I think part of the point of usability with a wiki is to reduce user
complexity, not to increase it. Silly rules like adding a <br> or using two
line feeds (which sometimes shows up as two line feeds), run contrary to
that concept.
After seeing many responses (thank you all for the input), I've come to the
conclusion that this is best implemented by creating a new extension, which
I'm going to call ExtendedStringFunctions.
This will allow escaping characters (such as newline and others) and will be
invoked with an extra "e" at the end of the parser function:
Example:
{{#replacee:{{{Input String}}}|\n|<br>}}
This way, the existing users of StringFunctions will not find their stuff
unexpectedly escaped, and those who wish to do replacements and escaping can
do so with the extended functions.
Again, thanks for all the input!
Jack
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> <br> is inserted by FCKEditor (which I guess many are using
> in their Wikis).
> Personally, I find these all over the place in oursi - and it
> irritaes me (even in level heading, and tables etc)
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> Jon.
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> Katharina Wolkwitz wrote:
> > Hi Jack,
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> > I'm not sure if I really understand the wherefor and why
> but the break
> in
> > mediawiki is <br\> not <br>.
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> > Perhaps you could make an extra button to insert <br/>?
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> > Greetings
> > Katharina
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> You break paragraphs in MediaWiki using *two* line breaks.
> <br /> or <br> force a line break just as it does in html,
> but you /shouldn't/ need it.
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