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[jira] Created: (DOXIA-429) Broken link syntax in APT

Broken link syntax in APT
-------------------------

                 Key: DOXIA-429
                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429
             Project: Maven Doxia
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Module - Apt
    Affects Versions: 1.2
            Reporter: Christian Schlichtherle
            Priority: Minor


A common cause of frustration is APT's linking feature. Consider this example: You want to link to an external resource without a name for the link. So you do write:

{{http://truezip.java.net}}

Some time later you decide you would prefer a name for the link, but you cannot insert {name} like so:

{{{TrueZIP User Website}http://truezip.java.net}} // BROKEN!

Rather than this, you have to reverse the order and write:

{{{http://truezip.java.net}TrueZIP User Website}}

So the URI effectively moves from {{URI}} to {{{URI}NAME}}. This is really annoying!

I know you can't change this without breaking compatibility. So please provide a new linking feature, probably something like this:

[[URI]] and [[[NAME]URI]] respectively.

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[jira] Commented: (DOXIA-429) Broken link syntax in APT

Posted by "Christian Schlichtherle (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>.
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Christian Schlichtherle commented on DOXIA-429:
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Nope! I mean

<curly-open-brace/><curly-open-brace/>http://truezip.java.net<curly-close-brace/><curly-close-brace/>

You get it.

> Broken link syntax in APT
> -------------------------
>
>                 Key: DOXIA-429
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429
>             Project: Maven Doxia
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Module - Apt
>    Affects Versions: 1.2
>            Reporter: Christian Schlichtherle
>            Priority: Minor
>
> A common cause of frustration is APT's linking feature. Consider this example: You want to link to an external resource without a name for the link. So you do write:
> {{http://truezip.java.net}}
> Some time later you decide you would prefer a name for the link, but you cannot insert {name} like so:
> {{{TrueZIP User Website}http://truezip.java.net}} // BROKEN!
> Rather than this, you have to reverse the order and write:
> {{{http://truezip.java.net}TrueZIP User Website}}
> So the URI effectively moves from {{URI}} to {{{URI}NAME}}. This is really annoying!
> I know you can't change this without breaking compatibility. So please provide a new linking feature, probably something like this:
> [[URI]] and [[[NAME]URI]] respectively.

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[jira] Updated: (DOXIA-429) Broken link syntax in APT

Posted by "Dennis Lundberg (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>.
     [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Dennis Lundberg updated DOXIA-429:
----------------------------------

    Description: 
A common cause of frustration is APT's linking feature. Consider this example: You want to link to an external resource without a name for the link. So you do write:

{noformat}
{{http://truezip.java.net}}
{noformat}

Some time later you decide you would prefer a name for the link, but you cannot insert {name} like so:

{noformat}
{{{TrueZIP User Website}http://truezip.java.net}} // BROKEN!
{noformat}

Rather than this, you have to reverse the order and write:

{noformat}
{{{http://truezip.java.net}TrueZIP User Website}}
{noformat}

So the URI effectively moves from
{noformat}
{{URI}}{noformat}
to
{noformat}
{{{URI}NAME}}
{noformat}
This is really annoying!

I know you can't change this without breaking compatibility. So please provide a new linking feature, probably something like this:

[[URI]] and [[[NAME]URI]] respectively.

  was:
A common cause of frustration is APT's linking feature. Consider this example: You want to link to an external resource without a name for the link. So you do write:

{{http://truezip.java.net}}

Some time later you decide you would prefer a name for the link, but you cannot insert {name} like so:

{{{TrueZIP User Website}http://truezip.java.net}} // BROKEN!

Rather than this, you have to reverse the order and write:

{{{http://truezip.java.net}TrueZIP User Website}}

So the URI effectively moves from {{URI}} to {{{URI}NAME}}. This is really annoying!

I know you can't change this without breaking compatibility. So please provide a new linking feature, probably something like this:

[[URI]] and [[[NAME]URI]] respectively.


> Broken link syntax in APT
> -------------------------
>
>                 Key: DOXIA-429
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429
>             Project: Maven Doxia
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Module - Apt
>    Affects Versions: 1.2
>            Reporter: Christian Schlichtherle
>            Priority: Minor
>
> A common cause of frustration is APT's linking feature. Consider this example: You want to link to an external resource without a name for the link. So you do write:
> {noformat}
> {{http://truezip.java.net}}
> {noformat}
> Some time later you decide you would prefer a name for the link, but you cannot insert {name} like so:
> {noformat}
> {{{TrueZIP User Website}http://truezip.java.net}} // BROKEN!
> {noformat}
> Rather than this, you have to reverse the order and write:
> {noformat}
> {{{http://truezip.java.net}TrueZIP User Website}}
> {noformat}
> So the URI effectively moves from
> {noformat}
> {{URI}}{noformat}
> to
> {noformat}
> {{{URI}NAME}}
> {noformat}
> This is really annoying!
> I know you can't change this without breaking compatibility. So please provide a new linking feature, probably something like this:
> [[URI]] and [[[NAME]URI]] respectively.

