Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 04:57 +0200, Erik Moeller wrote:
- I noticed you kept the "space for preformatted text" syntax. I think
this is one of the single biggest causes of confusion, as it's quite easy to type:
One line ..
Another line ..
That is, to accidentally insert a space between two paragraphs. The output will look weird, you look at your source text, but you don't see what the cause is, as spaces are invisible.
Actually, in the formal syntax I do fix this; spaces and tabs as the end of input lines are removed, and /not/ interpreted. What looks like an empty line /is/ an empty line, so no invisible PRE section gets created.
A leading space can be useful for poetry in Wikisource.
- The template syntax needs to be shorter, since it's ubiquituous.
Personaly, I think they /should/ be a little more difficult to discourage their use, but I'm sure that opinion isn't shared by everyone.
Indeed. The recent growth in template use can make editing far more difficult for people who are not familiar with the relevant templates.
Ec