Hamdown
Languages and libraries
markup language
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
3 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 16 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.38.
Idea: 2 for, 10 againstDesign: 1 for, 5 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Worthwhile effort; Markdown lacks features for complex sites.
From 1 comment
This is a worthy effort. Markdown isn't quite there in terms of slightly more complex web sites, and Haml is definitely more complex for the simple things than I would like. I…
ChuckMcM on HN
Default classes and front matter support would be useful.
From 2 comments
I think this looks really great! Love the idea of the front matter enabling things like default classes. Writing HTML or markup using something like Haml or Pug is just so much…
lytedev on HNActually just a method of enabling default classes for certain control sequences would be great, or some simple configuration for ie accessibility defaults(auto IDs, roles, etc).…
anthonybullard on HN
Objections
Source is less readable than Markdown; Haml syntax is harder to scan.
From 2 comments
I'm afraid I'll have to be one of the curmudgeonly naysayers, too. The nice thing about Markdown is that the source file is just as readable as the output. Haml and hamdown fail…
bitofhope on HNI know this isn't the fault of the author but I don't like the way periods seem to be overloaded in the Haml example: ``` %h2.f2.helvetica.strike ``` The first period denotes a…
krapp on HN
Just put HTML in Markdown instead.
From 1 comment
Why not just put HTML in your markdown? Lots of parsers support it, you rarely need it so who cares if it's ugly, it avoids having to learn another thing, and it lets you do…
IshKebab on HN
Only a proposal with no implementation; title oversells it.
From 2 comments
So is this the "lean startup" equivalent of a Show HN? "I have this great idea. buy it here!" oh really we haven't implemented anything, but now that we see a bunch of people…
masukomi on HNAgreed. I've seen this more and more where people link to incomplete proposals on GitHub, but have very misleading titles. At least they know how to work the system to get their…
techntoke on HN
Requests
Default classes or accessibility defaults for control sequences.
From 1 comment
Actually just a method of enabling default classes for certain control sequences would be great, or some simple configuration for ie accessibility defaults(auto IDs, roles, etc).…
anthonybullard on HN
Front matter as a first-class feature.
From 1 comment
Hamdown author here. To make it clear the I don't see this as a replacement for HTML/ERB/whatever templating solution for your web app. The niche is rather narrow - it is for…
inem on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Textile?
From 1 comment
Before Markdown, there was another plain text markup system called Textile, which seems to be all but forgotten -- and I'm not sure "Hamdown" has a lot of advantages over…
chipotle_coyote on HN
How does it compare to reStructuredText?
From 1 comment
How does this compare to RestructuredText?
rbjorklin on HN
Alternatives named
Textile
From 1 comment
Before Markdown, there was another plain text markup system called Textile, which seems to be all but forgotten -- and I'm not sure "Hamdown" has a lot of advantages over…
chipotle_coyote on HN
Slim
From 1 comment
I also preferred the clarity of unambiguous plain code. Then I found slim. It eliminates most of the markup, reducing it to its humanly readable essence, producing clean…
andrei_says_ on HN
Pug/Jade
From 1 comment
Seems pretty similar to pug/jade, other than not needing parentheses for tag attributes? (which admittedly, has annoyed me in pug) If I had to go to Ruby-land, I would use slim...
jessaustin on HN
Haml markdown filters
From 1 comment
I'm not sure if the advantages are significant enough over using haml markdown filters (last example) to warrant creating an implementation. Great idea though.
amingilani on HN
reStructuredText
From 1 comment
RestructuredText seem to me like an alternative to Markdown. Hamdown idea is to enable automated content-generation by allowing ruby code embedding (like you can do with HAML)
inem on HN
kramdown
From 1 comment
Hamdown author here. To make it clear the I don't see this as a replacement for HTML/ERB/whatever templating solution for your web app. The niche is rather narrow - it is for…
inem on HN