> If we're going to allow a special syntax for hyperlinks, how about using
> a syntax more widely known among Launchpad users, such as MoinMoin or
> even Markdown?
The "Stack Overflow" method is simply a minor adaptation of what many people
do in plain-text email and it is as easy to write as it is to read. Wikicode
(at least for any wiki I have seen) isn't. Hence the suggestion.
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> If we're going to allow a special syntax for hyperlinks, how about using
> a syntax more widely known among Launchpad users, such as MoinMoin or
> even Markdown?
The "Stack Overflow" method is simply a minor adaptation of what many people
do in plain-text email and it is as easy to write as it is to read. Wikicode
(at least for any wiki I have seen) isn't. Hence the suggestion.
--- Mike