in reply to Re: Site HTML filtering, Phase II
in thread Site HTML filtering, Phase II
There is only one "tag" that behaves differently on PM vs elsewhere, and that is <code>. <readmore> is an additional pseudo-tag, but has no meaning in normal HTML. (In fact, we make use of the fact that it is meaningless in normal HTML.) I have no idea what behavior you're seeing with <a>; if you give me further information, I can attempt to explain. Perhaps you'll trying to put it in a place where all HTML is escaped.
As to <code>[</code> being difficult to type, you're correct, it is. However, it's rare to mention the [ character all by it's lonesome. When you do, [ is not difficult to type, or to remember. Code tags are useful semantic information, and allow for better visual cues. Please, don't abuse them for formatting.
Allowing input-as-POD, or another semi-plaintext format is easy to do wrong and difficult to do right. So far, we've done pretty well, I think, at not doing things wrong.
Having a tag like code that says "things inside this tag are PODish" is an interesting idea, and I may get around to taking a look into it at some point, but many, many, many things are higher up on my todo list.
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