Flat code block syntax

[Bruce Phillips]

>>> I'm not sure the indentation feature is so useful. After all, you  

>>> can use the old syntax if you want indentation. What do you think?

>>

>> I'd prefer to keep it simple and leave out the indentation feature.


I would also prefer to leave this out.


>>> Perhaps an alternative would be to use ++++s instead of ~~~~s.

>> Advantages: Not currently used for anything in markdown or  

>> extensions,

>> vertically centered on the line in most fonts.  Disadvantage: ugly?

>

> Ugly indeed. What I've seen used for that is a line of dash: ----,

> but that would trigger a horizontal line and I don't feel like

> overriding that.


Dashes are also used by Setext headers.

Though not visually appealing, are there any (technical) thoughts on  
backticks (which are currently used for <code>)?

``
"Hello, code!"
``

What about colons?


::::::::

"Hello, code!"

::::::::


Bruce Phillips