On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 14:24, Brian Ingerson wrote:
> vs Kwid:
>
> `$x > $y` is about as *easy* as it gets in [Perl]
>
> Did you really read `perlkwid.kwid`?
Yes, and can you please stop asking that question? I read it several
times, and you're starting to get just this side of insulting. If I got
something wrong, fine, say so. Stop trying to dismiss everything else
I've said by suggesting that I'm completely uninformed.
> There is simply no mention
> of `[=...]` as a markup option, which makes me wonder where you
> got it from?
I got it from that document.... or so I thought. Since it's now deleted,
I'm no longer sure. Having a reference again would be nice. It's hard to
have a conversation about a document that does not exist.
Ok, that said PLEASE DO NOT USE UNBALANCED CHARACTERS TO DELIMIT!
Please, for the love of all that is valid input to any scanner / parser
anywhere, do not re-introduce quoting hell. Really. Please. Don't. I'll
buy you a beer. I swear, just put the unbalanced operator down and step
back.
Sorry, but I use POD specifically because it makes my life simple.
Introducing unbalanced quotes into it would remove that functionality. A
few examples:
"And then I says, `Mabel,' I says, `shut up.'"
The ``` character is no longer used.
And of course, TONS of Gnu documentation which uses the TeX-friendly:
This is the way you ``quote'' things.
which means cutting-and-pasting such docs is now much more
labor-intensive.
--
Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Senior Systems Engineer and Toolsmith
"It's the sound of a satellite saying, 'get me down!'" -Shriekback
