Extra newline also means extra line in output. More importantly, if a user fills in either in infoblock or a textbox, they have to put the second newline in - teaching the users to do this is as counterintuitive as teaching them to put an html break (<br>).
However, escaping the escape (e.g., "\\" instead of "\") can be difficult too - but usually not an issue for those who would actually put one in - and the <nowiki> mechanism is already widely used for this. Jack > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jean-Marc van Leerdam > Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 4:39 PM > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Replacing Newline using > Extension:StringFunctions > > Hi, > > 2009/8/31 Jack D. Pond <[email protected]>: > > Waseem etal, > > > > I would like to modify Extension:StringFunctions to allow this. > > > > This requested functionalit is useful in making it easier > for users to > > edit/create information in infoblocks without having to remember to > > put in <br> > > > > I may be dense, but why do you need this in mediawiki? Using > two newlines results in a new paragraph when rendering; using > a single newline collapses the text into a single paragraph AFAIK. > > The following wiki text: > -------- > this is line 1 > this is line 2 > > this is line 3 (extra newline) > this is line 4 > > > this is line 5 (two extra newlines) > this is line 6 > -------- > > renders as > ------- > <p>this is line 1 > this is line 2 > </p><p>this is line 3 (extra newline) > this is line 4 > </p><p><br /> > this is line 5 (two extra newlines) > this is line 6 > </p> > ------- > > -- > Regards, > > Jean-Marc > -- > . ___ > . @@ // \\ "De Chelonian Mobile" > . (_,\/ \_/ \ TortoiseSVN > . \ \_/_\_/> The coolest Interface to (Sub)Version Control > . /_/ \_\ http://tortoisesvn.net > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
