[Pmwiki-users] Categories instead of hierarchies?

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 12:26:12AM -0500, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote:
> Other alternative syntax (no preferences here; fire at will):

Okay!  (Pm loads up his rubber band gun...)

> 	[[|XYZ]]	Categories are like sets and | reminds me of sets

Too close to  [[target | text]]   (*twang!*)

> 	[[:XYZ]]	since we have (::) now, why not?  :-)

Too close to [[http:XYZ]]   (*boing!*).  Might also be needed in
a hierarchical syntax.

> 	[[>XYZ]]	I think Patrick already mentioned this one

This one is a possibility.  :-)

> 	[[/XYZ]]

Too close to [[Group/XYZ]], also may be needed for [[/subpage]].  (*thwang!*)

> 	[[\XYZ]]

Backslashes are Evil--too hard for authors to distinguish from a forward
slash (*twang! Twang! TWANG!*)

> 	[[+XYZ]]	Another set-ish thing.
> 	[[-XYZ]]

These are possible, but I think I like [[!XYZ]] better.

> 	[[=XYZ]]	Reminds me of mailboxes in mutt

Too close to [=...=].  (*thwank*)

(Pm casually blows the smoke from the barrel and holsters his 
rubber-band gun.)

Pm