Summary :
1) Usage of // instead of ~~ for italic
Three +1, two 0, no -1.
2) Usage of equal signs instead of 1./1.1/etc for Headings
Three +1, two 0, no -1 for this change.
Three +1, two 0, no -1 for choice a) : consider a line as a heading
only if there is the same number of equal signs at the beginning and
at the end of the line.
Thanks,
JV.
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Jean-Vincent Drean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi XWikiers,
>
> Those last months we've discussed a lot about precise elements of the
> new XWiki 2.0 syntax :
> - usage of 2 chars for **bold** and [[links]]
> - {{macro/}} syntax
> - Linebreaks on carriage returns
> - Linking to attachments/Insert link to image
> - |table| syntax
> - styling syntax
> - emoticons
>
> So far the idea was to keep the xwiki/2.0 syntax as close as possible
> from xwiki/1.0.
> IMHO we've reached a point where xwiki/2.0 is so different from
> xwiki/1.0 that it could be the occasion to go further and replace our
> few radeox leftovers by their widespread equivalent.
> That's the first thing I'd like to discuss, do we all agree to make
> other substantial modifications to xwiki/2.0 ?
>
> Here's my +1.
>
> Being completely in line with Creole [1] or WikiSyntaxCommon [2] is
> not an option since we've already made some incompatible choices (like
> linebreaks on carriage returns) and it would imply a big amount of
> work now that the new rendering is approaching a stable state. That's
> the reason why this proposal is about 2 basic (and important) wiki
> syntax elements, those 2 modifications would make xwiki syntax
> familiar to wikiPowerUsers.
>
> 1) Usage of // instead of ~~ for italic
>
> Creole rationale : A slash (/) looks like slanted italics, so it is
> intuitive and thus easier to remember.
> See http://www.wikicreole.org/wiki/BoldAndItalicsReasoning
> Note : on all the keyboard mappings I know slashes are more easily
> reachable than ~.
>
> Here's my +1.
>
> 2) Usage of equal signs instead of 1./1.1/etc for Headings
>
> Creole rationale : Using equal signs (=) is the most popular wiki
> header markup. Since there are more equal signs for smaller headers,
> subheaders will become more indented making it easier to get a visual
> overview from the markup alone.
> See http://www.wikicreole.org/wiki/HeadingsReasoning
>
> Note : We've experienced problems in the past with the 1/1.1 syntax
> (bad document section computation, problems with table cells starting
> with 1, etc) but those problems are addressed in the new rendering.
> Anyway I think users are more likely to unintentionaly start a line
> with a 1 than a = (like in "1 is more than 2" in the middle of a
> paragraph).
> What I personnaly like with this syntax is that it makes sections very
> visible when editing a page in wiki mode.
>
> About unclosed titles :
>
> === Also level 3
> === Also level 3 =
> === Also level 3 ==
>
> a) Don't interpret them
>
> +0.
>
> b) Interpret them but make closed title our default (generated by wysiwyg)
>
> +1, as I wrote above I think that having clear sections in a page
> helps to navigate in edit mode.
>
> c) Interpret them and make it our default
>
> -0.
>
> [1] : http://www.wikicreole.org/wiki/Creole1.0
> [2] : http://code.google.com/p/wikimodel/wiki/WikiSyntaxCommon
>
> Thanks,
> JV.
>
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Jean-Vincent Drean
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