[wp-hackers] Text Flow & Markdown

[Jonathan Leighton]

Michel Fortin wrote:

> I've written an analysis explaining why it is so difficult to
> integrate *correctly* an alternate syntax into WordPress. It's all
> done in the perspective of Markdown. It explains all the workarounds I
> have to implement to correct existing problems in the plugin.
>
> I wrote this in part hopping it will inspire someone to improve the
> text filtering system for WordPress. The current one is very powerful,
> but in my experience it's a mess to work with.
>
> If you read it, don't forget to take a glance at the text-flow diagram
> I made. Here is the text:
>
> <http://www.michelf.com/weblog/2005/wordpress-text-flow-vs-markdown/>

This is an excellent post... especially the diagram which is very
useful. Could something be done for more consistency with the text
processing? (As outlined in the post).

Jon

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