OT: best FOSS wiki for this classroom scenario?

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

Volker Wysk wrote:

>When you have this code:
>
>First line
><<BR>>Second line
><<BR>>Third line
>
>... then the GUI editor makes it:
>
>First line<<BR>>Second line<<BR>>Third line

I have two comments on this. The first is that <<BR>> is an inline
element, so I suppose it makes sense that the wiki would treat it as
one, but it's a shame that it has only a single way of reacting to
encountering one.

My second comment is that I feel your pain on the concatenation. You
explicitly created two separate lines of text. Regardless of what's
on them, that is how you chose to position them. The same thing
happens in the text editor if I were to create two lines of text
without a blank line between them. It's annoying for the wiki to make
a decision on their placement, changing what we did, but I suspect
it's a design decision rather than a bug.

I used to contribute to the development of a wiki and had a heck of a
time convincing the developers that this type of behavior needs to be
optional so that the user can decide whether they wish it to occur or
not.

I've always been against programs making decisions on my behalf. I'm
sure there are others who feel the opposite way and want programs to
handle tasks for them so they don't have to. As a result, it's become
sort of a personal crusade of mine to convince others that choice
should always be vigorously defended and at the forefront of any
design decision when cooking up a new program or feature.

-- 
Little Girl

There is no spoon.