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[74.82.3.134]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ev2sm2221838pbb.69.2015.01.27.10.07.09 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:07:10 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by johnmacfarlane.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D46F6A310; Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:06:58 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://johnmacfarlane.net/jgm.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Original-Sender: jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org designates 209.85.220.46 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org Precedence: list Mailing-list: list pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org; contact pandoc-discuss+owners-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1007024079513 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: , List-Unsubscribe: , Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.text.pandoc:11857 Archived-At: Sure, I think it would make sense to have a richer model for tables. Though there's a question how you would render a table with a col/rowspan in a format that does not support them. +++ Matthew Pickering [Jan 27 15 16:25 ]: >Is there not an argument for creating a richer document model so that >information is only thrown away when rendering? A simpler interface >can be provided by abstraction. > >On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:11 PM, John MacFarlane wrote: >> +++ zozlak [Jan 26 15 01:17 ]: >>> >>> Most of formats supported by Pandoc supports table cells spanning across >>> multiple columns and/or rows but unfortunately Pandoc table model does >>> not. >>> Is there any possibility to include support for that in Pandoc? >>> >>> For me the most demanding is to add support for any markdown input format >>> (for example as another one optional markdown extension) and HTML/HTML5 >>> and >>> PDF output formats. >> >> >> Figuring out how to do row/colspans in Markdown is the hard part. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "pandoc-discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> To post to this group, send email to pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/20150127161139.GF91984%40localhost.hsd1.ca.comcast.net. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >To post to this group, send email to pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/CALuQ0m8ZAHuoRD1BgHa0iV45j78MTk%2BD5mD7CYtvPEFj6vgz9w%40mail.gmail.com. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.