[pmwiki-users] Announce: Slender, pmwiki-based wiki making a fresh start

marc gmane at auxbuss.com
Thu Jan 18 17:02:30 CST 2007


Patrick R. Michaud said...
> 
> But I think that nowadays the only time that [[<<]] is used
> is to skip below any floating elements.  Perhaps a wikistyle
> would serve the same purpose-- i.e.  %clear% would cause the
> current block to appear below any floating content?
> 
>     %rfloat% Attach:floatingimage.jpg
>     This text appears to the left 
>     of the floating image.
> 
>     %clear% This text appears below the floating image.

As long as %clear% will 'work' without any text following it. For 
example, <!--PageText--> followed by a footer that depends on the clear/
[[<<]] in the pages where required. I know it can be done in other ways 
(e.g. <div style='clear:both;'><div>, say), but [[<<]] has its uses. 

-- 
Cheers,
Marc





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