Thread: Re: [Phpwiki-talk] table markup problem

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I finally found this previous post. Confusing as all heck, I must say, but I'll be happy to help edit 
TextFormattingRules
 and 
HowToUseWiki

if there is a natural point at which that seems like a good idea. (i.e. a point at which development seems to have slowed down on these markup changes?)

My 1.3.3 wikis really aren't usable by the average person until the dual-personality of two different markup styles is mostly gone. At least the documentation needs fixing, at a minimum. Let me know if I can be helpful in that regard.

Best,

Margie

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Jeff Dairiki <da...@da...>
Date:  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 07:59:38 -0800

>> Maybe a silly question, but I am using php1.3.3 and I cannot format
>> tables. Is there something I need to setup from default? The
>> 'textformattingrules' page works with table formatting but not my normal
>> pages.
>
>(This should go in the FAQ if it's not there already...)
>
>We're in the midst of a (very slow) transition to a new set of
>markup rules.   Starting in 1.3.3 there's a checkbox on the edit
>form which determines whether the page is displayed using the old
>or new rules.  The default for new pages is to use the new rules.
>(TextFormattingRules describes the old markup rules.)
>
>The new rules are described, more or less, at
>  http://phpwiki.sf.net/phpwiki/NewBlockMarkup
>and
>  http://phpwiki.sf.net/phpwiki/NewInlineMarkup
>
>The new rules are not backwards-compatible with the old rules.
>(Though backward-compatibility is kept, as much as is possible.)
>
>One of the big differences, which you've discovered, is that the
>old-style tables don't work with the new formatting rules.
>
>You have several choices on how to get tables:
>
>  1. Use the old formatting rules (uncheck the checkbox on the
>     edit-page form) and use old-style tables.
>
>  2. Use the new formatting rules, and use the new
>     "definition list" style tables.  Not all table structures
>     can be represented, but if they can, the new syntax is,
>     IMHO, much more natural and cleaner...
>
>        Type 1 |
>           Variation A |
>               Description of type A-1.
>           Variation B |
>               Or you can use type B-1.
>        Type 2 |
>           And so forth.
>
>     gets you
>
>        +---------+---------------+---------------------------+
>        |         |  Variation A  |  Description of type A-1. |
>        | Type 1  +---------------+---------------------------+
>        |         |  Variation B  |  Or you can use type B-1. |
>        +---------+---------------+---------------------------+
>        | Type 2  |  And so forth.                            |
>        +---------+-------------------------------------------+
>
>  3. The current CVS code (but not 1.3.3) has an OldStyleTable
>     plugin which can be used to include old-style tables
>     within new-style pages.
>
>        <?plugin OldStyleTable
>        | Col 1 | Col 2
>        | a     | b
>        ?>
>
>
>
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