openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website — pull request #28 by tomhughes (2012-03-06 19:22:17+00:00)
Title: Markdown

This branch updates the web site to accept Markdown test formatting everywhere (diary entries, comments, messages, user descriptions) where blocks of text can be entered. I hope this is an in improvement over the current situation where we accept HTML subject to sanitisation, and also attempt to auto-link URLs. A live version can be found on the dev server:

http://markdown.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/

Each text area now comes with a side panel displaying brief help text and buttons allowing the user to switch between edit mode and a preview view.

One unresolved issue is to how to handle the mail gateway for messages and diary comments.