[dokuwiki] Re: Text will not display correctly

Hi,

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Christopher Smith <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A couple of interesting points though.

My remark was also more directed against the second question, I think
this list is the right place to discuss how the parser should behave.

> What should the table parser do with incomplete data?
> - spit it out as plain text, or
> - treat new line as cell closing if there is spare text since the last 
> separator (^|)

I would vote for the first option as the table syntax is incomplete
and thus it's imho no table. The problem is that in some cases (e.g.
for emphasis we have a bug report since years) it is very difficult to
recognize if a syntax is complete or not.

> Should "* text..." and "- text" be considered a list, or
> could there be some gentle alert in the editor asking if such content is a 
> list

The first would be a modification of the syntax definition which might
break existing pages, the second thing might be annoying if you are
actually using -text for example. (I'm not sure if there is any
reason, maybe if you are creating a very simple list of expenses?)
Maybe also displaying an unobtrusive notice when such a syntax is
entered in the editor might be a solution. The notice could offer a
link/button to permanently ban the notice (i.e. store the hiding in a
cookie) and to automatically transform the syntax into a correct list.

Michael
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