Erik> Uwe Brauer: Erik> Try visiting a URL like http://en.wikipedia.org/w/ Erik> that is, add &externaledit=true after the &action=edit Erik> this should tell you if ee.pl is at all being called Erik> correctly. Make sure you are editing a wiki you have Erik> actually set up ee.ini to work with. Each Wikimedia wiki Erik> has its own user account database. The URL also needs to Erik> match the URL match listing in ee.ini. Right, I was not aware of that. I created an account in http://en.wikipedia.org, I set in preference the editor to Use external editor by default And I added in my ee.ini the lines URL match=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/ Username=myuserid Password=mypasswd Then I thought this would be enough for any wiki site in english, like http://meta.wikipedia.org which is wrong as I understand now. So my I suggest to emphasise the following point: - create a account in the relevant wiki, say http://en.wikipedia.org/w/ (could me also http://meta.wikipedia.org) - set in preference the editor to "Use external editor by default" - set in ee.ini the following link URL match=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/ Username=myuserid Password=mypasswd if it were http://meta.wikipedia.org, it should be URL match=http://meta.wikipedia.org/w/ Username=myuserid Password=mypasswd I think this way even newcomers like me should understand it. Erik> The bookmarklet does nothing more than generating a URL Erik> like this from the page you're looking at, and telling Erik> your browser to visit it, so if this doesn't work, Erik> neither will the bookmarklet. Erik> Create a new bookmark/favorite in your browser and copy Erik> the JavaScript snippet exactly as it is into the field Erik> where you would normally write the URL of a webpage you Erik> want to visit. Visit the bookmark/favorite whenever you Erik> want to use the external editor. But again, make sure Erik> ee.pl is set up correctly first, or you will have to Erik> debug two things at the same time. ok Erik> I've tried to expand the instructions on Meta with the above; let me Erik> know if it makes sense to you. The part about that javascript is now clear, and I think it was especially useful to mention, that the perl script has already to be installed correctly!!! Thanks and regards Uwe

Hello Erik, Using the javascript available in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pilaf/Live_Preview I can preview my editing offline, however so far only with the internal wiki editor, is there any possibility to combine it with your perl script? Thanks Uwe Brauer