Vincent Massol wrote: > 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?
Of all the choices, it seems to be the least bad one. > 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? >>>> -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
