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[spec] comments on the proposed gemini spec revisions

Omar Polo op at omarpolo.com

Thu Oct 14 16:23:47 BST 2021

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Anna “CyberTailor” <cyber at sysrq.in> writes:

On 2021-10-13 22:56, Omar Polo wrote:

I've seen where people have tried to use *emphasis* at

the start of a line and got a bullet point by mistake.

I've seen people writing like that, and a conforming client (IMHO)

should consider those lines items.

This is not true. A space after "*" is required.

### 5.5.2 Unordered list items

Lines beginning with "* " are unordered list items. This line type exists

purely for stylistic reasons. The * may be replaced in advanced clients by

a bullet symbol. Any text after the "* " should be presented to the user as

if it were a text line, i.e. wrapped to fit the viewport and formatted

"nicely". Advanced clients can take the space of the bullet symbol into

account when wrapping long list items to ensure that all lines of text

corresponding to the item are offset an equal distance from the edge of

the screen.

Thanks for the clarification, I missed that a space is required there.A bit annoying IMHO, but if it's the spec, it's the spec.

I have some code to fix :/