Re: [Python-markdown-discuss] colspan/rowspan for tables?

[Maurice v. d. P. <gri...@kf...>]

Hi Dave,

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 08:06:15PM +0000, Dave Pawson wrote:
> || is overloading current markup? How to differentiate between
> my 'empty' cell and your colspan?

I don't believe it is. An empty cell already requires at least one space
between two vertical bars. Adjacent vertical bars are currently treated
as a single bar.

> Is there a way to use meta markup?

I'm not sure what you mean by that.

> id the table, id the row then the colspan (start / end)
>   Perhaps steal the Xpath syntax for this?
> 
> Is CSS capable of doing this?

It might be, but I consider rowspan/colspan to be a content decision and
not a styling one. But if you're talking about including css/xpath-style
things in the markup, I think my proposal fits better with markdown's
purpose of being "publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like
it’s been marked up with tags or formatting instructions".

Best regards,
Maurice.

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