> *Wouldn't it be good if *... entering #FooBar in tiddler.text resulted in > that Tiddler being tagged FooBar > @FooBar could also be wikified in a similar way. I've notice @used in > Delicious posts as well as Twitter.
The problem with using such simple sequences (i.e, a *single* special character followed by *any* freeform text) is that they may occur in normal everyday content, even if only occasionally. Just because my team wins the championship and declares "We're #1!" or I buy a gross of #2 pencils @$1/dozen, it doesn't mean that I want to tag the tiddler with either [[1!"]] or [[2]] or create a link or post to [[$1/dozen]]. The need to define unambiguous sequences that will not conflict with regular content is one of the main reasons why most TW syntax uses at least two or three symbols in a row (e.g, //, ^^, ~~, @@, <<...>>, [[...]]), or constrains the syntax to specific limited cases such as tables, headings, blockquotes, 'pre' blocks, bullets, number lists, etc., which all must occur on lines by themselves with no leading and/ or trailing whitespace. -e --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
