[pmwiki-users] custom markups and like breaks

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 10:52:16AM +1200, John Rankin wrote:
> How should a local end-of-line markup handle line breaks?
> 
> I have an experimental local markup where
> 
> * an item::its continuation
> 
> :a term:its definition::and its continuation
> 
> produce respectively
> 
> <ul><li><p>an item</p><p>its continuation</p></li></ul>
> 
> <dl><dt>a term</dt><dd>its definition></dd><dd>and its continuation</dd></dl>
> 
> This seems to be working. Local css rules adjust the 
> inter-paragraph space. But it seems more natural to write
> 
> * an item::
> its continuation
> 
> :a term:its definition::
> and its continuation
> 
> I can't figure out how to make this work.
> 
> It ought to be 'obvious when you know how'. Any suggestions?

How about just eliminating any return after a double colon?

    Markup ('::$', '<\\$', "/::\n/", '::');

Pm