Difference between revisions of "Template talk:Date"

From The iPhone Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
m (reply)
(Question)
Line 2: Line 2:
 
What is the point of having this template? It's not difficult to type out "13 Mar 2015" in a table. --[[User:Dialexio|Dialexio]] ([[User talk:Dialexio|talk]]) 15:37, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 
What is the point of having this template? It's not difficult to type out "13 Mar 2015" in a table. --[[User:Dialexio|Dialexio]] ([[User talk:Dialexio|talk]]) 15:37, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 
:Dates should be written out with a non-breaking space (<code>&amp;nbsp;</code>) between the "items". <code><nowiki>{{date|2015|03|13}}</nowiki></code> produces <code>13&amp;nbsp;Mar&amp;nbsp;2015</code>. Sure, we could litter the source with <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> escape codes, but it's easier to understand the markup without syntax highlighting or any other fun stuff.<br />This isn't a good analogy, but why do bother indenting code with comment tags (<code>&lt;!-- comment --&gt;</code>) when one could just not indent at all? Because it's easier to read. What's easier to understand at first glance: <code>9:30&amp;nbsp;13&amp;nbsp;Mar&amp;nbsp;2015</code> or <code><nowiki>{{date|2015|03|13|09|30}}</nowiki></code>? I don't know about you, but I'd prefer the second option (and so does [[User:iAdam1n|Adam]]). So again, it's not necessary, but it makes the markup easier to read. --[[User:5urd|5urd]] ([[User talk:5urd|talk]]) 16:37, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 
:Dates should be written out with a non-breaking space (<code>&amp;nbsp;</code>) between the "items". <code><nowiki>{{date|2015|03|13}}</nowiki></code> produces <code>13&amp;nbsp;Mar&amp;nbsp;2015</code>. Sure, we could litter the source with <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> escape codes, but it's easier to understand the markup without syntax highlighting or any other fun stuff.<br />This isn't a good analogy, but why do bother indenting code with comment tags (<code>&lt;!-- comment --&gt;</code>) when one could just not indent at all? Because it's easier to read. What's easier to understand at first glance: <code>9:30&amp;nbsp;13&amp;nbsp;Mar&amp;nbsp;2015</code> or <code><nowiki>{{date|2015|03|13|09|30}}</nowiki></code>? I don't know about you, but I'd prefer the second option (and so does [[User:iAdam1n|Adam]]). So again, it's not necessary, but it makes the markup easier to read. --[[User:5urd|5urd]] ([[User talk:5urd|talk]]) 16:37, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
  +
::Okay, that makes more sense. (I've never indented HTML with comments, but I digress.) But wouldn't it have been easier to just assign a fixed width or use CSS (<code>white-space:nowrap</code> or <code>white-space:pre</code>)? --[[User:Dialexio|Dialexio]] ([[User talk:Dialexio|talk]]) 02:02, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Revision as of 02:02, 14 March 2015

Question

What is the point of having this template? It's not difficult to type out "13 Mar 2015" in a table. --Dialexio (talk) 15:37, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Dates should be written out with a non-breaking space (&nbsp;) between the "items". {{date|2015|03|13}} produces 13&nbsp;Mar&nbsp;2015. Sure, we could litter the source with &nbsp; escape codes, but it's easier to understand the markup without syntax highlighting or any other fun stuff.
This isn't a good analogy, but why do bother indenting code with comment tags (<!-- comment -->) when one could just not indent at all? Because it's easier to read. What's easier to understand at first glance: 9:30&nbsp;13&nbsp;Mar&nbsp;2015 or {{date|2015|03|13|09|30}}? I don't know about you, but I'd prefer the second option (and so does Adam). So again, it's not necessary, but it makes the markup easier to read. --5urd (talk) 16:37, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
Okay, that makes more sense. (I've never indented HTML with comments, but I digress.) But wouldn't it have been easier to just assign a fixed width or use CSS (white-space:nowrap or white-space:pre)? --Dialexio (talk) 02:02, 14 March 2015 (UTC)