Mat wrote:
>
> Mat:
>>>
>>  What would additional html elements enable in wikitext that you can't do 
>>> already?
>>
>>  
@TiddlyTweeter wrote: 

> For example, writing structured articles these elements work well...
>>
>  

> Help me understand:
> If you're going to write HTML-structured articles why would you use 
> wikitext to begin with? 
>

Because its compact to write with. Its far less noisy than HTML. The usual 
reason.
 

> Is the idea to somehow export the text after the wiki markup is converted 
> into html tags? Then why not use the *actual *html tags?
>

Right. By using the conventions of standard HTML is creates documents that 
can be transferred well to other contexts. 

FYI, all I do is capture rendered HTML code. A button press to get it on 
clipboard and post to a context. The CSS is modularised so that I can 
inline it for the specific document if needed.

What you ask for would require one special wikitext indicator per html-tag, 
> right?, but your list is a totally arbitrary fraction of all html tags.
>

Its just a sub-set illustrating items I'd use for ONE purpose. That is what 
you asked for. But potential insertion of any HTML tag is what I'd hope for.

NO. Hopefully no need for zillions of special WikiText characters! IF 
PMario finds TonyM's suggestion usable you'd only need one that could 
insert any tag (but there is an issue on closing tags that would need 
thinking through). Remember this is speculative, not yet fully doable. See 
my comment to TonyM here that illustrates the general 
idea https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/GHbwtMIrA3I/eJyRkqyKAQAJ

Why does it not make more sense to, as I noted, just use the existing TW 
> markdown and concatenate classes to achieve the styles of "main, article, 
> header, etc"? *Possibly *introduce indicators for, div and span, but 
> nothing else. Beyond that... why?
>

Mat, its a perfectly valid way of thinking to use CSS for everything. But I 
happen to like to use appropriate HTML to handle content division. That is 
what HTML is for too! It makes great sense for structured writing. I want 
to edit in TW in a way that I don't need to get swamped in HTML code! 
Simple, usual reason.

Hope that is clearer!

Best wishes
TT

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