Re: [Docutils-develop] reST.php?

[David G. <go...@us...>]

Axel,

Richard Jones gave the answers I would have given to your questions
(thanks Richard!).  I have a question for you.  Please note, I know
nothing about PHP.

Before you invest the considerable time and effort [*]_ into porting
the reStructuredText parser (and relevant parts of the rest of
Docutils), can't you simply install Python and Docutils in parallel
and call it from your PHP code?  If that proved to be a great success,
then the porting effort may prove worthwhile.

If you do choose to port it, I wish you success.  I'll be happy to
help in any way I can.  I really mean that, not least because most
requests for assistance inevitably make their way back into the
Docutils code or docs.

.. [*] At least you'll have the benefit of working from an existing
   implementation with a mature spec and the bugs worked out!

-- 
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