Optional/mandatory whitespace in §5.5 Advanced line types

[Sandra Snan]

I agree with mandatory whitespace except for when quoting empty lines.

Nathan Galt <mailinglists at ngalt.com> writes:

> Prior reading:
>
> => https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/specification.html The Spec, §5.5 Advanced line types
>
> I noticed that the spec has three different advanced line types and three different whitespace handling verbiages for each.
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> Heading lines: Start with 1–3 “#”, then optional whitespace.
> List items: Start with “* “ (note the space!)
> Quote lines: Start with “>” 
>
> Shouldn’t these three have the same whitespace rules, with the same phrasing?
>
> Here’s my argument for “mandatory whitespace for all” ([\t ]+):
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> - It lets authors write “#3. I like eggs.” without accidentally getting that line parsed as if it were a heading (we don’t have backslash escapes like Markdown does)
> - It’s better for some emoticons that, um, might be out there that start with > or *
> - “#Steak” looks like a hashtag, and I could see some fraction of authors writing “#blah” _meaning_ for it to be a tag
> - We shouldn’t be worried about backcompat at v0.14.2. I don’t have much gemini text, but I’m the sort who would reformat his own non-conformant documents to match something like this.
>
> - - - -
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> I could see myself wanting an H4-equivalent or higher, but I’m not certain this is _quite_ the right time to mention it. Also the current spec already seems to say that clients should parse “#### Eggs” as not-a-heading.