Hi all
I tried out all three for an application that I was writing. This would be used
by
non-computer persons for a wiki thing.
* I liked Markdown syntax as it was very readable. It did not have support for
a
simple table syntax - for that you use normal HTML. Likewise you can insert
HTML div
tags and css in there.
* REST has very good table support but can't take things like <div
class="blah"> and
I didn't like the syntax.
* Textiles syntax isn't as 'text like' as Markdown but it's got tables and you
can
add any style info after an element like table{border: 1px solid red}
Hence Textile won out over Markdown for me as I absolutely had to have tables.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm watching on some light markup languages that can be used in Python
> - what they can and what they can't do. I'm planning to use one in a
> "sandbox" on my sites and more or less in other apps with some extra
> plugins.
>
> Markdown:
> + simple, easy to understand
> + there is showdown - markdown in JS so online preview :) (http://
> www.attacklab.net/showdown-gui.html)
> - limited syntax (no tables)
> - hard to extend
>
> ReST:
> + powerfull syntax
> + rather easy to extend
> - not so obvious syntax in some places
> - errors on bad syntax
>
> Textile:
> + powerfull syntax
> + looks quite good
> ? never used it,
> ? are there some extras ?
>
> Currently I'm on Markdown + my template filter on top of it buy maybe
> it's better to use python-born ReST? What are your experiences with
> them?
>
>
> >
>
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Michael Lake
Computational Research Support Unit
Science Faculty, UTS
Ph: 9514 2238
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