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

Hi Pascal, On Aug 28, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Pascal Voitot wrote: This will work.

This will work too. See http://code.google.com/p/wikimodel/wiki/WikiSyntaxCommon (this is not the xwiki syntax but the idea is to have the same support for tables). Thanks -Vincent > 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