I see. It makes lot of sense. Marco Cevoli
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Jaap Karssenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Main logic is that "#" is also used for anchors in HTML links. So reserved > "#" for links and decided on "@" since this is used for tags in applications > predating twitter. > > Regards, > > Jaap > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Marco Cevoli <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I know this has been discussed before, but why don't we follow >> twitter's standard? All words with @ are for people/users and # for >> actual tags. I don't know if this unnecessary complicates things, but >> it might be useful to many users. The developer(s) can only change the >> actual @ with # , and this "user/contact management" (using @) can be >> created as an external plugin, ie, not forcing everyone to use it, >> since Zim is designed as a personal organizer. >> >> Just brainstorming. >> >> Marco Cevoli >> Technical translator. Graphic designer. Joiner-of-dots. >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Jaap Karssenberg >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Güven, Ugur Murat >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> >Colin:[… ]Ugur Murat wants it and has done coding in related areas so >> >> > I've been hoping they might do it someday. […] >> >> >> >> I was thinking of having the @ sign for general tags, and the # sign >> >> for >> >> people tags, as I’m using tags heavily, also >> >> for tasks to assign to people. >> >> >> >> What I could imagine is to have the tags symbol to be a setting in >> >> preferences, but changing the tag symbol is not that >> >> easy, as far as I can see. >> > >> > >> > This is a bad idea design wise. The wiki syntax parsing should not >> > depend on >> > preferences. Data format should be stable. >> > >> >> >Paul:Each time I paste into Zim a string containing @, it handles that >> >> > string as a tag. >> >> >> >> Currently I can see only a workaround, replacing the @ sign by anything >> >> else, when you copy paste your text. >> > >> > Replacing is indeed a work around. Real solution would be to handle the >> > copy-paste such that you get the wanted result. E.g. use the "@", but >> > escape >> > it such that it is not formatted as tag, or a "paste-as-verbatim" >> > function. >> > >> > But first need to understand the way Paul is using these strings to >> > judge >> > best direction. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Jaap >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> > Post to : [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
