[Pmwiki-users] Documenting conversations/messages (was: wikistyles and blocks

chr@home.se chr
Wed Nov 3 15:32:33 CST 2004


On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 02:21:12PM +0100, Knut Alboldt wrote:
> > As far as I understand a wikistyle can now (v2) used for blocks as well 
> > (%block .....%). And that block can be a list with sublists included.

Very neat :-)

I have a slightly related question - actually I'm looking for ideas of how 
to markup conversations I've had electronically. Say on an online forum 
where you send a message, the other person reads it and sends one back.
In addition, I'd like to be able to keep the text of a message free of any 
wiki markup.

Let's say the conversation goes like this (it's totally fake:-):

	2004-11-03

	Me:	Hi, how are you doing?

	Other:	I'm fine, what's up?

	<long break, got some tea>

	Me:	Nothing much, pretty good man.

		Today I rode my MC to work. The weather was nice:-)

And so on. Below is how I mark it up right now, but here the text of the
message is 'cluttered' with lots of '->' that I'd like to get rid of:

	!!! Conversation with Profile:Other
	2004-11-03

	!!!! Me
	-> Hi, how are you doing?

	!!!! Other
	-> I'm fine, what's up

	Long break, got some tea

	!!!! Me

	-> Nothing much, pretty good man.

	-> Today I rode my MC to work. The weather was nice:-)

But I'm sure there are better solutions. Any ideas?

Here's one way that let's me keep the text messages uncluttered with 
markup (i.e. no markup on the same line)

	!!! Conversations with Profile:Other
	2004-11-03

	%me%
	Hi, how are you doing?
	%%

	%other%
	I'm fine, what's up
	%%

	Long break, got some tea

	%me%
	Nothing much, pretty good man.

	Today I rode my MC to work, the weather was nice:-)

At first I thought this would work using %block ...%, but unfortunately a 
block automatically ends when there is a blank line... is there any way 
around that?

/Christian

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