[dokuwiki] Re: Syntax change?

I would prefer that closing tags be required, as with HTML.

On 10/19/07, chris <jugg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Andreas Gohr wrote:
> > The advantage I see in this behavior is that it would be a cure against
> > runaway markup. When you forget to close a formatting syntax it would
> > no longer destroy the whole page but would just format the affected
> > paragraph.
> >
> > Any objections?
>
> Personally, I prefer incorrect markup "destroying" the page... this way
> I know there is a mistake. ie. I prefer that a missing closing tag would
> produce some noticeable affect, and not just behave like all is normal.
>
> However as far as formatting markup goes, what you are now defining as
> the rule, is that closing formatting tags are now only necessary when
> formatting sections within a paragraph.  They are unnecessary when block
> formatting an entire paragraph.  If that is considered valid markup,
> then great, if not, then it should be treated as invalid, and cause
> problems.
>
> chris
>
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