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Guillaume Lerouge

4 Sep 4 Sep

11:07 a.m.

Looks good. I don't think it would break any other syntax element - at least not one I can think of. Guillaume On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:

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Hi, I'd like to propose the following syntax for definition list and definition terms. This is the syntax the most used by other wikis too. Simple definitions: ; definition title1 : definition1 ; definition title2 : definition2 Nested definitions: ; definition title1 : definition1 ;; definition title2 :: definition2 Indentation: : first level indent :: second level indent ::: third level indent etc WDYT? Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list devs(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs

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Artem Melentyev

12:30 p.m.

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+1 Vincent Massol wrote:

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ok I made a mistake for nested definitions. Here's the correct syntax: Nested definitions: ; definition title1 : definition1 :; definition title2 :: definition2 BTW this will also work (I think): * list *; definition title *: definition I'm implementing it now hoping that it's fine with you. Please let me know ASAP what you think. Thanks -Vincent On Sep 4, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Vincent Massol wrote:

Hi, I'd like to propose the following syntax for definition list and definition terms. This is the syntax the most used by other wikis too. Simple definitions: ; definition title1 : definition1 ; definition title2 : definition2 Nested definitions: ; definition title1 : definition1 ;; definition title2 :: definition2 Indentation: : first level indent :: second level indent ::: third level indent etc WDYT? Thanks -Vincent

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Jean-Vincent Drean

12:58 p.m.

+1 On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:

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Hi, I'd like to propose the following syntax for definition list and definition terms. This is the syntax the most used by other wikis too. Simple definitions: ; definition title1 : definition1 ; definition title2 : definition2 Nested definitions: ; definition title1 : definition1 ;; definition title2 :: definition2 Indentation: : first level indent :: second level indent ::: third level indent etc WDYT? Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list devs(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs

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Vincent Massol

6:01 p.m.

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On Sep 4, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:

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Vincent Massol wrote:

Hi, I'd like to propose the following syntax for definition list and definition terms. This is the syntax the most used by other wikis too. Simple definitions: ; definition title1 : definition1 ; definition title2 : definition2 Nested definitions: ; definition title1 : definition1 ;; definition title2 :: definition2 Indentation: : first level indent :: second level indent ::: third level indent etc

Won't indentation get mixed up with lists? Like what if there's an indented block right after a definition list?

Indented block *are* definition lists :) They are special definition lists where the definition term has not been specified. Thanks -Vincent

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Vincent Massol

6:25 p.m.

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On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:13 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:

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Vincent Massol wrote:

On Sep 4, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:

Vincent Massol wrote:

Hi, I'd like to propose the following syntax for definition list and definition terms. This is the syntax the most used by other wikis too. Simple definitions: ; definition title1 : definition1 ; definition title2 : definition2 Nested definitions: ; definition title1 : definition1 ;; definition title2 :: definition2 Indentation: : first level indent :: second level indent ::: third level indent etc

Won't indentation get mixed up with lists? Like what if there's an indented block right after a definition list?

Indented block *are* definition lists :) They are special definition lists where the definition term has not been specified.

But that's not right... This is an example of an often mis-used HTML element for visual purposes. Because dd is indented by default, authors use it instead of defining a CSS class for a semanticless <div> element. I'm -1 for using definition data elements for indentation. It breaks the semantics of the page.

I agree. Ok let me say it differently then :) There NO wiki syntax for indentation and I'm strongly -1 to introduce a syntax for it right now. Note that this doesn't change anything of what I'm doing. I mentioned it simply because this is what most people will use for indentation... and that it'll be the simplest way to do it. The other way will be: {{html}} <span style="..."> </span> {{/html}} Thanks -Vincent

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