On Jan 7, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Thomas Mortagne wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> We need to decide if we want to keep the "\\" syntax since now
>> newlines are significant.
>>
>> There are two use cases I can see:
>>
>> 1) If we want to allow users to enter empty paragraphs (using \\):
>>
>> some para
>> \\
>> still the same para
>>
>> another para
>
> If the rational is "We escape the new line" I would prefer to use "~"
> instean of "\\" since our escaping character is "~" now.
We need one way to handle 1) and 2) which is a way to force a line
break. Having 2 solutions is complex and not intuitive.
In addition it's creole-compatible.
>> 2) Using \\ in scripts
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> #set ($var = "hello\\world")
>> $var
>>
>> note that a possibility is to use the following which is less nice
>> IMO:
>> #set ($var = "hello${xwiki.nl}world")
>>
>> So here's my +1 to keep "\\" syntax.
>>
>> Thanks
Thanks
-Vincent
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