Hi,
On 31/08/16 08:52, stepharo wrote:
I do not get how you can write a PhD in a system that does not support
- footnote
- citation
- figure reference.
Pillar supports all that.
Pandoc's markdown support all that. I need zotero bibliography
integration by using @keys. I started writing my thesis using them and I
have already markdown documents with yaml metablocks and other pandoc
features. I need compatibility with my own past and bridges with other
practices/tech beyond pharo community (here at hackademia nobody is
using Pillar markup, but they're using Pandoc's markdown now and have
PhD documents already wrote on that, like me).
I wouldn't image that giving syntax highlighting support for markdown
in Pharo could be that hard, but I can write the thesis without it,
using just black text anywhere. Anyway having syntax support for
another languages is something that is being done for software
analysis, so, maybe at some point I can just try to learn how is
being done with Petit Parser o Smacc and see if I can help to create
a more markdown friendly environment in Pharo.
I do not see the point
I do not get why after all the efforts we are doing around Pillar and
the proof that we can use it for making so great
output people want markdown. Sorry but do not expect us to do anything
in that direction.
I'm good with that, as soon as the community doesn't discourage any
*individual* attempt to support any other markup language on the world.
For me would be like not supporting git because community has invested
a lot on effort on monticello and it is what community is doing right
now. I don't even like git, and rant against it, but I think that this
work is valuable and strategic. The only thing I don't want is getting
git into my way, but the work Nico is doing in that direction seems
really promising. Python has reST as default, but not as the only markup
in the world it support for documentation.
There is some other stuff beyond what we're using and support it is a
way to get more people interested in Pharo, not less.
Cheers,
Offray
