X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/f15ecfcf32a4f8973bbfcc8af8d6e4e22fabdbfd..63fa0ef5ba9a2e367791dd19b9aeb7c98d70ac85:/doc/plugins/contrib/poetry.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/poetry.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/poetry.mdwn index 519975e40..aed2e420a 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/poetry.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/poetry.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +[[!meta author="spalax"]] [[!template id=plugin name=poetry author="[[Louis|spalax]]"]] # Poetry @@ -10,12 +11,15 @@ render poetry (or songs). ### Typography In regular text, there are two different meaning of a new line: a break between -two paragraphs, and the word wrap. +two paragraphs, and the line wrap. When rendering poetry, we need a third one: the carriage return between two -verse lines. This one should be different from the word wrap carriage return, -otherwise one will not be able to tell apart these two (generally, wrapped text -is indented, whereas verse lines are not). +verse lines. This one should be different from the line wrap carriage return, +otherwise one will not be able to tell apart these two: is a word displayed at +the begenning of its line a new verse line, or the previous verse line, +continuing on a new line because it is too long? + +Generally, wrapped text is indented, whereas verse lines are not. ### Markdown