[Mediawiki-l] WYSIWYG editor for MediaWiki

Tue Dec 7 03:53:20 UTC 2004

Andrew,

Thanks for your info.

Another reason of not using the markup is that sometimes when you have a
long list of "lists" with "sublists" (i.e. *, **, ***), it is quite
difficult to the eye to read the markup. 
(And you can't really "format" the markup e.g. your list must read like
this:

* Item 1
** Subitem 1
* Item 2
etc etc

but I can't do this
* Item 1
  ** Subitem 1
* Item 2
etc etc

which the latter is MUCH easier on the eye
)

Also, while some people (including me) think it is quite easy to pick up
the markup language, there are also people who still think it is
difficult. Not so much if you're creating a fresh page. But if you're
trying to edit an existing page that is quite long (esp if it is a long
list), I understand how sometimes it is difficult to read that markup
language and find the spot where you want to edit.

I also have read that WYSIWYG editor page you mentioned when I was doing
the research. However, it would be nice to hear from anyone who has
implemented it into the MediaWiki system and see how well/not well it
worked.

Thanks,
Simon

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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Reberry
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 7:42 PM
To: 'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'
Subject: RE: [Mediawiki-l] WYSIWYG editor for MediaWiki

I can't answer your question directly as for WYSIWYG editors, but I can
tell
you Wiki markup really is not too hard to develop.  I can only imagine
that
it is easier to use wikimarkup then it is to work with a WYSIWYG editor.
Here is a page describing some of what you were wondering:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG_editor

More or less, linking, lists, line breaks are fairly straight forward in
my
opinion.  Here is a general overview of how you can edit pages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page

I could only assume that it would not be more than a couple hours to
learn
the basics of wiki markup.  Here is more info on creating tables in wiki
markup:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_markup_tables

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Simon Tse
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 7:04 PM
To: mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org
Subject: [Mediawiki-l] WYSIWYG editor for MediaWiki

Has anyone here implemented a WYSIWYG editor for MediaWiki? If so, what
did you use and how do you like it? The reason is that some of our
writers are still scared to look at the wiki markup.

Thanks,

Simon Tse, Webmaster
Laserfiche

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