Blocks or Markdown, the eternal question
| Aspect | Blocks | Markdown |
|---|---|---|
| Data structure | recursive nested | string, but we’ll need blocks no matter what. |
| Pain | implement every node supported by my markdown engine. Suck shit if it isn’t supported | someone else’s problem this will never go wrong i swear™ |
i guess what i’m thinking is that i really don’t want to have to hook into the markdown internals (@abf09a82-1361-4e77-9852-39247278d9a7)
Currently we have this garbage:
$ ag '== "table"'
models/note_migrate.go
178: } else if m["type"] == "table" {
369: } else if m["type"] == "table" {
552: } else if m["type"] == "table" {
models/note.go
324: } else if m["type"] == "table" {
where new data structures have to be handled in 4 different places (grows linearly with migrations which is insane.)
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and I don’t want to be duplicating types for every single node so we really want the absolute minimal set of necessary nodes.
- Markdown
- 2 Column
Any nodes that can be just plain old markdown, must be. Is there any reason for them not to be plain ol’ markdown?
Here were the types from the readme i wanted support for.
| Group | Type | Fine as Plain Ol’ Markdown? |
|---|---|---|
| markdown | h1/2/3 | ✅ |
| markdown | todo list (automatic subtasks) | ? |
| markdown | table | ✅ |
| markdown | bullet/numbered | ✅ |
| markdown | details/summary | ✅ (html in md yea) |
| markdown | blockquote | ✅ |
| markdown | code | ✅ |
| markdown | divider | ✅ |
| markdown | TeX | ✅ going to be rendered by mathjax anyway |
| advanced | url (link preview?) | ? |
| advanced | image (local) | ? |
| advanced | image (external) | ✅ |
| advanced | file (embedded) | ? |
| db query | table | ✅ |
| db query | kanban board | ✅ |
| db query | gallery | ? |
| db query | list | ? |
| db query | calendar | ? |
| db query | timeline | ? |
| misc | breadcrumbs | ? |
| misc | 2/3/4/5 columns | ❌ no, this needs custom representation. don’t want to use HTML for this. |
| misc | mermaid | ✅ just use code blocks again and mermaid plugin |
| misc | link to person/page/date | ✅ currently working @3a319e6a |
| misc | @ a day/time, and then have that show up in queries somehow???? | ? |