From c439a6557336e6971688f2a4cc21e0fc2d43a1ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Austein <sra@hactrn.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:03:25 +0000
Subject: Notes on table conversion.
---
tools/trac2md.py | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
(limited to 'tools')
diff --git a/tools/trac2md.py b/tools/trac2md.py
index ab0bf79..85fdd79 100755
--- a/tools/trac2md.py
+++ b/tools/trac2md.py
@@ -128,6 +128,26 @@ def WikiToMD(content):
code_block = False
line = line.replace("}}}", "```")
if not code_block:
+ #
+ # Want to convert tables. References:
+ # https://github.github.com/gfm/#tables-extension-
+ # https://permatrac.noc.ietf.org/wiki/WikiFormatting#Tables
+ #
+ # Table start: line containing "||"
+ # Table end: blank line?
+ #
+ # Figuring out whether there's a real header line is fun,
+ # trac doesn't require one, markdown does. Guess we can
+ # add a dummy header if no better idea. Markdown requires
+ # delimiter line, which we add immediately after the
+ # header, both appear to be mandatory. Trac can have
+ # label cells anywhere, not just in header, might need to
+ # add "*" to those or just ignore the issue.
+ # Justification we can sort of figure out from the header,
+ # if the rows do anything different, ouch, because
+ # markdown specifies in delimiter line.
+ #
+
#
# Convert bullet lists. The start and end of a list needs
# an empty line. wikiformat uses both '*' and '-' for its
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