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| author | John MacFarlane <fiddlosopher@gmail.com> | 2013-01-22 19:31:03 -0800 |
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| committer | John MacFarlane <fiddlosopher@gmail.com> | 2013-01-22 19:31:03 -0800 |
| commit | 8448b8a386c7d173490018d91f0c37d114509012 (patch) | |
| tree | f721bb9ae968d4ee1c7418ddee76e00cfe85929a /README | |
| parent | d52a1ec18f3344db5d2c835c0e2744a47042170e (diff) | |
README: Split up documentation of table extensions.
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -1455,15 +1455,14 @@ A line containing a row of three or more `*`, `-`, or `_` characters Tables ------ -**Extension: `simple_tables`, `multiline_tables`, `grid_tables`, -`pipe_tables`, `table_captions`** - Four kinds of tables may be used. The first three kinds presuppose the use of a fixed-width font, such as Courier. The fourth kind can be used with proportionally spaced fonts, as it does not require lining up columns. ### Simple tables +**Extension: `simple_tables`, `table_captions`** + Simple tables look like this: Right Left Center Default @@ -1491,7 +1490,7 @@ to the dashed line below it:[^4] [Markdown discussion list](http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/markdown-discuss/2005-March/001097.html). The table must end with a blank line, or a line of dashes followed by -a blank line. A caption may optionally be provided (as illustrated in +a blank line. A caption may optionally be provided (as illustrated in the example above). A caption is a paragraph beginning with the string `Table:` (or just `:`), which will be stripped off. It may appear either before or after the table. @@ -1511,6 +1510,8 @@ would be right, left, center, and right aligned, respectively. ### Multiline tables +**Extension: `multiline_tables`, `table_captions`** + Multiline tables allow headers and table rows to span multiple lines of text (but cells that span multiple columns or rows of the table are not supported). Here is an example: @@ -1561,6 +1562,8 @@ the table), or the table may be interpreted as a simple table. ### Grid tables +**Extension: `grid_tables`, `table_captions`** + Grid tables look like this: : Sample grid table. @@ -1585,6 +1588,8 @@ columns or rows. Grid tables can be created easily using [Emacs table mode]. ### Pipe tables +**Extension: `pipe_tables`, `table_captions`** + Pipe tables look like this: | Right | Left | Default | Center | |