> It would be simpler to just use the ISO date format.
[x]it! is supposed to be edited (editable) by hand, and from an end-user perspective, I personally find ISO-8601 in its entirety relatively complex to grasp. The currently supported date formats aim to be a tradeoff between “flexible enough” but “not too complex yet”.
> Why wouldn't you allow space before the checkbox?
To enforce a tidy layout of the file. Whitespace before the checkbox (i.e. on the same line) is undefined behaviour. The idea is that editor plugins help users with compliance of the rules. For example, I think that all available [x]it! editor plugins would highlight it if there was illegal whitespace in front of a checkbox.
[x]it! is supposed to be edited (editable) by hand, and from an end-user perspective, I personally find ISO-8601 in its entirety relatively complex to grasp. The currently supported date formats aim to be a tradeoff between “flexible enough” but “not too complex yet”.
> Why wouldn't you allow space before the checkbox?
To enforce a tidy layout of the file. Whitespace before the checkbox (i.e. on the same line) is undefined behaviour. The idea is that editor plugins help users with compliance of the rules. For example, I think that all available [x]it! editor plugins would highlight it if there was illegal whitespace in front of a checkbox.