On Sep 15, 2008, at 4:42 PM, Jean-Vincent Drean wrote:
> 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.
what about the other options?
Thanks
-Vincent
> 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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