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diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/ymlfront/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/ymlfront/discussion.mdwn index 03af5e634..0b58982ff 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/ymlfront/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/ymlfront/discussion.mdwn @@ -16,3 +16,14 @@ Any objections? >> way of including metadata in documents. The only difference is that MMD doesn't expect the >> triple-dash separators, but I'm thinking about submitting a patch to MMD to actually support >> that syntax. --GB + +>>> 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 |