[Pmwiki-users] Re: Pmwiki new version

[Thomas -Balu- Walter]

On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 11:01:18AM +1200, John Rankin wrote:
> 3. I'm less convinced by the directives markup [: ... :]
>    http://www.pmwiki.org/devel/pmwiki.php/PmWiki/Directives
>    for the following reasons:
>    - it looks like an inline markup ([+...+], [=...=] and so on)
>    - it might be needed for a future inline markup (although
>      i can't think what for right now)
>    - it's a bit awkward to type
> 
>    I propose the following alternative
>      [directive parameters] eg
>      [title text]
>      [noheader]
> 
>    This seems to me more consistent with the {$Value} markup.
>    Because there is always a directive word, the [...] markup 
>    won't be confused with normal text.

I stumbled over this too. My idea was that {$Value} and [: :] directives
belong in the same "category": PmWiki settings or directives. 

My idea was to use {directive parameters} (perhaps double the {{ }} as
most wiki tags are double-chars?) because the [ ] will focus on links in
the next major version?

-- Balu