Re: [Phpwiki-talk] FootNotes, Tables, The end of PHP3, I'm still alive, etc...

[Steve W. <sw...@wc...>]

On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Jeff Dairiki wrote:

> Are there going to be bug fix releases of 1.2.x?
> Are the going to remain PHP3 compatible?  Is that going to create headaches?

Yes, yes and no. We tagged 1.2 in CVS and we can commit bug fixes to that
branch.

> Sorry.  By bar syntax, I meant (I saw this awhile ago on some other
> Wiki --- I can't remember which):
> 
>   || introduces a centered column
>   |} introduces a right-justified column
>   |{ introduces a left-justified column
> 
> For example
> 
> || Name || Number || Homepage
> || Jeff |} 123-4567 |{ http://x.y.z/

I guess this would be ok... 

> I'm not sure I understand.
> Bold, italics, links and so forth inside tables should be allowable,
> and shouldn't preset a big problem.
> Tables within tables are excessive.

Agreed...

> Maybe I don't completely understand the significance of footnotes.

Perhaps it will be underutilized as a feature, but I just think it would
be cool to add. I have no other reason beyond that. :-)

> >
> >Oh no, I do like that idea. The wiki_pages table and the wiki_archive
> >table should have separate APIs.
> 
> I think I disagree.
> 
> >There's no reason to assume we will
> >always store pages in the archive the same way we store them in the
> >wiki_pages table.
> 
> Agreed, but that's an implementation detail.  The API should
> insulate us from that.

Poor wording on my part, but I think we understand each other. The
database API will not change (much) but we can implement page tables and
archive tables differently and move between them.

~swain 

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