[pmwiki-users] Some experiments with whitespace indentation

[Neil Herber]

At 2005-10-17  01:58 PM +1300, John Rankin is rumored to have said:
>5. Just an observation -- matching the exact number of spaces
>    seems a bit fragile; for example this is incorrect:

This is more than just an observation - it is a massive understatement.

Relying on white space for any kind of markup (indents, list 
components, or preformatted text)  strikes me as one of the weakest 
parts of PmWiki.

If PmWiki is truly to be author friendly, then it needs to have 
markup that is clear and unambiguous. Aligning spaces is too hit-or-miss.


Neil

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