On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Petko Yotov <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday 24 May 2011 10:27:59, Oliver Betz wrote : > > Ever tried to insert a column in HTML or Wiki markup? It's a PITA. > > Even entering or modifying data is extremly inconvenient in markup. > > I have found it easier to split the columns of large simple tables with \ > and > start them on new lines preceded by 2 spaces, something like: > > || row 1 col 1 \ > || row 1 col 2 \ > || row 1 col 3 \ > || row 1 col 4 \ > || > || row 2 col 1 \ > || row 2 col 2 \ > || row 2 merged cols 3 and 4 \ > |||| >
I guess something like this could go in tips_n_tricks, wiki_made_easy or perhaps wiki_aesthetics page. Pages showing flexibility in pmwiki's wiki markup. :-) Regards. V.Krishn > > This way I see where each row starts, and I see where each comumn starts -- > if > a line in the textarea does not start with || or with space-||, it is a > part > of the previous line which wrapped. > > > If I had to manipulate tables with even more complex or large data, I would > probably enter the data rows into different pages as PageTextVariables. For > example, a real estate agency could have such listings: > > Type:3P Appartment > City:Sofia > Location:Gurko Street > Floor:1 > Area_m2:90 > Parking:0 > Price:200000 > etc. > > Such rows (objects/elements/articles) could even be added or edited with a > custom PmForm. The table listings can be organized and reorganized any way > I > like, at any moment -- it could omit certain columns/properties, etc. The > pagelist can also check and display only active rows/offers (containing > Active:1 variable for example). And it can reorder the rows on any column > with > (:pagelist request=1 req=1:) and specially created links in the table > headings. > > Oh, pagelists and PmForms are advanced topics beyond the BasicEditing page > :-) > But once you have set the pagelist and the pmform, any user can edit any > field > of any row, without reading the documentation. > > Petko > > _______________________________________________ > pmwiki-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users >
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