[FFML] A thought on the future of the FFML

[the DragonBard]

So, meet them halfway and use rich text format instead of plain text.

> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:43:52 -0700
> From: atymes at gmail.com
> To: ffml at chez-vrolet.net
> Subject: Re: [FFML] A thought on the future of the FFML
> 
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Brian Randall <durandall at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 8:30 AM, The Wanderer <wanderer at fastmail.fm>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > While I would certainly prefer for the chosen requirements to be either
> > > plain text or something easily convertible to/from plain text (and that
> > > can be discussed separately, though I'm not going to do it right this
> > > moment), that's not essential for the type of dual-interface
> > > compatibility that was being proposed; having the requirements be the
> > > same in both interfaces *is* essential.
> >
> > Plain text would be preferred, I think.  While it would be nice to
> > have the same level of html support as (say) ff.net -- italics, bold,
> > underlines -- nothing else -- it's a slippery slope.  "If we can have
> > _those_, why can't I embed music/images/etc.!?"  Because we're
> > offering C&C on your text, not those other things.
> >
> 
> Not so slippery.  Besides the reason you pointed out, the basic set
> - bold, italic, underline, and perhaps autoparse obvious links - is
> the basic set implemented in many cases, and obvious to the
> reader in those cases where it is not implemented.  Further, these
> are rarely essential to the works being reviewed.  (Many - possibly
> most - books get by just fine without images, let alone music.)
> 
> If someone wants music/images/etc., they must find a way to
> render them in clients that don't yet support them - which seems
> not possible, without resorting to things like links to said media
> which is possible in the basic set anyway.
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