A Modest Definition List Proposal (David E. Wheeler)

David E. Wheeler david at kineticode.com
Wed Feb 25 12:40:21 EST 2009


On Feb 24, 2009, at 10:04 PM, Benoit Perdu - TransMékong wrote:


> Taking David's example further, here is a first try:

>

> id | name | description | more info

> -----+---------+-------------------+-----------------

> 6 | Inset | An inset element | just one element

> 8 | Stories | Another element | another element

> : with 2 lines, without

> : colons on the left.

> 9 | Other | Another element | another element

> : : : with 2 lines, with

> : : : colons on the left.

> 5 | Illust. | An illustration | new line, would this do?

> : : and I think you : Is it parseable?

> : : know what I mean.

>

> The colon at each empty cell looks like vertical ellipsis, that

> makes it

> pretty legible


Yes, nice. I think I like how it looks without the left colons better,
though it could potentially work both ways.


> Adding a 'wrappable' cell definition would go a long way to make it

> perfect.


Do you mean something more should be added, or that the use of `:` to
define wrapped cells in this example is what goes a long way?

Thanks,

David



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