Markdown simply isn't meant for that kind of content.
The idea of markdown, is that you end up with a text that is readable by itself, and renderable in more simple graphical environments.
No one should ever ask themselves "how do I do image positioning" or "how do I add pagination" when dealing with markdown. That's just not what it's good for.
Imagine having to write comments on HN using LaTeX.
> Markdown simply isn't meant for that kind of content. The idea of markdown, is that you end up with a text that is readable by itself, and renderable in more simple graphical environments.
Also renderable safely and in bounded time (TeX is turing complete).
> No one should ever ask themselves "how do I do image positioning" or "how do I add pagination" when dealing with markdown. That's just not what it's good for.
Meh. This is a common question for table extensions, and the full-blown image commonmark spec is a bit of a mess.
> Imagine having to write comments on HN using LaTeX.
That would be an improvement over the current state of affairs at least, though probably a tad overdone on the other side of proper complexity.
No one should ever ask themselves "how do I do image positioning" or "how do I add pagination" when dealing with markdown. That's just not what it's good for.
Imagine having to write comments on HN using LaTeX.