Tables

[dpo]

> cat simple.md
column1 | column2
--------|--------
item1   | thing1
item2   | thing2
item3   | thing3
> julia
julia> using Markdown
julia> Markdown.parse_file("simple.md")

  column1 | column2 ––––|–––– item1   | thing1 item2   | thing2 item3   | thing3

I came across this behavior while using Docile.jl and Lexicon.jl, which use Markdown.jl. In the HTML output of my documentation, tables come out all garbled.

[dpo]

Just tested this with master and the problem is still there. Also README.md should say Markdown.parse_file instead of Markdown.parse.

[MikeInnes]

Tables aren't part of the commonmark spec, but they could certainly be added to the GitHub flavour. If you need tables immediately I suggest adding a four-space indent to preserve the raw text.

A PR for the readme (or indeed tables, if you have time) is very welcome.

[dpo]

See #19 for the fix to README.md.

[hayd]

This is fixed in 0.4 master, and will be in next release of Markdown.jl:

julia> md"""column1 | column2
       --------|--------
       item1   | thing1
       item2   | thing2
       item3   | thing3"""
column1 column2
––––––– –––––––
  item1  thing1
  item2  thing2
  item3  thing3