I agree with mandatory whitespace except for when quoting empty lines. Nathan Galt <mailinglists at ngalt.com> writes: > Prior reading: > > => https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/specification.html The Spec, ?5.5 Advanced line types > > I noticed that the spec has three different advanced line types and three different whitespace handling verbiages for each. > > Heading lines: Start with 1?3 ?#?, then optional whitespace. > List items: Start with ?* ? (note the space!) > Quote lines: Start with ?>? > > Shouldn?t these three have the same whitespace rules, with the same phrasing? > > Here?s my argument for ?mandatory whitespace for all? ([\t ]+): > > - It lets authors write ?#3. I like eggs.? without accidentally getting that line parsed as if it were a heading (we don?t have backslash escapes like Markdown does) > - It?s better for some emoticons that, um, might be out there that start with > or * > - ?#Steak? looks like a hashtag, and I could see some fraction of authors writing ?#blah? _meaning_ for it to be a tag > - We shouldn?t be worried about backcompat at v0.14.2. I don?t have much gemini text, but I?m the sort who would reformat his own non-conformant documents to match something like this. > > - - - - > > I could see myself wanting an H4-equivalent or higher, but I?m not certain this is _quite_ the right time to mention it. Also the current spec already seems to say that clients should parse ?#### Eggs? as not-a-heading.
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