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| author | Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> | 2010-08-31 19:39:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> | 2010-08-31 19:39:03 +0200 |
| commit | 3e7605d146c73ae283b6a00c1d6d84448805a121 (patch) | |
| tree | b27796958567084b52e0c4cfe18cdfd4bf002b74 | |
| parent | 2eb04d8b4178f920996b0f74c953e956761a8f0b (diff) | |
more on ymlfront vs MMD
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/plugins/contrib/ymlfront/discussion.mdwn | 8 |
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diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/ymlfront/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/ymlfront/discussion.mdwn index b30c2da37..0b58982ff 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/ymlfront/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/ymlfront/discussion.mdwn @@ -19,3 +19,11 @@ Any objections? >>> Yes, the idea was to allow the file to be parsed as YAML, you're right. I just found that I tended to have problems when people used "---" for horizontal rules. However, I have also found that trying to keep it solely as an IkiWiki directive doesn't work either, since sometimes the meta-data I need also contained "]]" which broke the parsing of the directive. >>> So I have decided to go for a compromise, and make the delimiter configurable, rather than hardcoded as "---"; the triple-dash is the default, but it can be configured to be something else instead. I haven't pushed the change yet, but I have written it, and it seems to work. -- [[KathrynAndersen]] + +>>>> I'm not sure about what kind of problems you're meeting with "---" being used +>>>> for horizontal rules: isn't it sufficient to just check that (1) the triple-dash +>>>> is the first thing in the page and (2) there are only YAML-style assignments +>>>> (and no blank lines) between the two markers? Check #2 would also be enough to +>>>> support MMD-style metadata, which means (a) no start marker and (b) empty line +>>>> to mark the end of the metadata block. Would this be supported by the plugin? +>>>> --GB |