Re: MANUAL.txt: `gfm` and `markdown_github` (GitHub-Flavored Markdown)

[John MACFARLANE <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

This could probably use more clarification in the manual.

gfm is implemented as some extensions on top of commonmark.

We should note, however, that you can't use arbitrary pandoc
extensions on top of commonmark; the commonmark parser and
writer only support a limited subset of extensions
(basically, the ones that define gfm, plus smart).

+++ Kolen Cheung [Oct 27 17 01:16 ]:
>   Currently, in the [1]MANUAL.txt line 3816, it mentions that both gfm
>   and markdown_github are equivalent to a bunch of pandoc markdown
>   extensions. But as far as I understand, gfm is a very different beast,
>   and should not be understood as a bunch of pandoc markdown extensions
>   activated, right?
>
>   I didn’t make a pull request on this however, because I think more
>   expanded description on the gfm variant is needed. For example, I guess
>   it is impossible to add extension to gfm, unlike other variants (where
>   the MANUAL.txt has mentioned this briefly at line 284). And for example
>   I would have a question on how extra gfm extension that pandoc doesn’t
>   have will be handled, e.g. the gfm checkbox.
>   ​
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