Re: [Phpwiki-talk] table markup problem

[John K. <jo...@ke...>]

>Note that the (or at least my) main motivation for moving to the
>new markup was to make the syntax more intuitive (i.e. more WYSIWYGish).
>E.g. you make indented paragraphs like:
>
>    Here's an idented paragraph.
>
>(The old markup involves a leading ";:".)
>
>Nested lists are layed out like:
>
>    * Item 1
>      * Subitem 1.1
>      * Subitem 1.2
>    * Item 2
>      * Subitem 2.1

I just had a look at the NewTextFormattingRules page at
http://mairas.net/wiki/NewTextFormattingRules

Seems good. The problem I see is not updating the pages (easily done 
by algorithms) but updating the users. Once a non-computer person's 
got to the point where they've got the hang of putting up web pages, 
they'll freak if I tell them it's all got to change :(

I'm all for keeping the old markup around for all the folks who 
regularly type web addresses into the Yahoo search box - not because 
it's right, but because it works, and they ain't gonna change just 
because someone tells them different :)

John
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