Hi everyone,
I'm currently working on a (python) wiki to pdf converter, based on
wiki2pdf, which is no longer actively maintained.
One of the -big- modifications to this script is to replace the
all-python parser by a combination of wiki->xml, using flexbisonparse,
and xml-> pdf, using parts of wiki2pdf. This was proposed by one of the
developers of wiki2pdf to make it a bit... more maintainable.
At the moment, things work fine, except for 2 things with flexbisonparse:
1- the external urls are not handled, and are included verbatim in the
output.
2- some people use <ref name="XX"> </ref> and <ref
name="XX"/> to make
references, but these are modified by flexbisonparse, into >ref
name="XX"<, which is not very convenient.
I understand that the first problem is somehow difficult to manage, as
many cases are to be analysed, but I have the impression that the second
is simpler. However, I'm not (at all) an expert in flex and bison, and
have the biggest difficulties understanding the code of flexbisonparse.
Is there a developer of this parser around? Do you think the
modifications are feasible?
Also, I proposed a patch for minor modifications of the code on
bugzilla, but I don't know if it is the right place to do that.
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7001
Regards
Cyril