Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 11:37:07AM -0600, Nelson Ingersoll wrote: <snipped> > I think the more important message is that authors should use > '\\' and '\\\' very sparingly -- i.e., only when the author needs > to insert a blank line in the middle of a paragraph or heading. > > Otherwise, the proper way to generate vertical whitespace in > PmWiki is to use blank lines. > > I notice a lot of authors using \\ to generate blank lines even > in normal text, and I'm not sure what leads people to believe that > necessary. > > Borrowing from your example: > >> ----- >> Markup that looks good to a novice; '''AND IS!''' >> ----- >> >>>> center<< >> [+++Centered Three+++] >>>> << >> \\ >> >> !!Heading Three\\ >> >> [[Path:pub/doc3.pdf | Document3]]\\\ > > None of the \\'s are necessary here -- omit them and you get the > correct results. > >> ---- >> >>>> center<< >> [+++Centered Four+++] >>>> << >> !!Heading Four\\ >> >> [[Path:pub/doc4.pdf | Document4]]\\ > > Same here -- the \\'s can (and should) be omitted. > > Pm >
Fair enough... Let's recommend emphasizing novices NOT use the \\ and \\\; and, still suggest blank lines. - Nelson _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
