[xwiki-devs] [XWiki Syntax] Do we want a special wiki syntax for special characters like emoticons?
Hi, Since I'm working on the new rendering component it's a good time to decide if we want a special wiki syntax for special icons such as for emoticons and more. For example Confluence has these: http://snipplr.com/view/4931/confluence-emoticons/ I can think of 2 solutions for us: 1) we do the same, i.e. introduce new syntax for these 2) we rely on a macro instead (for ex: {icon:name/}) 1) looks more natural for end users while 2) is more extensible (and would allow us to include the whole Tango library for ex: http://tango.freedesktop.org/images/2/20/Tango-feet.png) . 1) is also way more complex to implement than 2). For 2) we would need to find some way so that it's easy for the user to enter (of course the WYSIWYG editor could have a nice selector for that macro but it would also be nice if it were not too hard to enter in wiki mode). WDYT? Thanks -Vincent
Hi, I think we need 2) then maybe also 1) and not "1) or 2)". And I think it's useful for more than emoticon like FIXME icon like in DokuWiki and things like that. On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
Since I'm working on the new rendering component it's a good time to decide if we want a special wiki syntax for special icons such as for emoticons and more. For example Confluence has these: http://snipplr.com/view/4931/confluence-emoticons/
I can think of 2 solutions for us:
1) we do the same, i.e. introduce new syntax for these 2) we rely on a macro instead (for ex: {icon:name/})
1) looks more natural for end users while 2) is more extensible (and would allow us to include the whole Tango library for ex: http://tango.freedesktop.org/images/2/20/Tango-feet.png) . 1) is also way more complex to implement than 2).
For 2) we would need to find some way so that it's easy for the user to enter (of course the WYSIWYG editor could have a nice selector for that macro but it would also be nice if it were not too hard to enter in wiki mode).
WDYT?
Thanks -Vincent
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On Apr 10, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Thomas Mortagne wrote:
Hi,
I think we need 2) then maybe also 1) and not "1) or 2)". And I think it's useful for more than emoticon like FIXME icon like in DokuWiki and things like that.
So if we have 1) and 2) then what syntax do you use for 1) and what symbols are done with 1) and what others are done with 2)? Confluence: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF20/Confluence+Emoticons Thanks -Vincent
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
Since I'm working on the new rendering component it's a good time to decide if we want a special wiki syntax for special icons such as for emoticons and more. For example Confluence has these: http://snipplr.com/view/4931/confluence-emoticons/
I can think of 2 solutions for us:
1) we do the same, i.e. introduce new syntax for these 2) we rely on a macro instead (for ex: {icon:name/})
1) looks more natural for end users while 2) is more extensible (and would allow us to include the whole Tango library for ex: http://tango.freedesktop.org/images/2/20/Tango-feet.png) . 1) is also way more complex to implement than 2).
For 2) we would need to find some way so that it's easy for the user to enter (of course the WYSIWYG editor could have a nice selector for that macro but it would also be nice if it were not too hard to enter in wiki mode).
WDYT?
Thanks -Vincent
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Hi, I'd say that we'd better go with 2) because it's more extensible, easier to remember names than symbols plus people who don't want to remember the names will probably be using the WYSIWYG editor in the first place. Guillaume On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
On Apr 10, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Thomas Mortagne wrote:
Hi,
I think we need 2) then maybe also 1) and not "1) or 2)". And I think it's useful for more than emoticon like FIXME icon like in DokuWiki and things like that.
So if we have 1) and 2) then what syntax do you use for 1) and what symbols are done with 1) and what others are done with 2)?
Confluence: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF20/Confluence+Emoticons
Thanks -Vincent
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
Since I'm working on the new rendering component it's a good time to decide if we want a special wiki syntax for special icons such as for emoticons and more. For example Confluence has these: http://snipplr.com/view/4931/confluence-emoticons/
I can think of 2 solutions for us:
1) we do the same, i.e. introduce new syntax for these 2) we rely on a macro instead (for ex: {icon:name/})
1) looks more natural for end users while 2) is more extensible (and would allow us to include the whole Tango library for ex: http://tango.freedesktop.org/images/2/20/Tango-feet.png) . 1) is also way more complex to implement than 2).
For 2) we would need to find some way so that it's easy for the user to enter (of course the WYSIWYG editor could have a nice selector for that macro but it would also be nice if it were not too hard to enter in wiki mode).
WDYT?
Thanks -Vincent
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Vincent Massol wrote:
Hi,
Since I'm working on the new rendering component it's a good time to decide if we want a special wiki syntax for special icons such as for emoticons and more. For example Confluence has these: http://snipplr.com/view/4931/confluence-emoticons/
I can think of 2 solutions for us:
1) we do the same, i.e. introduce new syntax for these 2) we rely on a macro instead (for ex: {icon:name/})
+1 for 2 We could also have a button in the wiki editor to select a smiley. -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
+1 for 2 I really prefer macros... On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote:
Vincent Massol wrote:
Hi,
Since I'm working on the new rendering component it's a good time to decide if we want a special wiki syntax for special icons such as for emoticons and more. For example Confluence has these: http://snipplr.com/view/4931/confluence-emoticons/
I can think of 2 solutions for us:
1) we do the same, i.e. introduce new syntax for these 2) we rely on a macro instead (for ex: {icon:name/})
+1 for 2
We could also have a button in the wiki editor to select a smiley. -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
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