[Pmwiki-users] %class=something% (was Re: Extending ...)

[Greg Morgan]

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> [mailto:Pmwiki-users-bounces at pmichaud.com] On Behalf Of 
> Richard Canning
> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 7:09 PM
> To: pmwiki-users at pmichaud.com
> Subject: RE: [Pmwiki-users] %class=something% (was Re: Extending ...)
> 
> Well, I want block text styles, but I don't think I want them 
> bad enough to jump up and down screaming about it.
> 
> Some specific markup that will add <span class=xxx> </span> 
> and <div class=xxx> </div> would really really really (I 
> think three reallys is enough) make PmWiki great. What I have 
> read on the list seems to indicate that there are ways of 
> doing it, rather than a specific way that is coded in that is
> how it "should" be done. I would like some official markup so 
> I know it is not going to break.

I know what you mean.  I've got a bit of a hack installed in my config.php
file for use on my personal wiki. But when/if an offical span/div tag gets
released it's going to break.

In case you're curious, here's what I've got in my config.php

$InlineReplacements["/\\[D\\~\\~D\\]/"] = "</div>";
$InlineReplacements["/\\[D\\~(.*?)\\~D\\]/"] = "<div class='$1'>";
$InlineReplacements["/\\[S\\~\\~S\\]/"] = "</span>";
$InlineReplacements["/\\[S\\~(.*?)\\~S\\]/"] = "<span class='$1'>";

This adds the markup [D~class~D] for divs and [S~class~S] for spans.
Example:
[D~foo~D]
Here's some text.
[D~~D]

This comes out as
<div class='foo'>
Here's some text.
</div>


The only problem with this method is that it doesn't automatically close the
spans and divs like the advanced table markups do.
I think to add that kind of functionality we'd need to be able to
extend/replace the PrintText function.