[ALUG] Re: Re: Wiki

[Eur Ing Chris Green]

On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 11:47:51AM +0000, samwise wrote:
> >The layout is up to you.  Space it out as you want.
> >
> >If you use the GUI editor it will probably screw up the layout
> >completely, it certainly won't produce something easy to follow if you
> >then go back and play with the HTML.
> 
> Heartily agreed ... :)
> 
> >It's one of the reasons that I never feel really comfortable writing
> >HTML, there seems to be no really elegant way to format it.  (I'm used
> >to C/C++/Java which generally can be laid out elegantly)
> >
> >Cue a 'how to format HTML' flame fest!   :-)  (I hope not)
> 
> Hmm .. I'm not going to get into the HTML debate(!) but it's worth
> pointing out, that the wiki syntax in use here is not meant to be HTML
> - in fact, unless certain extensions are installed, vanilla HTML
> simply won't work.
> 
Yes, I'd sort of forgotten that we're talking about a Wiki here.
Does the 'GUI Editor' produce HTML or Wiki markup?


> Wiki pages can become very complex, if HTML is enabled and
> contributors who can't be bothered to learn the wiki syntax cram the
> pages full of <table> tags, for instance.  That kind of HTML is also
> likely to ruin the usefulness of the GUI editor too, I would think.
> 
Yes, I agree, stay with Wiki markup as far as possible.

> It's certainly useful to know how HTML works, but that knowledge needs
> translating into wiki form to avoid bunging up the works ...
> 
Yes, agree again.

-- 
Chris Green