[Pmwiki-users] Re: Pmwiki new version

[John Rankin]

On Thursday, 10 June 2004 2:52 AM, Steven Leite <steven_leite at kitimat.net> wrote:
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>>    I propose the following alternative
>>      [directive parameters] eg
>>      [title text]
>>      [noheader]
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>I think JR has a good point, but I also don't like his proposed
>following alternatives because they could appear in "normal text".

Not strictly true -- the directive makes it abnormal, since this 
is a known list of reserved words, unlike [[links]].

>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

And doubling up makes the directive stand out from the regular text.

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