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[jira] Closed: (DOXIA-429) Broken link syntax in APT

Posted by "Lukas Theussl (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>.
     [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Lukas Theussl closed DOXIA-429.
-------------------------------

    Resolution: Won't Fix
      Assignee: Lukas Theussl

> Broken link syntax in APT
> -------------------------
>
>                 Key: DOXIA-429
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429
>             Project: Maven Doxia
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Module - Apt
>    Affects Versions: 1.2
>            Reporter: Christian Schlichtherle
>            Assignee: Lukas Theussl
>            Priority: Minor
>
> A common cause of frustration is APT's linking feature. Consider this example: You want to link to an external resource without a name for the link. So you do write:
> {noformat}
> {{http://truezip.java.net}}
> {noformat}
> Some time later you decide you would prefer a name for the link, but you cannot insert {name} like so:
> {noformat}
> {{{TrueZIP User Website}http://truezip.java.net}} // BROKEN!
> {noformat}
> Rather than this, you have to reverse the order and write:
> {noformat}
> {{{http://truezip.java.net}TrueZIP User Website}}
> {noformat}
> So the URI effectively moves from
> {noformat}
> {{URI}}{noformat}
> to
> {noformat}
> {{{URI}NAME}}
> {noformat}
> This is really annoying!
> I know you can't change this without breaking compatibility. So please provide a new linking feature, probably something like this:
> [[URI]] and [[[NAME]URI]] respectively.

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[jira] Commented: (DOXIA-429) Broken link syntax in APT

Posted by "Christian Schlichtherle (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>.
    [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=267433#action_267433 ] 

Christian Schlichtherle commented on DOXIA-429:
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Therefore I proposed to introduce a different syntax: [[[NAME]URI]]. This would be an extension to the syntax used for embedding images.

> Broken link syntax in APT
> -------------------------
>
>                 Key: DOXIA-429
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429
>             Project: Maven Doxia
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Module - Apt
>    Affects Versions: 1.2
>            Reporter: Christian Schlichtherle
>            Assignee: Lukas Theussl
>            Priority: Minor
>
> A common cause of frustration is APT's linking feature. Consider this example: You want to link to an external resource without a name for the link. So you do write:
> {noformat}
> {{http://truezip.java.net}}
> {noformat}
> Some time later you decide you would prefer a name for the link, but you cannot insert {name} like so:
> {noformat}
> {{{TrueZIP User Website}http://truezip.java.net}} // BROKEN!
> {noformat}
> Rather than this, you have to reverse the order and write:
> {noformat}
> {{{http://truezip.java.net}TrueZIP User Website}}
> {noformat}
> So the URI effectively moves from
> {noformat}
> {{URI}}{noformat}
> to
> {noformat}
> {{{URI}NAME}}
> {noformat}
> This is really annoying!
> I know you can't change this without breaking compatibility. So please provide a new linking feature, probably something like this:
> [[URI]] and [[[NAME]URI]] respectively.

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[jira] Commented: (DOXIA-429) Broken link syntax in APT

Posted by "Christian Schlichtherle (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>.
    [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=267429#action_267429 ] 

Christian Schlichtherle commented on DOXIA-429:
-----------------------------------------------

Yes, that's basically all, but it helps a lot if you have to write large documentation with lots of links.

> Broken link syntax in APT
> -------------------------
>
>                 Key: DOXIA-429
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429
>             Project: Maven Doxia
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Module - Apt
>    Affects Versions: 1.2
>            Reporter: Christian Schlichtherle
>            Priority: Minor
>
> A common cause of frustration is APT's linking feature. Consider this example: You want to link to an external resource without a name for the link. So you do write:
> {noformat}
> {{http://truezip.java.net}}
> {noformat}
> Some time later you decide you would prefer a name for the link, but you cannot insert {name} like so:
> {noformat}
> {{{TrueZIP User Website}http://truezip.java.net}} // BROKEN!
> {noformat}
> Rather than this, you have to reverse the order and write:
> {noformat}
> {{{http://truezip.java.net}TrueZIP User Website}}
> {noformat}
> So the URI effectively moves from
> {noformat}
> {{URI}}{noformat}
> to
> {noformat}
> {{{URI}NAME}}
> {noformat}
> This is really annoying!
> I know you can't change this without breaking compatibility. So please provide a new linking feature, probably something like this:
> [[URI]] and [[[NAME]URI]] respectively.

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[jira] Commented: (DOXIA-429) Broken link syntax in APT

Posted by "Lukas Theussl (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>.
    [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=267431#action_267431 ] 

Lukas Theussl commented on DOXIA-429:
-------------------------------------

Well, if it would be the addition of a new feature without changing the old behaviour that would be fine, but changing the order will just lead to a lot of confusion, so this is definitely 'won't fix'.

