[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #696: Add markdown support to support forum editor

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#696: Add markdown support to support forum editor
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 Reporter:  ahockley        |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by johnjamesjacoby):

 I think there's a sweet spot here, and GitHub has mostly nailed it IMO.

 We want the convenience of WYSIWYG, simplicity of Markdown, but we
 (probably) don't want to commit to special formatting being saved in the
 database (otherwise we are committing to either supporting it forever or
 cleaning it out once we're over it years later.)

 So...
 ...a toolbar with buttons...
 ...that insert Markdown in a textarea...
 ...with a preview...
 ...that saves to HTML...
 ...and converts back to Markdown on edit.

 I think this is doable, and I think maybe the O2/P2 theme had support for
 some version of this (unless that's via Jetpack?)

 Whatever we choose, we'll need to juggle the backtick support that comes
 natively in bbPress. It's still a modern variant of what came in bbPress
 1.x (vs. some limited Markdown library.) I do see value in including
 Markdown in bbPress core, but I'd want something like above, and would
 want to deprecate the old backtick code at the same time.

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