On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Alan Burlison <[email protected]> wrote:

> alan mcclellan wrote:
>
>  Will the html macro help you do what you want?  Put your html between the
>> following:
>>
>
> Sorry, no.  We are using that HTML escape at present to provide some
> features that we can't otherwise provide, but it is very likely we will
> disable it in the future.
>
> We had a discussion about the use of HTML on the site when the migration
> project was originally started and we want to avoid embedding HTML for
> numerous reasons, not least security.  Part of the reason why the migration
> was so difficult was because so much of the existing content was
> poorly-formed HTML.  If HTML is broken by future site upgrades, we will most
> likely just be telling people that they need to rewrite it in XWiki format.
>
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I've honestly got to say this isn't what I was hoping to hear. I'm sure many
of us are willing to go along with growing pains, but to me not having html
editing isn't exactly conducive to community.
-- 
Cheers,

Steven
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Steven Acres
Toronto OpenSolaris User Group <TOROSUG>
Leader
http://opensolaris.org/os/project/torosug
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