August 27, 2005

MarkDown Extra 1.01b4 – Plain Text Markup Syntax Plugin

I just updated my Markdown plugin for WordPress to use the ‘MarkDown Extra’ version created by Michel Fortin for WordPress. It adds to the regular Markdown syntax a number of new features :

Tables (New)
Definition Lists (New)
Enhanced Inline HTML
Markdown Inside HTML Blocks
Enhanced Emphasis
Extra ‘Escaped’ Characters

The best part is the added simple table feature. It allows the creation of tables simply by using simple characters:

Item	Value
Computer	$1600.00
Phone	$12.00
Pipe	$1 .00

Table design is handled by CSS – so will probably have to go work on that so the default table format looks right for this blog.

The above table was created simply by typing the following:

| Item      | Value    |  
| --------- | --------:|  
| Computer  | $1600.00 |  
| Phone     |   $12.00 |  
| Pipe      |    $1.00 |

Hopefully the update did not break any of my old code. I took a quick glance but have not found any problems yet.

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In order for the unformatted table to look correct it needs a fixed-pitch font. I found this has to be corrected in the wp-admin.css file (which means a ‘hack’). The font-family had to be changed from Georgia (a porportional font) to Courier New. Here is the new css block for the textarea that replaced the old one.
```
textarea, input, select {
    background: #f4f4f4;
    border: 1px solid #b2b2b2;
    color: #000;
    font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; 
    margin: 1px;
    padding: 3px;
}
```
Comment by Gary Paulson — August 29, 2005 @ 2:36 pm

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