Re: [cowiki-dev] Extension to coWiki text formatting

Archie Campbell wrote:

> PAUL HANCHETT wrote:
>
>>> Re bug #195, WikiParser accepting <u>, <i>, <b>... I could fix a 
>>> scheme for user-defined attributes in the output HTML, such that <u 
>>> origin="wiki"> back-parses to "__" and <u origin="html"> back-parses 
>>> to "<u>". Any takers? Comments on expanding this? Put downs?
>>
>>
>> I can't think of a probem with it...  I haven't looked at the code 
>> handling this, my off-the-top-of-my-head fear was that a new tag was 
>> needed to represent every formatting source.  I see now that is not 
>> necessary.  The light bounces back and forth inside my 
>> management-type head!  :-)
>
>
> I'll put in origin code for emphasis, that's bold, italic, underline, 
> strikeout and fixed. It's a natty little fix, and might please some 
> people.

:-)

>
>>> What is the consensus on <p>-aragraphs? The parsers, together, seem 
>>> [sic] to like putting everything on one line unless broken by <br/>. 
>>> This is true-to-html behaviour. Thing is, I could be slotting 
>>> <p>...</p> around these lines without much effort. I'm thinking of 
>>> somebody's future javascript, where the <p></p> is the only 
>>> containing element we have, except for a <div> within which 
>>> justification takes place. Comment?
>>
>>
>> Are you talking about internal representation, what we display back 
>> to the user when they edit, or the html output?
>>
>> In Wiki-text, the end of line, in a non-blank line, is a paragraph 
>> break.  Multiple empty lines produce no output and silently disappear 
>> from the page text.
>
>
> I'm talking about internal xml. If the end-of-line to paragraph-break 
> is your understanding of wiki-text, O fearless leader, then I'll put 
> <p></p> around those virtual lines. No worries.

OK (I think), try not to change current behavior on view of either the 
page or the source!  ;-)

>
>>> If you like, I'll commit to cvs, but I don't want to break the HEAD 
>>> again.
>>
>>
> Haven't the guts to do this, yet. Cometh thursday and the looked-for 
> feedback...:-)
>
> My HEAD-tree is probably bogged down in stickiness, but for now tigris 
> is timing out...:-(

Tigris was supposed to be "down" on Tuesday, what ever that may mean.  :-( 

I won't be around today, I have an employment seminar to attend...  :-\

Paul