On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Vincent Massol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've updated this page 
> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Drafts/XWikiSyntax20
>  which describes both XWiki syntax 1.0 and XWiki Syntax 2.0.
>
> I want to make sure we agree with the following syntax decisions and
> especially with regards to Creole since we want to be close to it.
>
> One disclaimer though: the creole specification is badly done and is
> not strict enough. There are lots of ambiguities in their descriptions
> of the syntax elements so it's almost impossible to ensure to be fully
> compatible with some element syntaxes.
>
> 1) New lines
>
> Right now we honor new lines (we've all already voted to have this). I
> just wanted to point out that this is different from Creole.
>
> 2) Horizontal lines
>
> We accept 4 or more dashes. Creole says it's 4 dashes only. However if
> you try it on their test page at 
> http://www.wikicreole.org/EditX.jsp?page=JSPWikiTestCases
>  if works fine with more than 4 dashes too.
>
> 3) Special numbered lists
>
> Is it ok to have this syntax:
>
> (% class="roman" %)
> 1. item1
> 1. item2

I prefer this one but...
>
> Or do we introduce new syntax elements as it's done in XWiki Syntax 1.0:
>
> i. item1
> i. item2

I think this is the best for user.

>
> See http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Drafts/XWikiSyntax20#HLists
> for more examples.
>
> I have the feeling it would be better to use our 1.0 syntax for this
> (note that this requires some heavy changes to wikimodel - Will need
> to discuss it with Mikhail).

What about support both ? Given the fact that support the version with
parameter is not a lot of work anyway if we decide to support the
second.

>
> 4) Images
>
> There's currently no special support for images in wikimodel. The
> solution wikimodel proposes is to implement its support through
> linline links. For example:
>
> This is an image:my.png image.
>
> As you can see the image is specified as a URI.
>
> Ok with everyone?
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
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