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@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@ be very convenient.
 >> rst_header (that you sensibly would do, I think) that couldn't be done in
 >> the Python script. `rst_header` has very limited use, but it is another
 >> possibility, mainly for the user-editable aspect. --[[ulrik]]
+>>
+>> (I foresaw only two things to be added to the rst_header: the default
+>> role could be configured there (as with rst_wikirole), and if you have a
+>> meta-role like :shortcut:, shortcuts could be defined there.)
+>
+> I have some discussion on the [docutils mailing list][dml], the developers
+> of docutils seems to favor "Proposal 1", while I defend my ideas. They
+> want all users of ReST to use only the basic featureset to remain
+> compatible, of course. -- [[ulrik]]
+
+[dml]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.text.docutils.user/5376
 
 Some rst-custom [examples are here](http://kaizer.se/wiki/rst_examples/)
 
@@ -166,9 +177,9 @@ picture before it.
 >>>> :wiki:`wikilink` syntax) to any other markup, for example None.
 >>>> --[[ulrik]]
 >> 
->> The named link syntax (just like the :wiki: role) are inspired from trac
->> and a good fit, but only if the wiki is committed to using only rst,
->> which I don't think is the case.
+>> The named link syntax (just like the :wiki: role) are inspired from
+>> [trac][tracrst] and a good fit, but only if the wiki is committed to
+>> using only rst, which I don't think is the case.
 >>
 >> The rst-customize changes are very useful for custom directive
 >> installations (like the sourcecode directive, or shortcut roles I show
@@ -203,6 +214,13 @@ picture before it.
 >> -- [[ulrik]] 
 
 >>> Seems it could be, yes. --[[Joey]]
+>>>
+>>>> It is not clear how we can work around reST wrapping directives with
+>>>> paragraph tags. Also, some escaping of xml characters & <> might
+>>>> happen, but I can't imagine right now what breakage can come from that.
+>>>> -- [[ulrik]]
+
+[tracrst]: http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/WikiRestructuredText
 
 ### Implementation ###
 
@@ -253,6 +271,17 @@ Perl I've ever written!_)
 >>> Well, seems you want to match the indent at the start of the line containing
 >>> the directive, even if the directive does not start the line. That would
 >>> be quite hard to make a regexp do, though. --[[Joey]]
+>>
+>> I wasted a long time getting the simpler `indent($1, handle->($2,$,4))` to
+>> work (remember, I don't know perl at all). Somehow `$1` does not arrive, I
+>> made a simple testcase that worked, and I conclude something inside $handle
+>> results in the value of $1 not arriving as it should!
+>>
+>> Anyway, instead a very simple incremental patch is in [pproc-indent][ppi]
+>> where the indentation regex is `(^[ \t]+|)` instead, which seems to work
+>> very well (and the regex is multiline now as well). I'm happy to rebase the
+>> changes if you want or you can just squash the four patches 1+3 => 1+1
+>> -- [[ulrik]]
 
 [ppi]: http://github.com/engla/ikiwiki/commits/pproc-indent
 
@@ -293,3 +322,12 @@ The page is rST-parsed once in 'scan' and once in 'htmlize' (the first to genera
 >> However, I think that if the cache does not work for a big load, it should
 >> not work at all; small loads are small so they don't matter. --ulrik
 
+-----
+
+Another possiblity is using empty url for wikilinks (gitit uses this approach), for example:
+
+    `SomePage <>`_
+
+Since it uses *empty* url, I would like to call it *proposal 0* :-)  --[weakish]
+
+[weakish]: http://weakish.pigro.net