[pmwiki-users] improved markup for floating images...?

[Neil Herber]

At 2005-07-28  03:40 PM +0100, Ed W is rumored to have said:
>>>So long as containing the caption isn't a problem, this one is good. 
>>>PmWiki users already associate the pipe with "the following text
>>>describes the preceding item".
>>>
>>
>>This last point is excellent; I think I'll probably go with the
>>pipe based on that.
>>
>
>I think the syntax might want to be
>
>Attach:image.jpg|This is my caption|
>
>(Notice the extra |)

Not being immersed in "crunchy Unix goodness" (TM), I do not associate the 
"pipe" character with anything in particular. For me (and I propose, for 
most non-unix authors) a caption would be more naturally denoted by 
inclusion within brackets or braces as in: %frame% Attach:image.jpg {caption}

Note that this looks very much like Ed's suggestion, but uses characters 
that non-unix-folk associate with parenthetical remarks.


Neil

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