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Couldn't they just adopt CommonMark? That flavor already has a complete spec and test suite, and is specifically designed to be as compatible with existing impl
by Ajedi32 10y ago
Couldn't they just adopt CommonMark? That flavor already has a complete spec and test suite, and is specifically designed to be as compatible with existing implementations as possible. I believe the only thing really missing is for more of the community to start rallying around the standard.
- verandaguy 10y agoCommunity engagement's a big part of it, though. I can define my own, extremely thorough and well-documented standard for Markdown, and get, say, all my friends to use it and provide feedback; that wouldn't make it popular enough to be included in a browser.
- mrottenkolber 10y agoCommonMark has not published a formal grammar.