I startet to use markdown elements in a journal post. I realized that this syntax is not mentioned in the explanations given in that editor. I wonder if markdown might be deprecated for this usage in iNat at some point in time.
Does anyone know more?
Markdown [9] is a lightweight markup language for creating formatted text using a plain-text editor.
If Markdown will be deprecated in journal posts and comments, many existing content pieces will break. So, I don’t think it’s possible?
I use markdown syntax to embed images for example, and very frequently. Hundreds of comments
You can also use html syntax in a limited way, for example links and images:
<a href="..."></a>, <img src="...">
Probably some others that are safe? (headings, text format except color…) I assume they will have the equivalent in available markdown syntax
i would doubt that support for markdown would be removed, but how it gets interpreted could change. for example, support for tables are technically handled only as extensions of markdown, and there are different variations of extended markdown. so some markdown interpreters might handle |-|-| to define a table, but others might require |---|---|. that said, the interpreters that handle |-|-| will also handle |---|---|. so as long as you used the latter (more universal) syntax, i don’t see any reason why that would ever break in the future.
iNat already uses different interpreters for the web vs the different mobile apps, and there could be minor differences in the syntax that they handle. so you may want to check that your markdown works (and looks reasonable) in both web and app, if your potential readers could use either.
more info here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/help-needed-to-make-the-new-markdown-code-for-table-work/14728/34
I’ve regularly used things like iframes for embedding external content such as maps, alltrail data, etc. as well without issue.
Does it work in journals only? Since I don’t use journals, perhaps I haven’t tried here. iframes didn’t work in comments.
Hmm, I haven’t tried it outside of journals, it may work in profiles too at a guess - but untested.
Tried it: It also works in comments
I wanna see it since I can’t reproduce that.
I get a little mixed up on the terminology of “MarkDown” versus HTML tags versus any other formatting tools. I routinely use asterisks and angle brackets extensively to format text and embed links in my comments on observations.
Asterisks are mainly for italics and bold text (Markdown syntax) which is easier in my opinion than writing HTML tags. However I use html tag for <s> strikethrough text since Markdown one stopped working for me for some reason; also for <small>
Most of the time I end up using just Markdown (links, images, headers), unless I’m adding a width-limited image or something (although I believe it’s also supported in Markdown?)
i don’t think so. see: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/tips-and-tricks-for-creating-a-journal-post/44855/14.
this might be relevant: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/tips-and-tricks-for-creating-a-journal-post/44855/5.