RE: Gopher item type for Markdown?
> From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@floodgap.com>
> Sent: 14 August 2020 17:12
> > > a) Is this a good thing to do? Markdown is technically still text,
> > > but some might feel that it shouldn't be part of the gopher item types.
> >
> > I would use type 0 (text) and the .md extension.
> > A client can easily interpret it how it wants then.
> I think this makes the most sense to me as well. Markdown is still visually
> intelligible as plain text, so I don't see why older clients unaware of a
> new item type should be unable to access it. The extension seems like
> something that could be agreed upon by convention.
Ok! Thanks for the feedback. I'll go with 0 and then render as markdown if it has a .md extension.
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