Markdown development

[david parsons]

In article <1ffdc.6466484d.38dbaac4 at aol.com>,
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>sherwood said:

>>    I don't understand.

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>what's to understand?           :+)

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>>    Are you saying that MD should recognize elastic tab stops

>>    in a file and convert that to a html table?

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>yes, that's what i'm saying, or at least part of it.


    And this would convert markdown from a general-purpose writers tool
    into some sort of boutique plugin.   I can't really see that this
    would count as an advantage to _anyone_ who currently uses markdown.

    -david parsons