PMario wrote: > > @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > P.S.: By the way the Pilcrow was originally used inline (often coloured >> red) in Medieval manuscripts to indicate a ceasura / hiatus / pause in the >> flow of a text. >> Vellum / parchment was very expensive so text is as condensed as >> possible. Paragraphs separated by lines evolved much later and was more to >> do with the development of printing and cheaper paper. >> > > Yea, I've seen that. I did find this: > > Scribes would often leave space before paragraphs to allow rubricators >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubrication> to draw the pilcrow. With >> the introduction of the printing press, space before paragraphs was still >> left for rubricators to draw by hand; however, rubricators could not draw >> fast enough for printers and often would leave the beginnings of the >> paragraphs as blank. This is how the indent before paragraphs was created. >> [11] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilcrow#cite_note-11> Nevertheless, >> the pilcrow remains in use in modern time in the following ways: >> > > very interesting. ... I did ask myself for some time, where the indented > first line in paragraphs comes from. .... Now I know :) >
TBH my background has helped me a lot in writing for the net. I see the content/structure issue totally differently than most people. That is what happens when you are fluent in Middle English :-). When you stand back and look at it---"blocks" in HTML/CSS have innovated brilliantly over print media. BUT "inline" HTML/CSS seems badly scared to *loosen the hold of print! * Most websites read like newspaper columns. We are barely using our available freedoms in writing for the net. Sure this is part OT. But not totally. I have to test more, but I'm getting clearer your Custom Markup method will let me PLAY with writing forms viably in the way I want to really. Best wishes TT -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywikidev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywikidev/bd8089de-9f41-402f-8b8a-049b35457b89o%40googlegroups.com.
