Guillaume Lerouge wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Vincent Massol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Guillaume was surprised (and rightly so) that we use this format for >> nested lists: >> >> 111*. >> >> He was expecting 111.*
How come? >> I remember I had the same remark the first time I saw this a long time >> ago. >> >> Thus (if we agree) we have 2 solutions: >> >> Solution 1: >> ========= >> >> 111.* -0.5, for me at least it is not intuitive at all. >> Solution 2: >> ======== >> >> 1.1.1.* +0.25 A bit too long. > > I'm in favor of this solution since it follows the usual pattern for lists : > > * > ** > > 1. > 1.1. > We could also have a simple dotless 1, like: 1 list item 1* subitem 1* subitem 1*1 numbered subitem 1*1 numbered subitem Of course this means that any non-list 1 at the start of the row should be escaped. Also, it is confusing with the old header syntax. If the dot's placement is not clear enough, we could use ), like: 1) item 1*) subitemitem 111) etc > thus making it easier for users to remember : indent one level = duplicate > the symbol . > > Guillaume > > >> Another solution would be to use another symbol but we cannot use # >> and the second most common solution is "1." >> See http://www.wikimatrix.org/syntax.php?i=33 >> >> I'm hesitating but I propose to use Solution 2 which seems the most >> consistent to me. >> >> WDYT? >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent >> >> _______________________________________________ >> devs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >> > > > -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
