RE: [Phpwiki-talk] Line breaks in new markup

[Paul B. <pa...@pa...>]

> why not use <br> for intentional linebreaks?

The answer to that question, at least, is easy! It just isn't wiki. The
first thing people like about a wiki is that what you type in the edit
box appears on the web page, you don't need to use <p> or <br /> tags.
If you type a new line in the edit box, you want a new line on the web
page, otherwise you wouldn't have typed it!

Please do not be offended, but you may as well say why not use <a href="
for links!


> we wanted to overcome wrapped text problems in certain Envoriments

The wrap="virtual" property which is being set in <textarea /> sorts out
most browsers surely? You could try overflow: auto; in the CSS as well
(I have not tested this and it won't work for older browsers). If this
doesn't work, the answer must be an 'I am using a stupid browser'
checkbox on the edit form for the remaining problems, rather than nerf
everybody. Or are you talking about e-mail submission of wiki pages?
Cool! Again though that is a special case that can be pre-parsed to make
it work.

Paul