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

[Greg Morgan]

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> [mailto:Pmwiki-users-bounces at pmichaud.com] On Behalf Of 
> Richard Canning
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 1:56 PM
> To: Christian Ridderstr?m; pmwiki-users at pmichaud.com
> Subject: RE: [Pmwiki-users] Re: %class=something% (was Re: 
> Extending ...)
> 
> I think my biggest problem with extending the %...% markup is 
> that it only works for a single block of text. If I wanted to 
> change the typeface on a series of paragraphs, then I would 
> need to do this for each of them. I would much prefer to be 
> able to start a div, put in all of the stuff I want to
> use that class, and then end it.
> 
> That is why I suggested doing it like tables are done. It 
> gives a lot more flexibility for being able to do this.
> 
> Richard Canning

Exactly.. That, IMHO, would be half the point of implementing div and/or
span in the first place.
I think that what div markup we come up with would only be used by advanced
users anyway.  This is why I rather liked [[div]], because it's reminiscent
of [[table]]