RE: Gopher item type for Markdown?

> From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre-nb4sah8SP49Wk0Htik3J/[email protected]> 
> Sent: 14 August 2020 17:12

> > > a) Is this a good thing to do? Markdown is technically still text, 
> > > but some might feel that it shouldn't be part of the gopher item types.
> > 
> > I would use type 0 (text) and the .md extension.
> > A client can easily interpret it how it wants then.

> I think this makes the most sense to me as well. Markdown is still visually 
> intelligible as plain text, so I don't see why older clients unaware of a 
> new item type should be unable to access it. The extension seems like 
> something that could be agreed upon by convention.

Ok! Thanks for the feedback. I'll go with 0 and then render as markdown if it has a .md extension.