From 48eaadc57ff45bb44efe9c8da85a1c792c03dc77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John MacFarlane Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 10:40:13 -0800 Subject: Fixed pipe tables -- headerless tables are not allowed. GFM and PHP Markdown Extra pipe tables require headers. Previously pandoc allowed pipe tables not to include headers, and produced headerless pipe tables in Markdown output, but this was based on a misconception about pipe table syntax. This commit fixes this. Note: If you have been using headerless pipe tables, this may cause existing tables to break. Closes #1996. --- README | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index ee138ac3d..8c8e8c957 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1827,8 +1827,8 @@ Pipe tables look like this: The syntax is [the same as in PHP markdown extra]. The beginning and ending pipe characters are optional, but pipes are required between all columns. The colons indicate column alignment as shown. The header -can be omitted, but the horizontal line must still be included, as -it defines column alignments. +cannot be omitted. To simulate a headerless table, include a header +with blank cells. Since the pipes indicate column boundaries, columns need not be vertically aligned, as they are in the above example. So, this is a perfectly -- cgit v1.2.3