On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Vincent Massol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 25, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Thomas Mortagne wrote: > >> Hi devs, >> >> Currently in xwiki syntax 2.0 we are using >> || title cell 1 || title cell2 >> | cell 1 | cell 2 >> for table syntax. >> >> The problem is that with this grammar it's impossible to have empty >> cells because you can't use || as it mean title cell. >> >> Creole is using (see >> http://www.wikicreole.org/wiki/Creole1.0#section-Creole1.0-Tables): >> |= title cell 1 |= title cell2 | >> | cell 1 | cell 2 | >> >> I propose to change our current || by |= meaning the difference with >> the Creole syntax will be just that we don't need the ending |: >> |= title cell 1 |= title cell2 >> | cell 1 | cell 2 >> >> - we generally agreed to use Creole as much as possible >> - this syntax support space >> - this cell header syntax is more consistent with our header syntax >> (which is the Creole one ok ;)) >> - I think it's more readable than the current one because it's easier >> to differentiate header cell and cell especially when there is lot's >> of them >> >> So here is my +1 > > +1 > > Do we want to offer an alternative syntax for people using a keyboard > that doesn't have the pipe symbol? > > I propose: > > != for headers > !! for cells > > since ! is the closest character to |
+1 > > WDYT? > > Thanks > -Vincent > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Thomas Mortagne _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
