Seems like JSON syntax is pretty simple and could be a big improvement to how templates are currently invoked.
Bottom line, a well defined syntax like JavaScript is going to be more user friendly than a syntax which is only defined by the behavior of a parser with standardization at all. - Trevor Sent from my iPod On Jun 30, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/7/1 Brian <[email protected]>: >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Robert Rohde<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> In other words, I assume things like "{{fact}}" and "{{msg | foo is >>> bar }}" will be be basically unchanged on the article side but >>> rewritten on the implementation side in Template: space. If that is >>> correct, it would be more useful to simply ask how large Template: >>> space is rather than counting all the template calls. >>> >>> -Robert Rohde >> >> Mixing the new language with existing wikicode? With a new language I >> would like to see the old language go out the door. The end of double >> braces. > > What would you replace them with? The wikitext used by regular editors > should be as simple as possible, we don't want to require PHP or > Javascript to be used by anyone wanting to add an infobox to an > article. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
