Re: [xwiki-devs] [Rendering] Table syntax vs Table macro (was Re: Open questions for the XWiki syntax v2.0 (SUMMARY))

I never use the table macro because I can't design tables in which headers are not columns but headers are rows!

Moreover, if you need tables in which one cell has "rowspan" or "colspan", the macro is not usable...

With your syntax, will it be possible to do this? On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com>wrote;wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> > wrote: >> >> On Aug 18, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Vincent Massol wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jul 27, 2008, at 7:18 PM, Vincent Massol wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 23, 2008, at 6:05 PM, Vincent Massol wrote: >>>> >>>>> Some open issues/questions: >>>>> >>>>> 1) I think we need a syntax for escaping a block of text. I'd >>>>> propose >>>>> using {{{whatever here}}} (same as creole and confluence). We >>>>> could do >>>>> it with a macro but I don't know how we could implement it >>>>> easily... >>>> >>>> Still not sure. Most said they liked the {{{ }}} notation. Right >>>> now >>>> I've implemented the {{nowiki}} macro. Do we still want/need >>>> this at >>>> the wiki syntax level? >>> >>> I think we do since it'll easier to type than {{nowiki}}. I'll >>> create an issue in wikimodel to add it since we were all in >>> agreement. >>> See http://code.google.com/p/wikimodel/issues/detail?id=38 >>> >>> I guess I'll just remove the nowiki macro when it's done. >>> >>> [snip] >>> >>>>> 4) Tables: do we keep the table macro or do we want a wiki syntax >>>>> for >>>>> tables. >>>> >>>> Also need more input. >>> >>> My take is that we should go with a macro since this allows us to >>> have more options like filterable/sortable/pageable/etc than a wiki >>> syntax. >> >> I was wrong. I've talked to Mikhail from wikimodel and what he's >> done >> for the wikimodel common syntax is to allow parameters for tables in >> the following manner: >> >> * Parameters at the table level: >> >> {{tableParam=value ...}} >> || column 1 || column 2 >> cell 1 | cell 2 >> >> * Parameters at the column level: >> >> || {{columnParam=value ...}} column 1 || column 2 >> cell 1 | cell 2 >> >> * Parameters at the line level: >> >> || column 1 || column 2 >> {{lineParam=value ...}} | Cell 1 | Cell 2 >> >> * Parameters at the cell level: >> >> || column 1 || column 2 >> {{cellParam=value...}} cell 1 | cell 2 >> >> He says it's easy to do the same for the XWiki Parser in wikimodel. >> >> Of course we'll need to change the parameter delimiter since {{ }} >> are >> already used for macros for the xwiki syntax. But we could use >> something like %% I guess. >> >> So I'm now more in favor of having a wiki syntax for tables >> instead of >> a macro. >> >> WDYT? > > This syntax looks good to me, I like the very simple syntax as a > default where we can add details when needed. > >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent