Paul: I answered your question badly. As Ugur mentions, most of us who want a different tag symbol aren't concerned about turning off the @-tags so I glossed over your main concern. Sorry about that! Colin colintedford.com
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:45 AM, <hans...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes Twitter will come and go (good riddance) but I hope Zim will be around > for generations. > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Marco Cevoli <marco.cev...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I see. It makes lot of sense. >> >> Marco Cevoli >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Jaap Karssenberg >> <jaap.karssenb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Main logic is that "#" is also used for anchors in HTML links. So >> > reserved >> > "#" for links and decided on "@" since this is used for tags in >> > applications >> > predating twitter. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Jaap >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Marco Cevoli <marco.cev...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I know this has been discussed before, but why don't we follow >> >> twitter's standard? All words with @ are for people/users and # for >> >> actual tags. I don't know if this unnecessary complicates things, but >> >> it might be useful to many users. The developer(s) can only change the >> >> actual @ with # , and this "user/contact management" (using @) can be >> >> created as an external plugin, ie, not forcing everyone to use it, >> >> since Zim is designed as a personal organizer. >> >> >> >> Just brainstorming. >> >> >> >> Marco Cevoli >> >> Technical translator. Graphic designer. Joiner-of-dots. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Jaap Karssenberg >> >> <jaap.karssenb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Güven, Ugur Murat >> >> > <murat.gue...@ts.fujitsu.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> >> >> >Colin:[… ]Ugur Murat wants it and has done coding in related areas >> >> >> > so >> >> >> > I've been hoping they might do it someday. […] >> >> >> >> >> >> I was thinking of having the @ sign for general tags, and the # sign >> >> >> for >> >> >> people tags, as I’m using tags heavily, also >> >> >> for tasks to assign to people. >> >> >> >> >> >> What I could imagine is to have the tags symbol to be a setting in >> >> >> preferences, but changing the tag symbol is not that >> >> >> easy, as far as I can see. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > This is a bad idea design wise. The wiki syntax parsing should not >> >> > depend on >> >> > preferences. Data format should be stable. >> >> > >> >> >> >Paul:Each time I paste into Zim a string containing @, it handles >> >> >> > that >> >> >> > string as a tag. >> >> >> >> >> >> Currently I can see only a workaround, replacing the @ sign by >> >> >> anything >> >> >> else, when you copy paste your text. >> >> > >> >> > Replacing is indeed a work around. Real solution would be to handle >> >> > the >> >> > copy-paste such that you get the wanted result. E.g. use the "@", but >> >> > escape >> >> > it such that it is not formatted as tag, or a "paste-as-verbatim" >> >> > function. >> >> > >> >> > But first need to understand the way Paul is using these strings to >> >> > judge >> >> > best direction. >> >> > >> >> > Regards, >> >> > >> >> > Jaap >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> >> > Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net >> >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> >> Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp