why aren't attributes supported in "normal" markdown?

John MacFarlane schrieb am Freitag, 21. August 2020 um 22:51:31 UTC+2:

>
> You're doing it right -- but currently no format supports
> both yaml metadata and attributes.
>
> When we add suppport for yaml metadata blocks to commonmark,
> you'll be able to use that.
>
> Christian Müller <ch_...-S0/GAf8tV78@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
> > I would like to use attributes like the following
> >
> > *something*{.timing}
> >
> > which should render to
> >
> > <em class="timing">something</em> or alternatively <span 
> > class="timing"><em>something</em></span>
> >
> > According to documentation I need the attributes extension. When I do 
> --from=markdown+attributes 
> > I get
> >
> > The extension attributes is not supported for markdown
> >
> > When I try commonmark --from=commonmark+attributes instead it does work. 
> > However, I also need the Yaml meta data block. 
> --from=commonmark+attributes+yaml_metadata_block 
> > yields
> >
> > The extension yaml_metadata_block is not supported for commonmark
> >
> > Am I doing something wrong? I'd rather stay with markdown (it's an older 
> > document)
> >
> > (using the official pandoc build for windows)
> >
> > pandoc.exe 2.10.1
> > Compiled with pandoc-types 1.21, texmath 0.12.0.2, skylighting 0.8.5
> >
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