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00787: `(:else:)` extension of [[PmWiki/Conditional Markup]]

Summary: (:else:) extension of Conditional Markup

Created: 2006-08-21 02:38

Status: Closed, in 2.2.0-beta32

Category: Feature

From: Simon

Assigned:

Priority: 5

Version: 2.1.14

OS: n/a

Description: Suggested extension to the extremely useful (:if:) (:ifend:) Conditional Markup.

have an optional (:else:) clause, eg

(:if yadda yadda:)
something
(:else:)
other thing
(:ifend:)

For the time being I've declined this particular feature--see http://www.pmichaud.com/pipermail/pmwiki-users/2006-March/025591.html for the discussion.

Essentially, the problem is that adding (:else:) and (:elseif:) leads to a desire for nested-ifs, which means that we would have to separate the meanings of and , which complicates a lot of otherwise simple markup.

I'd be very happy just with the addition of a simple else, makes it simpler than writing

 if condition

followed by

 if not condition

which is sometimes harder to do, and why I though of requesting the enhancement

thanks

00787: (:else:) extension of [[PmWiki/Conditional Markup]]

00787: `(:else:)` extension of [[PmWiki/Conditional Markup]]