Wouter wrote regarding 'RE: [OT] what about "wiki"' on Wed, Jan 25 at 07:11:
> > In the example I was using (twiki), you'd write it just like that.  A
> > table requires the line to start with a pipe.  If the line doesn't
> > start with a pipe, it's not a table.  Just FYI. :)
> 
> There is no way out. I would still need to know how to start a line with
> a | that is not to be interpreted as a table.

Why are you starting a line with a pipe? :)

If you just need the one pipe on a line, then just type it.  If you're
gonna use more than one pipe on a line, you have three options.
Option 1, figure out why you're typing a line with multiple pipes
whose first char is a pipe, and change your line around.  Option 2,
type something on the line directly above that line - if not preceded
by a blank line (or if not the first thing on the page), the table
will not be a table, it'll be treated as a continuation of the
previous line.  Option 3, surround your text with the
<verbatim></verbatim> tags which inhibit twiki processing inside of
the tags, since you're probably entering in code anyway.  Yeah, it's
HTML-ish, but one tag's easier to remember (and document) than the
eleventy billion tag and parameter combinations available in real HTML,
as well as how those tags behave differently under different browsers.

> Apache? And you also assume they know how to use it? You must be
> kidding. 
> 
> Some bozo simply decided that we have a new name and hence we must be
> known (only!) by that name. Even if the techies knew how to handle such
> a situation properly they would no be allowed to do so.

Oh, I thought there was some modicum of competence somewhere in the
decision making chain.  Foolish of me to assume such a thing, I guess.
:)  Feel free to anonymously suggest that they contact me so they can
do this properly. ;)

--Danny
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