Magnus wrote:
"No parameters can be added to |- tags; not that I ever saw a table on wikipedia which uses that!"
Erik Zachte wrote:
If you search the en: cur sql dump file for '<tr ' you will find hundreds of examples;
Magnus wrote:
Yes, but now substract those that are used in "standard" tables like
the
elements tables; we want to cover these by CSS anyway, right? Now, substract those that can be easily done just as well by <td ...>
Of the remaining ones (if any), which are absolutely necessary
(meaning,
don't serve some doubtful decorative purpose;-) ?
I rather specify any option only once than on each cell.
As for doubtful decorative purpose: not quite NPOV ;) Colour helps to bring order to complex tables, CSS classes might do the trick, but will that be easier to apply than a <tr bgcolor=blue> ? (one needs to look up css definitions somewhere)
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Erik Zachte wrote:
|_ is too similar to |- and therefore hard to detect when editing the source, easy to confuse and mistype.
Magnus wrote:
I am open to suggestions! Magnus
anything goes that is not confusing |= may be mistaken by unitiated as meaning <th> what about |+, |@ or |# ?
Erik Zachte