Re: what is the scope for supported formats?

[Albert Krewinkel <albert+pandoc-9EawChwDxG8hFhg+JK9F0w@public.gmane.org>]

eldritch cookie <henrique.hsa2002-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> basically can any markup format be added in the core repo? i am
> planning on adding support for the custom format used by https://
> github.com/nvim-neorg/neorg if i implement my code in haskell can
> i just make a pr to add norg support in the main repo? or would
> the norg format be out of scope?

The format should be reasonably popular, which I think is the case here
(3.4k stars on GitHub). Adding the code directly to pandoc is fine;
another method is to write a separate Haskell package for the neorg
format. The `commonmark` package is the best showcase for this approach,
with `jira-wiki-markup` being another example.

https://github.com/jgm/commonmark-hs
https://github.com/tarleb/jira-wiki-markup

>> On Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 3:49:13 PM UTC-3 denis...-NSENcxR/0n0@public.gmane.org
>> wrote:
>>
>> How is that format different from the regular org format? Could
>> that treated like a variant of the standard org format?
>
> i don't think it could [...] it certainly is really
> different now.

I agree that they are completely different formats. Looks like the only
remaining similarity is the use of asterisks as markers for headings. It
looks a lot like textile and Markdown were major inspirations for the
new format.


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