Hi Jack, I'm not sure if I really understand the wherefor and why but the break in mediawiki is <br\> not <br>.
Perhaps you could make an extra button to insert <br/>? Greetings Katharina Jack D. Pond schrieb am 01.09.2009 00:44: > 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> >> ------- _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
