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Thank you, that's what I was going for! Piki will never use a markup language, but I plan to add drag-and-drop image embedding and right-click text stylization.
by Skoofoo 14y ago
Thank you, that's what I was going for! Piki will never use a markup language, but I plan to add drag-and-drop image embedding and right-click text stylization.
People who seem to take the most interest in this also express desire to use it locally. I'll have to figure out a way to cater to you folks.
- aidenn0 14y agoI'm surprised people want to use it locally; I would have thought yet another local wiki would be the last thing people want.
- jhrobert 14y agoOne can "style" text without a "markup language". For example star text star <- bold. I went further in http://simpliwiki.com/SimpliWiki http://simpliwiki.com/SimpliWiki
- lutusp 14y ago> One can "style" text without a "markup language". For example star text star <- bold. But that's a markup language. The difference between * text * and <b> text </b> is a matter of syntax, not kind. Also, in most forums like this one, asterisk text asterisk gives italic text.
- jhrobert 14y agoIt becomes a "markup" language (ala markdown, etc) when the "markups" are removed and replaced by htlm codes. As you noted, in HN, when using stars they get removed and replace by some <i>...</i> stuff.
- lutusp 14y ago> It becomes a "markup" language (ala markdown, etc) when the "markups" are removed and replaced by htlm codes. No. Asterisks that aren't lexical content are markup. HTML tags are also markup, just a different markup. When you replace asterisks with HTML tags, you're translating from one markup to another. The markup cycle ends when the markup is rendered as styled text that a human recognizes as lexical content. For example, italicized text.
- jhrobert 14y agoSorry, my explanations were confusing. The thing is I don't "replace" asteriks with HTLM tags, I keep the asterisks visible. If star text star displays star text star in bold (ie, not removing the stars, inserting </b> stuff around the whole construct), is it still a "markup language" ? Let say I process a text file to display it in HTML and the only addition I do is say "quoted content gets italicized". Is that a "markup language", or just some "text embellishment"? The issue I am trying to address is the learning curve with all the existing markup languages. Without going the "wysiwyg" editing way, that is. I figured out that if the "marks" are visible in the final result, they get easy to learn.
- Skoofoo 14y agoAlong with the right-click menu, I plan on creating keyboard shortcuts for text stylization (Ctrl+B for bold, etc). This would allow one to bold/unbold in the process of writing without touching their mouse, as well as to easily bold selected text. As far as the star goes, I want to use it for beginning bulleted lists.