[Pmwiki-users] Re: Pmwiki new version
Steven Leite
steven_leite
Tue Jun 8 20:52:52 CDT 2004
On Tuesday, June 08, 2004 4:01 PM [GMT+1=CET],
John Rankin <john.rankin at affinity.co.nz> wrote:
> On Tuesday, 8 June 2004 10:24 AM, Patrick R. Michaud
> <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
>>> 4. I feel the choice of double brackets for links is
>>> perhaps unfortunate (ugly).
>>
>> I chose this for a wide variety of reasons, including compatibility
>> with other wiki engines. However, it's *very* customizable, and
>> designed to be able to emulate the markups used by other engines.
>> So, what would you prefer to see instead? ;-)
>>
> 3. I'm less convinced by the directives markup [: ... :]
> http://www.pmwiki.org/devel/pmwiki.php/PmWiki/Directives
> for the following reasons:
> - it looks like an inline markup ([+...+], [=...=] and so on)
> - it might be needed for a future inline markup (although
> i can't think what for right now)
> - it's a bit awkward to type
>
> I propose the following alternative
> [directive parameters] eg
> [title text]
> [noheader]
I think JR has a good point, but I also don't like his proposed
following alternatives because they could appear in "normal text". I
think double brackets works fine. If not double brackets, then
double-something-else. Two reasons for doubling-up the syntax.
a) As JR commented, [: :] is harder to type than [[ ]]
b) [single] brackets is not obscure enough to avoid the possibility of
it appearing in regular text
Even ::no header:: ((no footer)) or ##no group header##. would work
for me. I think ((this)) looks best.
-Steven
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