26 Jul
2009
26 Jul
'09
9:11 a.m.
Pier seems to be pretty much what I need out of
'out of the box', excepting the points I made above. However, I'm curious why
'Pier Syntax' was developed instead of using an already popular markup like
Textile? Are there any plans to use other markups besides 'Pier Syntax' ? I
haven't looked at the code yet, but if there are no plans for any other Markup, how
hard do you think it would be to implement a different markup besides Pier Syntax for a
professional programmer that knows some Smalltalk, say like, oh, I don't know,
Textile? :)
The Pier Syntax dates back to SmallWiki (2002) and SWiki (even much
older). I don't think there was Textile at that time.
Pier theoretically supports different parsers. Currently you need to
patch 2 methods to make a different one work, not nice but that could
be improved. I have an working but unfinished parser for Creole lying
around already for years.
Cheers,
Lukas
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Lukas Renggli
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