Idea: Auto-Format on Post GitHub issue
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When Caspian code is posted to a platform — a forum, a chat tool, a code review system, a documentation site — the platform could automatically render it through the viewer's personal formatter before displaying it.
The idea: code has one author style, but every reader sees it in their own style. Formatting becomes a true presentation layer, invisible to the workflow.
This extends the formatter philosophy naturally: a platform reformats on the viewer's behalf instead of the viewer running anything locally.
Not designed yet. Questions to answer when revisiting:
- How does the platform know the viewer's style preferences?
- Does the platform reformat on the fly, or store pre-formatted versions per user?
- How does this interact with syntax highlighting and diffs?
- Is this a platform feature or a Caspian ecosystem convention?