> Broken link syntax in APT
> -------------------------
>
>                 Key: DOXIA-429
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429
>             Project: Maven Doxia
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Module - Apt
>    Affects Versions: 1.2
>            Reporter: Christian Schlichtherle
>            Priority: Minor
>
> A common cause of frustration is APT's linking feature. Consider this example: You want to link to an external resource without a name for the link. So you do write:
> {noformat}
> {{http://truezip.java.net}}
> {noformat}
> Some time later you decide you would prefer a name for the link, but you cannot insert {name} like so:
> {noformat}
> {{{TrueZIP User Website}http://truezip.java.net}} // BROKEN!
> {noformat}
> Rather than this, you have to reverse the order and write:
> {noformat}
> {{{http://truezip.java.net}TrueZIP User Website}}
> {noformat}
> So the URI effectively moves from
> {noformat}
> {{URI}}{noformat}
> to
> {noformat}
> {{{URI}NAME}}
> {noformat}
> This is really annoying!
> I know you can't change this without breaking compatibility. So please provide a new linking feature, probably something like this:
> [[URI]] and [[[NAME]URI]] respectively.

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[jira] Commented: (DOXIA-429) Broken link syntax in APT

Posted by "Christian Schlichtherle (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>.
    [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=267348#action_267348 ] 

Christian Schlichtherle commented on DOXIA-429:
-----------------------------------------------

The first example is shredded by JIRA and should read (cross fingers I now quote correctly):

\{\{http://truezip.java.net\}\}


> Broken link syntax in APT
> -------------------------
>
>                 Key: DOXIA-429
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429
>             Project: Maven Doxia
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Module - Apt
>    Affects Versions: 1.2
>            Reporter: Christian Schlichtherle
>            Priority: Minor
>
> A common cause of frustration is APT's linking feature. Consider this example: You want to link to an external resource without a name for the link. So you do write:
> {{http://truezip.java.net}}
> Some time later you decide you would prefer a name for the link, but you cannot insert {name} like so:
> {{{TrueZIP User Website}http://truezip.java.net}} // BROKEN!
> Rather than this, you have to reverse the order and write:
> {{{http://truezip.java.net}TrueZIP User Website}}
> So the URI effectively moves from {{URI}} to {{{URI}NAME}}. This is really annoying!
> I know you can't change this without breaking compatibility. So please provide a new linking feature, probably something like this:
> [[URI]] and [[[NAME]URI]] respectively.

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[jira] Commented: (DOXIA-429) Broken link syntax in APT

Posted by "Lukas Theussl (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>.
    [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=267435#action_267435 ] 

Lukas Theussl commented on DOXIA-429:
-------------------------------------

That would mean two different syntaxes for links, which is confusing too. 

> Broken link syntax in APT
> -------------------------
>
>                 Key: DOXIA-429
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429
>             Project: Maven Doxia
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Module - Apt
>    Affects Versions: 1.2
>            Reporter: Christian Schlichtherle
>            Assignee: Lukas Theussl
>            Priority: Minor
>
> A common cause of frustration is APT's linking feature. Consider this example: You want to link to an external resource without a name for the link. So you do write:
> {noformat}
> {{http://truezip.java.net}}
> {noformat}
> Some time later you decide you would prefer a name for the link, but you cannot insert {name} like so:
> {noformat}
> {{{TrueZIP User Website}http://truezip.java.net}} // BROKEN!
> {noformat}
> Rather than this, you have to reverse the order and write:
> {noformat}
> {{{http://truezip.java.net}TrueZIP User Website}}
> {noformat}
> So the URI effectively moves from
> {noformat}
> {{URI}}{noformat}
> to
> {noformat}
> {{{URI}NAME}}
> {noformat}
> This is really annoying!
> I know you can't change this without breaking compatibility. So please provide a new linking feature, probably something like this:
> [[URI]] and [[[NAME]URI]] respectively.

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[jira] Commented: (DOXIA-429) Broken link syntax in APT

Posted by "Lukas Theussl (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>.
    [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=267425#action_267425 ] 

Lukas Theussl commented on DOXIA-429:
-------------------------------------

So all you want is reverse the order of NAME and URI? Why? The apt format is defined the way it is, if you don't like it just use something else. I will close this as 'Won't fix' unless there is some reasonable objection.

> Broken link syntax in APT
> -------------------------
>
>                 Key: DOXIA-429
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/DOXIA-429
>             Project: Maven Doxia
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Module - Apt
>    Affects Versions: 1.2
>            Reporter: Christian Schlichtherle
>            Priority: Minor
>
> A common cause of frustration is APT's linking feature. Consider this example: You want to link to an external resource without a name for the link. So you do write:
> {noformat}
> {{http://truezip.java.net}}
> {noformat}
> Some time later you decide you would prefer a name for the link, but you cannot insert {name} like so:
> {noformat}
> {{{TrueZIP User Website}http://truezip.java.net}} // BROKEN!
> {noformat}
> Rather than this, you have to reverse the order and write:
> {noformat}
> {{{http://truezip.java.net}TrueZIP User Website}}
> {noformat}
> So the URI effectively moves from
> {noformat}
> {{URI}}{noformat}
> to
> {noformat}
> {{{URI}NAME}}
> {noformat}
> This is really annoying!
> I know you can't change this without breaking compatibility. So please provide a new linking feature, probably something like this:
> [[URI]] and [[[NAME]URI]] respectively.

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