Updates to markdown rendering

Published 2020-01-15

There has been a new markdown format for gemini files proposed by @solderpunk in the mailing list:

=> https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2020/000304.html

The rules are:

1. Normal blocks of text are reflowed

2. Blocks of text enclosed in ``` are pre-formatted.

3. No links inside of pre-formatted blocks.

I decided to try this new format out by implementing it in my gemini->https proxy. It only took me ~20 minutes to tweak my rendering code. Of course, targeting HTML makes this a lot easier because I can use and tags as-is and not need to wrap the text myself.

The new rendering can be toggled with the [markdown] link at the top of the proxy page, or by appending "?reflow=2" to the URL (the proxy URL, not the gemini:// URL)

=> Gemini->HTTPS proxy in "markdown" mode

Here are some example gemini documents that I hastily threw together to show off the new formatting:

=> Ascii Art Tutorial | Flask Mega Tutorial