[Cryptech-Commits] [wiki] 09/75: Notes on table conversion.

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commit c439a6557336e6971688f2a4cc21e0fc2d43a1ed
Author: Rob Austein <sra at hactrn.net>
AuthorDate: Tue Mar 19 18:03:25 2019 +0000

    Notes on table conversion.
---
 tools/trac2md.py | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

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