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Plight of the Left Square Bracket ( )by mojotoad (Monsignor) |
on Apr 09, 2002 at 20:54 UTC ( [id://157852]=monkdiscuss: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Fellow Monks,
Back in August, 2001, there was a discussion regarding the difficulty of typing the relatively common left square bracket '[' in nodes. The difficulty arises due to the shortcut mechanism for linking within the Monastery. As things stand, we have to remember the character code: [
In the discussion, several solutions were proposed:
I am curious if any work had been done on this; personally I favor #3 -- the "special" nature of the brackets in the Everything engine is a non-HTML exception and should be handled in a non-HTML kind of way. Any time exception facilities are provided, there should be straightforward "exception exceptions" (or "shortcut shortcuts"). If not the simple escape, then perhaps something more in-line with the existing Everything syntax, such as [[] or [\[] -- not pretty, but straightforward. I am leary of munging with established HTML standards such as with &[; -- this is inviting trouble since the whole syntax is designed to be a mechanism to properly implement cross-standard character encodings. Not so for merely a single web engine's particular quirky shortcut syntax. If not the simple escape, then at least specifically handle the ISO standard until browsers catch up, since the bracket is integral to the normal usage of Everything. Regardless, in addition to the Site How To, I think the current escape mechanism should be mentioned in the Writeup Formatting Tips in the Perl Monks Site FAQ and in a footnote on the linking writeup. Much ado about nearly nothing? Am I only wanting to go into town and pick up some power converters? Matt
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