On Sep 25, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: > 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.
Yes that's the reason I didn't list it. > If the dot's placement is not clear enough, we could use ), like: > > 1) item > 1*) subitemitem > 111) etc This sounds too different from other syntaxes ( http://www .wikimatrix.org/syntax.php?i=33). So are you saying that the current notation ("1111*.") is ok for you? Thanks -Vincent >> 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
