[pmwiki-users] Custom markup for standardised table

[Pico]

Allister Jenks wrote:
> I'm trying to create a markup that will allow me to quickly created
> standardised tables in my pages as follows:
> 
> (:CatStart:)
> (:CatLine id="xxx" desc="something" price="4.00":)
> (:CatLine id="yyy" desc="nothing" price="5.00":)
> (:CatEnd:)
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Sounds like an interesting project.  If the frustration level gets too 
high, you might step back and consider how far you can get with exiting 
markup.

Specifically, if you combine tables with pagelists, the structure of the 
table can be defined in the pagelist template and the content can be 
placed on structured pages in a group where, for example, the page name 
is the id, the content is the price and the description is in a 
description directive (or where each element appears on a designated 
line, or where  anchors are used to separate element, which can then be 
located anywhere on the page...)  With such structured pages, then you 
can add categories and keywords, and/or manually create wikitrail lists, 
that can be used to power pagelist directives that selectively populate 
your tables.

Pico

P.S.  Apologies, in advance, if you already identified and rejected such 
approaches, in which case, please consider this post as being for the 
benefit of others who read your e-mail and are left with the impression 
that a system for quickly creating standardized table for purposes such 
as inventory and pricing lists might require coding custom markup.