[toqy]

> For some prettier mark up.

But then if you run it through Prettier it'll add all the closing tags for you :)

[throwaway894345]

If you’re running it through a processor, why it just write markdown and call it a day?

[galaxyLogic]

Is there a standard definition for the "Markdown" -language?

There are several for HTML different versions and it is standardized that you can omit some closing tags and some tags altogether.

The benefit of writing in a standardized language is that later you or anybody can run tools against your sources that check for conformity.

So that is why I prefer HTML. But I would like to hear your opinion on what is the best mark-down dialect currently?

[throwaway894345]

Yes, CommonMark is a standard with implementations in many different languages.

[galaxyLogic]

That is an interesting development.

From their Github page I read: "The spec contains over 500 embedded examples which serve as conformance tests."

So it's not so simple any more, is it?

(https://github.com/commonmark/commonmark-spec)

[jmalicki]

Less than a 1000 conformance tests for a standard? Sounds Pretty simple to me, no way you could make an HTML compliance suite that small.

[throwaway894345]

> So it's not so simple any more, is it?

I claimed the specification existed, I didn’t claim it was a simple specification.

[galaxyLogic]

I'm not claiming you claimed it was a simple specification :-)

I just find it interesting. This would indicate to me that there are 500 "features" in the language. I thought mark-down languages just provided a few shortcuts for producing the most commonly needed HTML features and then provide a fallback to HTML. So if you cannot do it in the markdown language, use HTML instead.

[hombre_fatal]

Well, one simply formats the source file as you write it. The other requires a infile -> outfile build step that's more complex.

Whether the latter is worth it tends to depend on other things than parse time.

[throwaway894345]

Why would I care if one is merely “formatting” or not? If I have to run a tool either way, I would prefer one that accepts a user-friendly input language and decouples content from presentation.

[hombre_fatal]

Because transforming an .md file into an .html file is a lot more invasive (though taken for granted here I think) than just writing the .html file. It's a build step where there wasn't one before.

I'm not saying it's never worth it.

[anjbe]

How does Markdown decouple content from presentation?

[throwaway894345]

You typically write your content in markdown and merge it with HTML templates and CSS.