On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 4:44 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 |
>
> WDYT?


+1 for both.

- Asiri


>
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
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