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Solene Rapenne solene at perso.pw
Thu Feb 25 23:24:31 GMT 2021
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On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:08:50 -0800Rohan Kumar <seirdy at seirdy.one>:
On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 05:25:08PM -0500, Sean Conner wrote:
I might suggest something like:
preformat = "```" [ [WSP] tag ] [ [WSP] alt-text] end-of-line
tag = '@art' / '@code' / '@data' / '@poem'
Some examples:
``` @code
x = 5
```
``` @art Obligatory Cat picture
cat
```
``` @data Price list
widget 3.45
gadget 5.99
fob 1.99
```
``` @poem
There once was a person from Nantucket ...
```
``` Just some regular alt-text
blah
```
```
nothing special here
```
I think that a small but significant change to the spec is necessary
here. My proposal:
- Three backticks signify readable preformatted text (e.g. a code
snippet or a poem); screen-readers should not skip this.
- Four backticks signify something that isn't readable, like ascii-art.
This is consistent with the spirit of gemtext: characters at the
beginning of a line are the only way to describe semantics.
Benefits of this proposal:
- It doesn't break any existing sites; it just adds one feature.
- It's very simple to implement: parsers scan for a single additional
backtick
- Authors can still provide any alt-text they wish without worrying
about "reserved words" like the proposed tags
- It provides *critical* semantic information: whether or not a block of
preformatted text should be treated as readable text.
I'm generally against gemtext spec changes, but I think this is
necessary for screenreader-friendliness.
I don't have a strong opinion about adding something like this,but if it has to be done, please use another character than `
It's hard to differenciate between ``` to ```` and this may confusepeople, and people writing content may misuse them.
I think keeping ``` like it is now is fine and adding a new syntaxwould need another character like @@@ or %%% to make more sense.-------------- next part --------------A non-text attachment was scrubbed...Name: not availableType: application/pgp-signatureSize: 228 bytesDesc: Signature digitale OpenPGPURL: <https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/attachments/20210226/b45eb2c5/attachment.sig>