On Nov 25, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Thomas Mortagne wrote:
Hi devs,
Currently in xwiki syntax 2.0 we are using || title cell 1 || title cell2 | cell 1 | cell 2 for table syntax.
The problem is that with this grammar it's impossible to have empty cells because you can't use || as it mean title cell.
Creole is using (see http://www.wikicreole.org/wiki/Creole1.0#section-Creole1.0-Tables): |= title cell 1 |= title cell2 | | cell 1 | cell 2 |
I propose to change our current || by |= meaning the difference with the Creole syntax will be just that we don't need the ending |: |= title cell 1 |= title cell2 | cell 1 | cell 2
- we generally agreed to use Creole as much as possible - this syntax support space - this cell header syntax is more consistent with our header syntax (which is the Creole one ok ;)) - I think it's more readable than the current one because it's easier to differentiate header cell and cell especially when there is lot's of them
So here is my +1
+1 Do we want to offer an alternative syntax for people using a keyboard that doesn't have the pipe symbol? I propose: != for headers !! for cells since ! is the closest character to | WDYT? Thanks -Vincent