Couldn't nice clients do this already, just using the heading and preformatted blocks? That keeps thing simple but still allow for this kind of functionality. I'm picturing something like what Wikipedia looks like on mobile. makeworld ??????? Original Message ??????? On Thursday, May 28, 2020 9:33 PM, InvisibleUp <invis at park-city.club> wrote: > I had an idea for a new line type for the text/gemini document type.I'm > not sure how attached I am to it, or how well it would be received,but I > figure it would at least be worth mentioning here. > > "Frames" are a way to create collapsible "sections" of a Gemini > document. In graphical browsers I imagine these would be arranged > horizontally, but they would be perfectly readable vertically as well. > > Proposed syntax: > ||| denotes the start or end of a frame > |?? (or any non-'|' characters after the first '|') denotes a new frame > section > --- denotes a vertical/same section division in a frame section > > A very good example of this would be a navigation bar. For example, > > Page Title > > =========== > > ||||||||||||||||| > > => ../ Back > => page1/ Page 1 > => page2/ Page 2 > => page3/ Page 3 > > | | | | | | | | | > > Article Title > > -------------- > > 2020-05-28 > > ----------- > > Article contents > ... > > ||||||||||||||||| > Footer text > > This is perfectly readable on a dumb terminal display, but on a TUI/GUI > browserit may look something like this: > > Page Title > > =========== > > ----------------------------- > ??? => Back?? | ## Article Title > => Page 1 | 2020-05-28 > => Page 2 |------------------ > => Page 3 | Article contents > | ... > ??? ----------------------------- > ??? Footer text > > With this example, it may be a better idea to place the links at the > endof the document, resulting in a right sidebar. This keeps the > navigation fromencroaching onto the document contents in a vertical > view. Left sidebars should > be short, sweet, and simple. > > The user should be able to collapse the navigation component, if they > choose.They may also choose to display it vertically. Perhaps frame > sections consistingsolely of links could also display the links in a > line, at the client'sdiscretion. > > This could also be used inline in a standard document, for figures w/ > captiontext, poetry next to ASCII art w/ alt-text, etc. > > Note that you cannot nest a frame within another frame. This vastly > simplifiesthe syntax and implementation, as well as discouraging future > extensions. > > Another idea for layout: > > ??? ||| > ??? # Article Title > ??? 2020-05-28 > ??? | > ??? => ../ All > => next/ Next > => prev/ Previous > ||| > Article contents > ... > > which could be displayed as > > Article Title | => All > > ======================= > > 2020-05-28 ? ?? | => Next > | => Previous > ------------------------------ > ??? Article contents > ??? ... > > I kinda like it, but I can definitely see the arguments against it. Let > me know what you think of this. > > -- InvisibleUp gemini://park-city.club/~invis > > -- Email domain proudly hosted athttps://migadu.com
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