[Mediawiki-l] wikiwyg in mediawiki

Wed Apr 26 22:08:55 UTC 2006

Tels wrote:
>> >From en.wkipedia.org/WYSIWYM:
>>
>> WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) is the paradigm created for
>> LyX. It means that the things displayed on a computer screen should
>> accurately display the information that is trying to be conveyed rather
>> than the actual formatting.
>>
>> How that would be helpful in wiki-page authoring, where formatting is
>> part of the meaning (unlike XML authoring, which is where WYSIWYM
>> originates).
>>     
>
> I am not sure if it is really possible to seperate meaning (list item 
> number one) and formatting (this is a list item). The user usually has to 
> specify both, anyway.
>
> One could whip up a JS (think ajax) editor that behaves like word, but so 
> far I think nobody did it. Probably because in Word, you select a 
> headline, type the text in, then select lots of styling (bold/color/size 
> etc), so having lots of fancy options is desired.
>   
I just felt the need to comment on the plans we have to integrate 
SynchroEdit (www.synchroedit.com) with MediaWiki at some point. I'm 
hopeful I can get to work on an extension at some point fairly soon, but 
who knows. Sorry for faintly off-topicness. :)

-Kalle.