Re: [Phpwiki-talk] Tilde inconsistencies

[Matthew P. <mp...@he...>]

On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 12:50:26PM +0200, Reini Urban wrote:
> Matthew Palmer schrieb:
> >On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 09:28:49AM +0200, Reini Urban wrote:
> >
> >>I don't see any inconsistency with the usage of "~" as
> >>escape character, but I see the need to explain it better.
> >>"~ " (tilde space) => <~> and not <space> is the only exception, which 
> >>is not documented, but it is what the user expects.
> >>
> >>Ok to add this paragraph to TextFormattingRules?
> >
> >
> >Is there no chance that the logic can be simplified somewhat?  There are 7
> >separate tilde rules in that list -- basically, someone thinking "what are
> >the tilde-handling rules in PHPWiki?" is going to fill their brain's L1
> >cache.
> >
> >What about "single tilde suppresses specialness, and under no circumstances
> >gets printed, two tildes produces one visible tilde"?  In other words, "if
> >you want a tilde, give two".
> 
> There is only one rule ("The tilde '~' is the Escape Character") and six 
> examples.

No, there's six other rules, dealing with exceptions to the rule you've just
provided.  If there weren't any rules other than the one you provided, there
would be no way to display a tilde, because there would be no rule providing
that functionality.

- Matt