[pmwiki-users] Request for ideas -- edit page improvements

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 08:51:01PM +0100, Pierre Rouzeau wrote:
> To explain why i think there is some need for simpler table manipulation:
> - the PmWiki Features list, simple table scheme :
> http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PmWikiFeatures?action=edit

Actually, PmWikiFeatures is one of those pages that I think ought to
be reworked to not use a table in the first place.  It seems to me
it would more readable and understandable to new people as highly
structured prose; i.e., using headings and/or definition lists.

Or, at the very least, it might be better off written using the
advanced table markups instead of the ||...|| simple tables.

The point of difficulty in editing complex tables is well taken; 
however, it's also a non-trivial problem and more work than I'm
wanting to take on at the moment (for the perceived benefit gained).


> - A list of listserv references, which was initially in simple table 
> scheme, but was later changed to advanced table, due to difficulties to 
> manage it:
> http://www.rouzeau.net/w/z.php5?n=Ressources.ListesDeDiffusion?action=edit
> 
> That may also help to understand why i wanted to have a full width 
> editing...

It also seems to me that this sort of application is a case where
it might be better to define a custom markup rather than try to
shoehorn things into the existing table markups.  In general it's a 
good idea to separate content from layout, and this use of tables 
doesn't do that.

Pm