From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Formatting lists in descriptions Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:28:55 +0200 Message-ID: <87r3o9mr4o.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wpy5uvd8.fsf@gmail.com> <877fq4yol1.fsf@gnu.org> <87wpy3xhoy.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <874ml6swik.fsf@gnu.org> <78a9e9745e3448c0aaaea5a54de59fe9@exchsrv2.sgc.loc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34921) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZFNgF-0000XN-6K for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:29:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZFNgA-0007r1-NG for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:29:03 -0400 In-Reply-To: <78a9e9745e3448c0aaaea5a54de59fe9@exchsrv2.sgc.loc> (Malcolm Cook's message of "Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:58:14 +0000") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Cook, Malcolm" Cc: "guix-devel@gnu.org" , Alex Kost "Cook, Malcolm" skribis: > Hi - I'm late to this discussion - not sure all the issues on the table -= but how about deferring to markdown in such cases. We could use a more advanced format. In that case I would prefer sexps (but they would not play well with i18n), or, if we use a text DSL, Org-mode (which is potentially less expressive than arbitrary sexps.) It=E2=80=99s not a choice that can be made lightly because it will impact translators and we must make sure we can provide UIs that honor markup appropriately. I=E2=80=99m not completely sure it=E2=80=99s necessary though. Thoughts? Ludo=E2=80=99.