[Pmwiki-users] Re: Major change to layout code likely (again!)

[Christian Ridderström]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 02:58:00PM -0500, Bob Dively wrote:
> > 
> > My only nitpick about the new templates - and it's a very, very small
> > nitpick - is the use of html comments as section delimiters. If someone
> > creates a layout with a WYSIWYG html editor like DreamWeaver, they won't
> > be able to see the html comments without looking at the source which might
> > make the process of producing a template slightly harder. 

Oh for crying out loud... :-)

> I agree on both points (1. it *is* a small nitpick :-), and 2. HTML 
> comments as section delimiters might not be the best choice).

On the positive side, they'll look "HTML-ish" for people used to HTML.

> I just used them because they look good in the HTML markup and it was
> convenient.  It's easy enough for me to change it or add a different
> delimiter sequence if someone will propose some alternatives.

I don't think we should remove them, so adding a differnt sounds better to
me.

Speaking of syntax (and unfortunately I haven't had time to actually read 
up on the new template system yet), but how many "languages" are there 
currently?
* Page source, i.e. PmWiki markup
* HTML (at least since that's what's being produced) + CSS files
* The special directives in the template files

/Christian

Oh, and just so I don't forget it... I take it we can place CSS directives 
in the template file using <style>..</style>?

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Christian Ridderstr?m                           http://www.md.kth.se/~chr