Message Block

NB. This is just an idea. https://todo.sr.ht/~bouncepaw/mycomarkup/4

Wikis encourage communication, right? They do not. Not Mycorrhiza, at least.

A way to solve it is the Message block. I actually had ideas about it for like a year.

Message block should have this:

Content (Mycomarkup, might be empty)
Link to author (might be empty)
Timestamp (might be empty)

Well, we can actually live without timestamps. If you really need them, write them in the content part.

So, content and author. This syntax is reasonable:

msg {
  No author
}

msg bouncepaw {
  An author is specified. When rendered, [[u/bouncepaw]] is linked there.
}

They can be nested, encouraging branching discussion:

msg A { I hate the AC.
  msg B { Why? This is stupid!!
}}

msg B {
   Hello world! Did you know there are many benefits to loving the AC?

   msg C {
      No, I wouldn't have thought! Tell us more please
   }
}

Message blocks should look like chat bubbles 💬 I am still unsure how to determine what messages go to the left and what messages go to the right.

u/drcheems and u/bouncepaw once thought that a multiline quote {} block would be nice. I don't think it makes sense to have both msg {} and quote {} together.

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