[ewiki] table markup: small addition: colspan

Hi there!

Since I don't find plugins/markup/complextbl.php (decription see bottom) very 
intuitive for lay users, I want to suggest to extend the table markup to 
include the option for colspan as realized in phpwiki.

There is a lot you can change in tables, but if you have a nice default 
layout, then what it mostly need are IMHO to things: COLSPAN!=1 and 
ROWSPAN!=1. (A header e.g. can just be done by  "| __making__ | __the first 
row__ | __bold__ |"). 

I havn't seen an intuitive markup for handling rowspanning, but colspan as in 
phpwiki i find intuitive:

(to be view in fixed width)

| this | is | a |
||| table |
| yes || indeed |

will look like this (please view with fixed width font):

+------+----+---+
| this | is | a |
+------+----+---+
| table         |
+------+--------+
| yes  | indeed |
+------+--------+

Have you thought of implementing it? 

Have you seen intuitive rowspan-markups?

Asks with greetings, 

Timm

P.S.: The section about the above mentioned plugin from README:

         plugins/markup_complextbl
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         ewiki allows you to use tables with the || | characters in the wiki
         page source. However the html code for the table layout is
         hardcoded and cannot be changed on a per-page basis.
         This plugin intercepts the wiki source formation process to allow
         you to specify html tag attributes inside a table definition like:

         |{ border=0 cellspacing=10}  here is  | the table | content |
         | 2nd line | 2nd line |{ rowspan=2}  fills two table rows |
         |{ colspan=2}  3rd line |

         Note, the opening "{" must follow the "|" character immediately.

         This code was provided by Hans B Pufal.

         It may be a security risk to include it per default, as this allows
         to add SomethingScript references as well.

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