#musicbrainz

Will having a WYSIWYG markdown editor in CritiqueBrainz make anyone's life easier?

re: http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/CB-95

dufferzafar: when kind of markup do they have now?

We have vanilla markdown (gruber's original)

provided by this python package: https://github.com/waylan/Python-Markdown/

I didn't write a review jet. but if i had I would certainly appreciate something common like markdown

Lingo_: We already have markdown.

What I'm trying to decide is whether a visual editor for it makes sense

but even Github added something like it recently, so maybe it does

dufferzafar, I /do/ think that a wysiwyg editor would encourage more people to use md.

How many more people? No idea.

I agree

I think everyone who knows markdown syntax will just type it out

so this is intended for people who are new to it

i guess

I just decided trying to write a review

like caller, I am always confused my markdown, what bits mean that and that. '' means italic, ''' means bold. they are too similar. __ does no mean anything

s/my/by/

and most also is things like :) and XD (especially in situations where it's inappropriate) becoems images instead. ugh, donotwant

yeah, I don't write enough markdown to remember the syntax, but it's pretty easy to do with a cheatsheet tab open.

If it was a little bit better, I'd say "I hope it becomes the de facto standard", but it's just kinda okay.

CallerNo6: insert that xkcd link about standards and now there's 15

what I don't get is why isn't /italic/ _underline: *bold* [url]text[/url] jsut thething

or is that too punbb?

erh that should be _underline_

and :smileynamegohere:

=header= and ==headery==

*hello

*bullet

*list

ah, 'bold' then

ikr?

oh but also \escaped text?\

or [noformat]blup'd.nop/someurl[noformat]

or heh.. how about in settings, a person could chose that version of markdown/bb/whatever they know and understand best and then the system knows "x writes in y style markdown, convert to expected"

I want that for everywhere.

individually!

yes :D

Like, I'm going to go to my grave not being able to remember when a wiki link needs double brackets.

(or when it needs a piple)

instead, make the site remember which *you* expect and use

or hell, fukken, self define. like. there's fields for "for urls you except what: and then you put in, whatever, so a pipe, or a space or frikken ... @ whaever yo uwant

heh, I like https://xkcd.com/1592/

but I don't want individual sites to keep track of that for me. I want the editor to be a browser plugin or something.

oh. my. god. i .. I was just thinking "there should be a userscript that had that"

it stored which site had which things and then you select you' decisions and it does the conversions before you click "post" or "save" (optionally a button that says "transpose" or smth)

"just type in whatever type of markdown you're used to, then click the "transpose" button. and "markdownery" does the rest! it remembers which site uses which format and trasnaltes your version into theirs! never remembering which site makes urls with pipe and which use a space is a thing of the past! download markdownery today!"

:PP

ZaphodBeeblebrox is on a roll.

\o/\o/

\o\\o\

hi :)

/o//o/

hi !

you meessed up my wave/roll

.. aw no hard feelings

yes i see that :à)

it’s just a typo

hmm.. I'm.. whats the word for whne i'm tired?

“à” is next to “)”

bushed, waclet, wtfever

aha!

exhausted ?

JESUS2099: to be assuming you meant intentionally :)

anyway <-- bye sleep thingy

gütten nacht

tullejesus :D

dufferzafar: i think the textarea should grow while you type

will I be able to edit it later?

what a waste of time http://beta.musicbrainz.org/edit/37356759 it’s a pity

because these releases should be removed

can I correct typos in someone elses review?