Le 2009-02-25 à 1:04, Benoit Perdu - TransMékong a écrit :
Taking David's example further, here is a first try:
id | name | description | more info
-----+---------+-------------------+-----------------
6 | Inset | An inset element | just one element
8 | Stories | Another element | another element
: with 2 lines, without
: colons on the left.
9 | Other | Another element | another element
: : : with 2 lines, with
: : : colons on the left.
5 | Illust. | An illustration | new line, would this do?
: : and I think you : Is it parseable?
: : know what I mean.
I doubt the no-colon-on-the-left lines will work. I mean, how do you
know you're writing in fourth column without counting whitespace? (And
if count whitespace it's unusable with proportional fonts.)
The colon at each empty cell looks like vertical ellipsis, that
makes it
pretty legible
Colons are a nice way to do it, but I doubt the table will be readable
by anyone not already aware of the syntax. To see what I mean, just
take a look at the last column and forget for a moment that you know
the difference in meaning between ":" and "|". It then looks like one
big paragraph of continuous text. You can disambiguate by reading the
text, then figure out the meaning of "|" and ":", but that's removing
the usefulness of a table which should be scannable at first glance.
If you want multiple lines per cell, I'd suggest using a more explicit
grid, something like this:
id | name | description | more info
====|=========|==================|=====================
6 | Inset | An inset element | just one element
----|---------|------------------|---------------------
8 | Stories | Another element | another element
| | | with 2 lines
----|---------|------------------|---------------------
9 | Other | Another element | another element
| | | with 2 lines
----|---------|------------------|---------------------
5 | Illust. | An illustration | line breaks are not
| | andn I think you | possible in a table
| | know what I mena.|
This is totally unambiguous and easy to scan for the reader. The
problem is that, even though it's easy to read, it's also more tedious
to write.
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Michel Fortin
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