[pmwiki-users] formatting, indent

H. Fox haganfox at users.sourceforge.net
Thu Feb 9 17:51:52 CST 2006


On 10 Feb 2006 10:25:05 +1300, John Rankin <john.rankin at affinity.co.nz> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 8 February 2006 3:12 PM, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> >On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 01:43:24PM +1300, John Rankin wrote:
> >>What about
> >>
> >>    Bork bork bork bork... bork.
> >>    +Borkbork bork... bork.
> >>    +Bork bork bork.
> >>
> >
> >Hmm, I hadn't thought of + signs.  That's not a bad option.  OTOH,
> >we might want to use + for something else.
> >
> >Pm
> >
> Leaving aside the choice of markup for the moment...
>
> So how widely might this apply? For example, what do the
> following mean (if anything):
>
> * Bork bork bork
> +Borkbork bork ... bork.
>
> :Borkbork:blech blech blech
> +Borkbork bork ... bork.

I think that depends on what this would mean

    +Bork bork bork bork... bork.
    +Borkbork bork... bork.
    +Bork bork bork.

If, instead of a multiparagraph, + at the beginning of a line were to
mean a "book-formatted paragraph" that would make more sense.

(By "book-formatted paragraph" I mean a paragraph that's indented.  If
it follows another paragraph there's no empty line between them.)

    Bork bork!  Bork bork... bork.

    Bork bork bork bork... bork.
    +Borkbork bork... bork.
    +Bork bork bork.

gets you this:

    Bork bork!  Bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork
    bork borkedy bork.  Bork bork bork bork.

    Bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork
    bork bork.  Bork bork bork bork bork bork-bork bork bork bork
    bork?  bork bork bork bork bork bork.
        Borkbork bork bork bork.  Bork bork bork bork bork bork bork
    bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork. bork.
        Borkbork bork bork.


    Bork bork!  Bork bork... bork.

    +Bork bork bork bork... bork.
    +Borkbork bork... bork.
    +Bork bork bork.

gets you this:

    Bork bork!  Bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork
    bork borkedy bork.  Bork bork bork bork.

        Bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork
    bork bork.  Bork bork bork bork bork bork-bork bork bork bork
    bork bork?  bork bork bork bork bork bork.
        Borkbork bork bork bork.  Bork bork bork bork bork bork bork
    bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork. bork.
        Borkbork bork bork.

So your others would be

> * Bork bork bork
> +Borkbork bork ... bork.

An unordered-list item followed by a book-formatted paragraph.

<list padding><list decoration> Bork bork bork
<indent>Borkbork bork ... bork.

> :Borkbork:blech blech blech
> +Borkbork bork ... bork.

A term, a definition, then a book formatted paragraph

Borkbork
<definition padding>blech blech blech
<indent>Borkbork bork ... bork.

> * Bork bork bork
>   Borkbork bork ... bork.

A continued list item.  Equivalent to

* Bork bork bork Borkbork bork ... bork.

> :Borkbork:blech blech blech
>           Borkbork bork ... bork.

A term and definition, followed by some preformatted text

Borkbork
<definition padding>blech blech blech
          Borkbork bork ... bork.

where the XHTML for that last line is

<pre>          Borkbork bork ... bork.</pre>

> It doesn't seem quite right that
>
> +Borkbork bork ... bork.
>
> is only meaningful in the context of a multiparagraph.

Agreed.  I don't think PmWiki needs to support multiparagraphs.

Hagan




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