Re: [sfWiki-devel] formatting lists

[Iain S. <iai...@ya...>]

At 10:42 PM 12/5/00 -0500, you wrote:
>         I've implemented lists as they are implemented in TWiki.  What
>this means, essentially, is two things:
>
>(1) Lists are now noted by tab characters

I like using spaces rather than tabs because some browsers don't let tabs 
into the text area.

>(2) <number>. notates ordered lists
>
>         My implementation as a problem, (A), that when nesting lists of 
> dissimilar
>types, it doesn't close them off at the proper level of nesting.  Now,
>Netscape doesn't seem to mind, I think things both end up looking right,
>and they do end up being fully closed off, but I'd like other
>browser-users to test things for me, because fixing it will be an
>enourmous pain.

I'm a netscape user too but will try and fire up ie and check it out.

>         However, I'm strongly tempted to ditch (2) and replace it with the
>notation that %RobertFitzsimons% uses, that is, with a pound sign, viz:
>
>         # List item
>         # list item

This will be incompatible with most of the wiki lists though won't it?

>where the whitespace is a tab.  However, I kind of like (1).  Anyway,
>please go beat on sfwiki some more, particularly absurd lists.  And send
>commentary.

OK.  I don't think I'll get to it until next week unfortunately because I'm 
out of town until Dec 16th!   Sorry.

>         If it holds up, I think this will become the legendary release 2,
>and I'll do the import from the current JOS wiki (to jos.sourceforge.net)
>when I get the tarball (from Ian?).  Cross your fingers :)  It probably
>shouldn't go 'live' as the official Wiki until we've got some user auth
>going, though.

I will try and get the tarball to you asap.  You should get an email with a 
link to my xdrive account where you can get the tarball.

-iain