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[Hans]

Sunday, June 19, 2005, 4:39:46 PM, Patrick wrote:
>> ||
>> ||*[[link 1]] || explanation one ||
>> ||*[[link 2]] || explanation two ||
>> 
>> this would look a lot easier in markup.

> What would it generate on output (in HTML)?  Should it really be
> generating table cells containing unordered lists of one item each?

That would do it for this case. Output:
<table><tr>
<td><ul><li><a ...>....</a></li></ul></td>
<td>......</td>
</tr>
etc.

If possible allowing the first appearance of a * to generate a list,
which would give the possibility to have the list element in another
column. If this is not possible the first cell in the row with a *
will get a list of one element.

I suppose if one wanted to have longer lists in one cell one would use
advanced table syntax.

>> ||
>> ||*[[link 1]] ||*[[link 2]] ||
>> ||*[[link 3]] ||*[[link 4]] ||
>> 
>> This all looks a lot easier than the html output!

> Yes, but it won't parse as a wikitrail.

But if ||* would generate a cell with a list with one element this may
work, even if it would not parse as a trail. Might still be useful.

I can't see a way how this could be applied to ordered lists though.
I can't see a html solution to this either.
But it may not matter much.

Why was it easier with an old typewriter using the tab key? :)

Best, 
~Hans