Extra newline also means extra line in output. More importantly, if a user
fills in either in infoblock or a textbox, they have to put the second
newline in - teaching the users to do this is as counterintuitive as
teaching them to put an html break (<br>).
However, escaping the escape (e.g., "\\" instead of "\") can be
difficult
too - but usually not an issue for those who would actually put one in - and
the <nowiki> mechanism is already widely used for this.
Jack
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of
Jean-Marc van Leerdam
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 4:39 PM
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Replacing Newline using
Extension:StringFunctions
Hi,
2009/8/31 Jack D. Pond <jack.pond(a)psitex.com>om>:
Waseem etal,
I would like to modify Extension:StringFunctions to allow this.
This requested functionalit is useful in making it easier
for users to
edit/create information in infoblocks without
having to remember to
put in <br>
I may be dense, but why do you need this in mediawiki? Using
two newlines results in a new paragraph when rendering; using
a single newline collapses the text into a single paragraph AFAIK.
The following wiki text:
--------
this is line 1
this is line 2
this is line 3 (extra newline)
this is line 4
this is line 5 (two extra newlines)
this is line 6
--------
renders as
-------
<p>this is line 1
this is line 2
</p><p>this is line 3 (extra newline)
this is line 4
</p><p><br />
this is line 5 (two extra newlines)
this is line 6
</p>
-------
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Regards,
Jean-Marc
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