[Wikia-l] Indented, multi-line pre box

[Daniel Friesen]

Block level elements are known to break out of the list syntax. If 
you're nesting that kind of stuff it might be best to use the html list 
format.

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John Beckett wrote:
> Our wiki has examples of computer commands, so we use <pre>...</pre> boxes.
>
> Can reasonably simple wikitext generate something like the following list?
>
> Example list
> * First bullet point is just normal text.
> * Second point is followed by example keyboard input.
>    First line in an indented "pre" box.
>    Second line in same indented "pre" box.
>   Some more normal text is sometimes wanted.
> * Third point like second.
>    First "pre" line.
>    Second "pre" line.
>
> Here is an experiment:
>
> ==Example list==
> *First bullet point.
> *N1 Example<pre>N1 first</pre><pre>N1 second</pre>N1 More text.
> *N2 Example<pre>N2 first
> N2 second</pre>N2 More text.
> *N3 Example<pre>N3 first<br />N3 second</pre>N3 More text.
>
> Each of the N1, N2 and N3 lines makes an indented pre box, but each has a problem:
> - N1 gives two boxes.
> - N2 has only a single line in the box.
> - N3 shows "<br />" (< > are replaced by &lt; &gt; and using <nowiki> didn't help).
>
> Here is an example where I would like to use this:
> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Working_with_CSV_files#Features
>
> BTW Is this a suitable question for this list?
>
> John
>
>