As an experiment, run this command. This is what user-written clients will have to deal with - your data as given to PM. If you propose to have people post in plain text, HTML, pod, LaTeX, etc, you'd better be prepared to deal with the people whose PM clients no longer work because PM isn't being given HTML anymore. Its a good thing that we expect everyone to post using the same format. It makes other people's lives easier.

perl -MXML::Simple -MLWP::Simple -e "print XMLin(get 'http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=410186;displaytype=xml')->{data}{field}{content}"

In reply to Re: How about different input styles when posting? (HTML , TEXT, POD, ePod...) by diotalevi
in thread How about different input styles when posting? (HTML , TEXT, POD, ePod...) by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


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