Hi Jack,
I'm not sure if I really understand the wherefor and why but the break in
mediawiki is <br\> not <br>.
Perhaps you could make an extra button to insert <br/>?
Greetings
Katharina
Jack D. Pond schrieb am 01.09.2009 00:44:
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
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> 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>
> -------