Re: [quickbook] Formatting inside table cells.

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>
> > Rene Rivera wrote:
> >
> > > In particular I can't figure out how, and if, it's possible to have 
> > > an ordered list inside a table cell. Is it possible? How?
> >
> >
> > At the moment, there's no way. The problem is that the list
> > syntax is a block-level markup, for a good reason: it's
> > syntax requires line-end recognition which collides with
> > the table grammar. One solution is to have an alternate
> > recursive-style lists (e.g. [list [a][b][c]). This, however,
> > goes beyond the easy-wiki scheme. I'm open to ideas on how
> > to solve this.
>
>
> I'm sorry I don't understand the reason for not having it. What's wrong 
> with treating everything inside the cells as a regular block behavior? 
> Wouldn't the ']' work just as well as an EOL?

Good point. Well, the original design was simplistic. Blocks
are non-recursive while phrases are recursive. Thinking
about it, it /might/ be possible to do it as you suggested.
It might be, though, that while the grammar may accomodate
it, the simplistic back-end code generator might not be designed
to handle the recursion. This will open up possibilities like
allowing lists in tables, even tables in table cells, also
problematic cases like sections or headings in tables. So,
yes, it might be possible, but it certainly will not be simple.
I'll keep thinking about it. Right off the bat, a 2 level parser
like that used in the syntax highlighters and the include mechanism
might be a solution, plus, segregation of recursive blocks and
non-recursive blocks.

Regards,
--
Joel de Guzman
http://www.boost-consulting.com
http://spirit.sf.net



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