Re: Proposal: default to ATX-style headings in markdown output

[Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr-bM6h3K5UM15l57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>]

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I'll also add my +1/me too to having a common style for headings.    And
given a choice, ATX.

Leonarsd

On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 12:21 PM BPJ <melroch-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Den tors 3 sep. 2020 18:07Anton Shepelev <anton.txt-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> skrev:
>
>> John MacFarlane:
>>
>> > Currently in writing markdown (and commonmark) pandoc
>> > emits Setext-style (underlined) headings for levels 1 and
>> > 2, ATX_style (#) for the rest, unless the `--atx-headers`
>> > option is used to force ATX.
>> >
>> > Proposal: given that setext headings are becoming more
>> > uncommon, and in view of the ugliness of switching heading
>> > styles at level 3, default instead to ATX-style headings,
>> > unless a new `--setext-headings` option is used.
>> >
>> > Comments?
>
>
>> In my opinion, *any* uniform heading style is better than the
>> current inconsistent behavior.
>
>
> I concur emphatically.
>
> I prefer the ATX header
>> format
>
>
> So do I.
>
> even though it does not support the breaking of long
>> heading into multiple lines.
>>
>
> It could, if blank lines before and after were required (as I believe they
> are by default in Pandoc's Markdown.) Headings should be short though!
> However I have run into potentially troublesome cases when transcribing
> older texts. It would be good if at least hard linebreaks worked (which I
> believe is currently not the case.)
>
>
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