[drupal-docs] XHTML in our documentation - Textile, Markdown, ...

[Moshe Weitzman]

> I am also -1 on using any markup language other than valid XHTML.  
> Drupal also has modules to check for input validity, and can refuse  
> non-compliant XHTML code. I am using the bbcode firefox extension to  
> help me author bug reports and comments on drupal.org. It does support  
> HTML and XHTML editing options too:
>

which modules validate for XHTML?

> https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php? 
> id=128&vid=196&category=Miscellaneous

OK, that suits your needs but do you really think it is a good solution  
to have everyone using FireFox plugins instead of just offerring  
bbcode.module on the site?

I understand the resistance to Markdown and friends, but I am not  
hearing viable alternative proposals. If we don't enforce validity at  
authoring time, we will get tag soup just like our current handbook.  
Ensuring validity is really the minimum we should do - ensuring  
consistency would be even better.

-moshe