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The problem that I see with that is it makes editing a table very difficult. Sure, if you know exactly what you're going to put in a table, then it might be wor
by thinkpad20 12y ago
The problem that I see with that is it makes editing a table very difficult. Sure, if you know exactly what you're going to put in a table, then it might be worth it to draw all of those lines, but as soon as you need to go and edit the content of a cell, or remove a column or something, you might have to go and edit unrelated parts to maintain your formatting. It also seems like it'd be a real pain to parse. I'm not sure I know of a better solution, except to suggest that markdown might not really be suited for tables, and it's better to just use HTML for that part.
- arikrak 12y agoIn Github-flavored markdown, the spacing is optional. So it's actually easier to edit than an HTML table. Though a WYSIWYG editor is still beneficial for these kind of things. https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown#tables https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown#ta...
- mjhoy 12y agoNot quite related, but if you haven't seen how emacs and org-mode handle ascii tables, it's pretty amazing! It will reflow automatically, and tabbing works just like you would expect in a spreadsheet application.