[Pmwiki-users] Presentation skin and recipe

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 12:36:37PM +1200, John Rankin wrote:
> On Wednesday, 30 June 2004 2:52 AM, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> It might be wise to consider tidying up the convention for 
> start-of-line local customisations. In 1.0 there are 2 options:
> 
>     [[:upper:]]:    as in Q: and A: and local customisations

Actually, I've never intended "Q:" and "A:" to extrapolate to
a generic "^[[:upper:]]:" markup syntax.  I chose "Q:" and "A:" 
mainly because (1) they're a natural markup for writing FAQ-style 
text (a fairly common application), and (2) as a demonstration of 
how custom markups can be introduced into PmWiki.  Indeed, this is
also why these simple extensions are given as a separate module
(scripts/faq.php) and not part of the core pmwiki.php code.

The other proposals, such as "=Q", "[:Q:]", etc. do have the
advantage of being consistent with other syntax, but are less
natural to me than the simple "Q:" and "A:".  In general, I think
that a more natural markup, when available, is a good idea even
if it doesn't follow a standardized/regular syntax.  But I'm not
steadfast on this point.  :-)

Pm