On 14 June 2010 18:30, Fabian Moser <e-m...@fabianmoser.at> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:56:31 +0300 > Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> wrote: >> It seems to me (this can be debated) that the preceding __ is opening >> a state. How is that different than <ctrl-I>? Serious question, I am >> not criticizing your argument but trying to understand it. ... > > It is not opening a state, because you can use __ easily within Zim and > nothing will happen unless you use another __ in the same line. One __ > by itself has no special meaning at all and thus is no state change. > <ctrl-I> is. >
I see, thanks. > A more computer-scientific way to see is, that for <ctrl-I>, > (editing) sequence matters, while for __ it doesn't. If I type "text__" > and then go back and add "__" in front, it has the intended effect. On > the other hand if I type "text<ctrl-I>" and then go back and press > "<ctrl-I>" in front, obviously nothing happens. Hence, __ is stateless > while <ctrl-I> isn't. > However, that means that __ is unambiguous. If the user needs to enter __ for whatever reason, then he has to worry if another one was added earlier? >> I never said that wiki markup must be abandoned. I said that it should >> be optional. I've said that repeatedly. I understand that there is a >> need for wiki markup, and that some people like it, and that is fine. > > That's what I uderstood as well. Just your question "do you really need > the ability to type **text**?" seemed to imply that I may not need to > type **text**. If that implication was unintended, I'm sorry for the > misunderstanding. > Actually, I think that it's cultural! I had a similar misunderstanding last week regarding a filter patent. I asked why a particular design was superior to the current state of the art, and it was taken to mean that I doubted that design's superiority. I will have to be careful about that! If there was a better way to word it so that it will be clear that I am asking a serious question and not merely expressing doubt, then I'd love to know! Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp