> > > > I'm also reworking the formatting rules (eh, not *just* to handle > > my syntax > > ;)). They're a little overwhelming for novices, so I'm splitting them into > > "basic formmatting" and "advanced formatting". Has this been an issue for > > any of the GaTech classes? > >My opinion on Swiki formatting is that the language should be kept very >minimal. After all, it is yet another text formatting language and is meant >to be simpler than HTML. It would be nice to have a more powerful editor on >the client. Microsoft has a pretty good one, but it only runs on IE (and >probably only Windows). > >Thus, adding a multitude of features to the Swiki formatting language gets >away from the original goal and could make the language less useful, not >more. Thus, some restraint should be exercised when considering additions >to the language. You can always use HTML if you need to do really advanced >things (of course your collegues might not like having to deal with all of >the HTML clutter). > >What would be nice is to have a mechanism to create advanced pages with >HTML, that have regions of embedded Swiki formatted text (coming from >separate Swiki pages...kind of like frames). Each region could be >separately editable, without having to deal with the clutter of the advanced >HTML that makes the whole page look nicer. I believe this is called >transclusion. Check out http://framesexample.swiki.net for an example...it >uses frames to accomplish the job, but it would be nice to have a mechanism >that could avoid the use of frames altogether. > >Eventually, it would be nice to have the Swiki UI in something other than >HTML (like Morphic for instance). > >- Stephen -------------------------- Mark Guzdial : Georgia Tech : College of Computing : Atlanta, GA 30332-0280 (404) 894-5618 : Fax (404) 894-0673 : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Faculty/Mark.Guzdial.html
