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more on ymlfront vs MMD

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Giuseppe Bilotta 2010-08-31 19:39:03 +02:00
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@ -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. >>> 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]] >>> 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