On 15 September 2015 at 13:33, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I got some details back from ASF Infra:
>
> """
> gstein ok so if we enable wiki style formatting you can wrap anything in
> {{monospaced}} blocks. And use {code} blocks etc. This is already built in
> to Jira and just needs enabling for your project jira.
> see:
> https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/WikiRendererHelpAction.jspa?section=advanced
> and
> https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/WikiRendererHelpAction.jspa?section=texteffects
> for more info.
> """
>
> This sounds like the wiki formatting schabi is talking about. So I'd raise
> two questions:
>
> 1) maybe the wiki *can* somehow be applied to Description and Steps.
> how/true?
Wiki renderer can be enabled for all fields, including Description and comments.
> 2) maybe we call it "good enough", and go with proportional fonts for
> Description/Steps.
>
The real problem that wiki renderer adds vertical scroll bar for
{noformat} blocks longer than 10-20 lines.
> Infra did say they might allow a plugin, but they would want to review it
> first. Apparently, plugins affect the *entire* instance, in their experience
> (tho, they might not be Render plugins; short answer: they are hesitant, but
> might allow it). ... And yes: no cycles there to write such a plugin.
>
It would be extremely simple (just wrap content in <pre> tag) and
open-source plugin.
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Ivan Zhakov
