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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:52:43 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Comment about implementation questions to add WMD for Wysiwym markdown editor
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Comment about implementation questions to add WMD for Wysiwym markdown editor
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diff --git a/doc/todo/Add_showdown_GUI_input__47__edit.mdwn b/doc/todo/Add_showdown_GUI_input__47__edit.mdwn
index a3db94bdd..56797696e 100644
--- a/doc/todo/Add_showdown_GUI_input__47__edit.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/Add_showdown_GUI_input__47__edit.mdwn
@@ -18,3 +18,12 @@ A demo is at <http://www.attacklab.net/showdown-gui.html>
 >> be worthwhile to consider this option again? It seems to have a companion
 >> product (wmd) with formatting widgets and a live preview pane, that is
 >> promised to be MIT licensed as of the next release.... --Chapman Flack
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+>>> What sort of integration would be needed to put in WMD?
+>>> It looks like it would need to be aware of some plugin/wikiword behavior
+>>> ... perhaps taking a Wikiword and making it appear like a link in preview, but
+>>> with a different style (perhaps diff color/font).  For plugin commands,
+>>> applying a 'real' preview would probably be difficult, so it'd probably
+>>> be necessary to insert some sort of placeholder, perhaps by outputting
+>>> the text in monospace form w/ a lighter font to denote that it won't
+>>> directly be shown in the page...