> +0,5
for 1) it's not critical for me but i'm not against it and we
> already decided to remove space before list item, headers etc.
> -0 for 2) I don't see the need for that and it's a lot easier for the
> parser to make spaces meaningfull (what to do when you have "test **
> bold**" and things like that)
> +1 for 3)
>
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 15:44, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is our last chance to change this behavior. We've found several
>> places where having meaningful spaces are counter-productive:
>>
>> * in table cells since we can't align table anymore. For example:
>>
>> |= column1 |= column2
>> | this is some para | second column
>> | hello | world
>>
>> (not sure this will be rendered nicely in mail but you see what I mean)
>>
>> * in scripts since having meaningful spaces prevents us from aligning
>> velocity or groovy scripts. For ex we can't write:
>>
>> #if (....)
>> #if (...)
>> do something
>> # end
>> #end
>>
>> To see a better example have a look at
http://tinyurl.com/ahz669
>>
>> What I think users real want are meaningful new lines but I see cons
>> overweighting pros for having meaningful white spaces. Thus I'm think
>> we should strip whitespaces at beginning and end of lines including
>> for line breaks.
>> I'm slightly less sure for multiple spaces between words but even
>> there I think we could strip them have users use {{{ }}} to put a non
>> breaking space for ex (or introduce a {{space/}} macro or another
>> special syntax although I'd rather we don't introduce a new syntax).
>>
>> WDYT?
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Vincent
>>
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