26 Sep
2008
26 Sep
'08
2:45 a.m.
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:14 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu <sergiu(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
--
Guillaume Lerouge
Product Manager - XWiki
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Vincent Massol wrote:
I disagree with this. This syntax is counter-intuitive for at least 2
reasons :
1. It does not follow the classic list indendation rule ("add the symbol
again to indent one more level", the way we do it with stars)
2. There is no understandable reason why the * should be located between
the "1" and the "." . An user would expect the second symbol to
come after
the first one ("1.*") rather than a weird mix of both that does not seem to
follow any rationale (at least that's how I felt when I used it : it seemed
awkward)
The "1.1.1." has the benefit of being more intuitive and more logical than
the current one. Since we're already changing many parts of the syntax in
order to improve it, I think it would be good to improve this part as well.
Guillaume
On Sep 25, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu
wrote:
Of all the choices, it seems to be the least bad one. Guillaume Lerouge wrote:
Yes that's the reason I didn't list it.
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Vincent Massol
<vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Guillaume was surprised (and rightly so) that we use this format for
> nested lists:
>
> 111*.
>
> He was expecting 111.*
How come?
> I remember I had the same remark the first
time I saw this a long
> time
> ago.
>
> Thus (if we agree) we have 2 solutions:
>
> Solution 1:
> =========
>
> 111.*
-0.5, for me at least it is not intuitive at all.
> Solution 2:
> ========
>
> 1.1.1.*
+0.25
A bit too long.
I'm in favor of this solution since it
follows the usual pattern
for lists :
*
**
1.
1.1.
We could also have a simple dotless 1, like:
1 list item
1* subitem
1* subitem
1*1 numbered subitem
1*1 numbered subitem
Of course this means that any non-list 1 at the start of the row
should
be escaped. Also, it is confusing with the old header syntax. If the dot's placement is not clear enough,
we could use ), like:
1) item
1*) subitemitem
111) etc
This sounds too different from other syntaxes ( http://www
.wikimatrix.org/syntax.php?i=33).
So are you saying that the current notation ("1111*.") is ok for you? Thanks
-Vincent
>> thus making it easier for users to remember : indent one level =
>> duplicate
>> the symbol .
>>
>> Guillaume
>>
>>
>>> Another solution would be to use another symbol but we cannot use #
>>> and the second most common solution is "1."
>>> See http://www.wikimatrix.org/syntax.php?i=33
>>>
>>> I'm hesitating but I propose to use Solution 2 which seems the most
>>> consistent to me.
>>>
>>> WDYT?
>>>
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Sergiu Dumitriu
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