[pmwiki-users] improved markup for floating images...?
Ed W
lists at wildgooses.com
Tue Jul 26 09:01:21 CDT 2005
Apologies. My previous email sounded more like a winge than it was
meant to be...
>>Why don't we just introduce an img:xxx tag and use that? Have a look at
>>the way media-wiki does it - I quite like their syntax (It's on my todo
>>list to have a bash at this img tag actually)
>>
>>
>
>We can do img:xxx for images, but it ends up looking an awful lot
>like an InterMap link, and seems as though it would end up being
>treated a lot differently.
>
>
I'm about to have a bash at some code on this and I'm not quite sure
what you mean?
Just talking use case for a moment, I think what I am after is something
a bit like the attach: syntax, but with knobs on. Referencing the
mediawiki image: tag for a moment I would like to be able to do all the
following
A picture: [[Image:Wiki.png]]
or, with alternative text:
[[Image:Wiki.png|jigsaw globe]]
or, floating to the right side of the page and with a caption (and CSS
frame):
[[Image:Wiki.png|frame|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]
or, floating to the right side of the page ''without'' a caption or frame:
[[Image:Wiki.png|right]]
Basically the following options are supported: right, left, center,
none, sizepx, thumbnail (thumb), frame, and alternate (caption) text.
I propose to support the resizing by making it mangle the image name to
encode the resized file size. Something like Wiki.png.500px or
similar. Then we can simply test for the existence of a given resized
picture at delivery - create and store it if it doesn't exist, otherwise
just serve it straight up.
How does this sound? Notice how wikipedia use [[image:xxx]] in square
brackets, do you want the syntax for pm to loose the [[..]]?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_markup
Notice also (rather interestingly) that they tend to float an image by
default and you have to use a style="clear:both" to prevent it (which is
actually easier I think than having a bunch of different ways to float
it or not, just make the break explicit?)
Other syntax not discussed, but it should be possible is to use the
image as the display item of a link, ie something like this should be
valid.:
[[Topic|image:somepicture.jpg]]
Any comments so far?
Ed W
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