Re: How about different input styles when posting? (HTML , TEXT, POD, ePod...)

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}"

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Re^2: How about different input styles when posting? (HTML , TEXT, POD, ePod...) by apotheon (Deacon) on Nov 26, 2004 at 05:22 UTC
That's really the biggest issue: interoperability. All this extra stuff being suggested kinda smells of Windows design philosophy. "Let's add FEATURES!!!" I'd rather not. I'm happy with (X)HTML — especially since, in the end, whatever format one chooses for posting will have to be rendered in (X)HTML anyway, and thus the formatting used by the poster will be necessarily limited to what works for that output. - apotheon CopyWrite Chad Perrin	[reply]
Re^2: How about different input styles when posting? (HTML , TEXT, POD, ePod...) by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Nov 26, 2004 at 10:58 UTC
That doesn't necessarily mean much. You can still give PM clients the HTML they expect by virtue of the same mechanism you use to give it to browsers. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]