allow markdown in changeset comments

[fuddl]

would be nice to link to something like another edit or a wiki page. or posting pictures

[tomhughes]

There really isn't enough space in the UI to have pictures there, which is the reason we don't Markdown. If links aren't working then I would consider that a bug - have you actually tried it?

[fuddl]

Yes I did

I don't see the problem since images could be simply shrinked like in the user's diaries:

.richtext img, .prose img {
  padding: 20px;
  background-color: #f4f4ff;
  display: block;
  max-width: 100%;
  margin: auto;
}

p>img {
  width: auto;
  max-width: 100%;
}

[tomhughes]

Right so links do work, just don't try and use Markdown syntax for them because we don't do Markdown in comments ;-)

Obviously we can shrink images, but they would wind up ridiculously small!

[fuddl]

while links (without link text) become ridiculously long 😜

[fuddl]

so anyway I suggest supporting markdown because it can be used everywhere on osm.org and its a useful thing

[tomhughes]

Not quite true - we don't allow it in notes either, for the same reason ;-)

[fuddl]

okay, I'll file that as a separate issue. 😉

so I suppose this should be closed…

[tomhughes]

Why did you feel the need to close this? It's a valid request though as I say there are problems that need to be considered.

Please don't open the same issue for notes - there already is one I belive.

[tomhughes]

#693 covers notes.

[fuddl]

Please don't open the same issue for notes - there already is one I belive.

I was joking

[fuddl]

Made a quick mockup.

this is what it looks on mobile:

this is what it looks on desktop:

[fuddl]

@tomhughes do you think images would be ridiculously small?

[planemad]

Would love to see this. Having images (even thumbnails) adds great context to conversation and makes the thread more readable.

[pnorman]

Do we do Markdown on anything API accessible?