boost: Replumbing DW's Editor Format Options

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks to runpunkrun, who alerted me to the fascinating conversation-in-progress about

Named Markup Formats

https://dw-dev.dreamwidth.org/222342.html

roadrunnertwice is planning out the replumbing of the editor we use to make and reply to posts. I'm thrilled that this will include supporting markdown for posts and comments. There are many other benefits, including not borking antique @mentions.

If you use a client to post here, and particularly if you use [eta: extensive precise HTML to create complex formats] in your posts, please check out the discussion.

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ETA! Now Implemented on the nifty dropdown menu after the subject line:

• casual html
• markdown
• raw html

Comments

[muccamukk]

I don't know enough about that to understand all that post, and trying to understand it is making me upset.

My only opinion: if they take away casual html and go to markdown, with no choice, I'm going to be really pissed.

[runpunkrun]

My understanding is that based on roadrunnertwice's proposal there would be multiple choices available, and one of them will be your standard making-a-post/comment-on-DW that you're using right now. So you won't have to change a thing...unless you use a client to post to DW, but even that will probably default to the current standard.

Not to worry!

[jesse_the_k]

runpunkrun has it right.

They realize their error in how they introduced @mentions -- people typed @jesse_the_k to mean jesse_the_k and so the new feature screwed up previous posts.

They're trying to figure how to prevent that from happening again. They want to offer easy ways for DW to support all the posts -- what you've been making all along, me and my markdown fixation, all the ways.

Re: Not to worry!

[muccamukk]

Okay, good. I just was worried, b/c you said people who use HTML should go look at it, but then I couldn't understand it, and I started getting "It's important for me to look at this thing I can't understand stress." If what they want is an "Use HTML or Markdown" toggle (plus a bunch of technical stuff that won't affect most users), then that's fine.