[Pmwiki-users] More on attachments

[Andrew J. Camenga]

> Message: 5
> From: "Patrick R. Michaud" <pmichaud at sci.tamucc.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Pmwiki-users] More on attachments
> 
> Although the %style%...%% could be "nested/containerized", 
> I've been thinking that it wouldn't have to be.  %style% can simply mean 
> "apply this style to any text/markup that follows on the same line, up to 
> the next %style% markup".  Thus one could write:
> 
>    This text is %red% red, %green% green, and %blue% blue.%%  This text
>    is normal again.
> 
> instead of having to have closing %%-tags, as in:
> 
>    This text is %red% red, %% %green% green, and %% %blue%blue.%%.  This
>    text is normal again.
> 
> Or put another way, the %% is not really a "close style tag"--it simply
> means "apply no style formatting for text/markup that follows on the
> same line, up to the next %style% markup".
> 
> But perhaps this is just too much of a paradigm shift for all of the XML/
> HTML authors out there who are used to thinking mainly in terms of containers
> and nested tags.
> 
> Pm

Of the suggestions made so far, I like this suggestion the best. It 
provides the opportunity to indicate style quickly and in a way that 
is quite readable and fairly easy to explain. 

Andrew Camenga

P.S. I'm experimenting with pmwiki on a local network and 
appreciate the work and thought that has gone into it so far.