Yes Twitter will come and go (good riddance) but I hope Zim will be around for generations.
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Marco Cevoli <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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