A Modest Definition List Proposal (David E. Wheeler)

[David E. Wheeler]

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