[pmwiki-users] Escape characters don't work with colon in a definition list !?

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 02:28:44PM +0200, mailing wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to insert a colon character in a definition list but the
> pmwiki escape characters don't seems to work here.
> For example in pmwiki syntax:
> 
> :  UCLA [=:=] University of California : the largest UC campus in
> terms of enrollment
> 
> Should generate (If I understand correctly):
> 
> <dl>
>   <dt>UCLA : University of California</dt>
>   <dd>the largest UC campus in terms of enrollment</dd>
> </dl>

It should work as you've written it above (i.e., with [=:=]).
What version of PmWiki?  Any recipes loaded that might be
interfering with normal markup processing?

Can you try it on pmwiki.org (in the Test group) and
see if it works as you expect there?

Pm