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Moin,

On Thursday 31 March 2005 15:39, Yann Forget wrote:

Hi,

There is a need for a special syntax for texts in verse, as

: creates an indentation and <br/> is quite ugly.

Could it be possible to have a code <verse> which would produce carriage return at the end of each line ?

You have three options:

* You can use <pre>. * if you dislike its border etc, use a template like so:

Template::verse contains:

<pre style="background: #e0e0ff; border: 1px solid #303030; padding-left: 2em; margin: 0em;"> {{{txt}}} </pre>

(Note: First line is broken into two, but should work in either way.)

Then use it like so:

{{verse|txt= Your / verses / here My / nerves / tear }}

You can easily change the style in the template, thus reformatting all verses. (I would recommend using a different font, for instance :)

* The third option is to hack Parser.php to allow a new tag, <verse></verse> and then add CSS code to the Monoskin.js (or whatever it is called) and all the other skins to format it.

The custom tag is a bit easier for people to write (opposed to the {{vers| txt}} syntax, but needs hacking at the source (read: upgrade software - hack needs to be redone, want to reformat: need someone to hack again). The template is easier to customize and will survive software updates.

* The fourth option would be to write an extension, that essential returns what the template does for each <verse></verse>. Cleaner than the source hack, uses custom tag, but also needs an admin if you want to change the font of the verses.

Hope this helps,

Tels

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