would be nice to have the 
> markdown syntax a bit more configurable and adjustable and to see some 
> progress here.
> 8 year old codes starts smelling...

Lets go for asciidoc then - true power ;)

I know Benny stated he was looking at making it more controllable but I 
haven't heard something in a while.

For now i'm fine with what I got - no other email client let me do 
markdown ;)

/max

> Andreas
>
>
>
> On 10 Aug 2020, at 14:09, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>
>>  - what
>>    - nested lists
>>      - are you missing ?
>>
>> and what is wrong with:
>>
>>
>> ```java
>>
>> System.out.println("Hello MailMate")
>> ```
>>
>> ?
>>
>> /max
>> https://xam.dk/about
>>
>> 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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