Re: Current syntax

On 20 November 2012 12:41, Shane McCarron <ahby@aptest.com> wrote:
> I agree that using MD makes sense for the source of this specification.
> However, there are some significant advantages to using tools like ReSpec
> when producing a W3C spec.  There are lots of W3C things that are required /
> expected and might be challenging to express in MD.  With tools like ReSpec
> they come for free.

No problem. Karl is creating an HTML spec as we progress.
The wiki uses mediawiki syntax (good reason for this group!)



>
> Of coutrse, it would be possible to create a tool chain that took MD input
> and created ReSpec based HTML output.  I will ponder that.

The skeleton spec is linked from the wiki Shane.

regards


>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 20 November 2012 04:01, Pablo Olmos de Aguilera C.
>> <pablo@glatelier.org> wrote:
>> > On 19 November 2012 12:48, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/wiki/Syntax
>> >>
>> >> I've done a quick review, with regard to a baseline.
>> >> It would appear that the current implementation has corner cases and
>> >> complexities
>> >> that could be simplified.
>> >> Look for the @FIXME comments.
>> >
>> > It looks weird on mediawiki. I think we should try to use something
>> > different. Maybe dvcs.w3c.org as someone (maybe you?).
>>
>> One level of complexity is enough for me Pablo!
>> We are discussing MD, so using it shouldn't be so strange!
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Abourt code fences, I totally agree... let's make the "basic" and then
>> > we can start discussing which "extensions" we can move into the
>> > "core".
>>
>> Thanks for that. I think extensions to a basic syntax is likely to be the
>> most contentious area, so a minimal set seems a good basis from
>> which to start.
>>
>> regards
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dave Pawson
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>
>
> --
> Shane P. McCarron
> Managing Director, Applied Testing and Technology, Inc.
>



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