Just ran across these and thought you all might be interested:
http://timj.testbit.eu/2011/05/13/wikihtml2man-introduction/
"Wikihtml2man is an easy to use converter that parses HTML sources,
normally originating from a Mediawiki page, and generates Unix Manual
Page sources based on it (also referred to as html2man or wiki2man
converter). It allows developing project documentation online, e.g. by
collaborating in a wiki. It is released as free software under the GNU
GPLv3."
http://timj.testbit.eu/2012/11/23/listitemfilter-mediawiki-extension/
"For a while now, I’ve been maintaining my todo lists as backlogs in a
Mediawiki repository. I’m regularly deriving sprints from these backlogs
for my current task lists....A SpecialPage extension that I’ve recently
implemented now helps me through the process. Using it, I’m
automatically getting a filtered list of all “IMPORTANT:”, “URGENT:” or
otherwise classified list items. The special page can be used per-se or
via template inclusion from another wiki page."
Both of these are from Tim Janik of Lanedo. Thanks, Tim! (cc'd)
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Sumana Harihareswara
Engineering Community Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
Hello Mediawiki people,
I noticed that the line length is very long on PDF ebooks generated out of
Wikipedia articles. It slows down reading. The Wikipedia people suggested
that I report the issue on this list.
Research has shown that the perfect line length for printed texts is about
66 characters, including spaces. Anything from 45 to 75 is good.
Here's the first search result on the subject I googled up, citing perhaps
the most respected authority in typography, Robert Bringhurst:
http://www.typophile.com/node/78173
For some mysterious reasons the ideal line length for computer screens
seems to be longer -- I have no recommendations for that. But if you're
aiming the Wikipedia PDFs for printing, the line length should surely be
shorter!
Mikko Lehtinen
Hi,
I would like to use MediaWiki for _structured data_ in addition to
"free-form" textual information.
During the edit process, I would like certain parts of the page to NOT
be editable in the free-form edit box, but instead be modifiable via
other common form elements such as radio buttons, drop-downs,
checkboxes, etc..
So, the page will consists of some some free-from textual information
and also some other fields that should be NOT be accessible from the
edit box and only changeable via the previously mentioned simple form
elements (radio buttons, etc..).
Is this possible in a relatively straightforward manner or would it be a
hack?
Thanks,
Al
I've just upgraded a couple of our wikis with the 1.19.2 tarball. It
was wonderfully smooth and everything just worked. Nice one.
A suggestion: How feasible would it be for the upgrader to (a) detect
extensions in use (b) check their mediawiki.org page re:
upgradeability [template-scraping] and give their status?
I ask because one wiki had a twisty maze of extensions, some
upgradeable, some unchanged and one which had changed name
(ArrayExtension->Arrays).
I realise the extension distributor project attempts to be a complete
solution to including a rewrite of apt-get in MediaWiki ... but I'm
thinking of a simpler thing that would only retrieve and list status.
- d.
hello
as we can write and edit rich text inside wiki, using an inline wysiwyg
rich text editor (eg ckeditor, tinymce, etc),
is there a similar way to create and edit diagrams and charts
(flowcharts, organization charts, etc) ?
*either *a seperate inline wysiwyg diagram editor (like draw.io,
diagram.ly, etc),
*or *just an inline wysiwyg rich text editor, that has the ability to
create and edit diagrams (simply draw movable boxes where you can write
text inside them, and draw lines to connect them, etc)
thanks!
Hello,
is there a way in a lemma, which is readable by all users to insert a
section that is open only to a certain group?
Specifically, it's about meeting protocols, some of which contain
internal issues.
Bruno
Hi,
I need to know which program is making the reduction from an svg file to a thumb because there is a bug in the following example.
If you look at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Voile-deplacement-contre-le-vent.svg you will see that the red label (the most important) is echoed on my browser "V sin sin α β" which is meaningless, but if you look at the file which has been uploaded at http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Voile-deplacement-contre… is it correct and echoed "V. sin α . sin β" . Inkscape created the svg file.
If someone knows how to fix that bug, I will be happy to go further.
Regards,
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Hi, we are trying to invoke a ParserFunction we define in our wiki. That
function invoke another that makes changes in some pages of the wiki. The
problem is that every ParserFunction executes twice.
That's a little strange, because sometimes it executes twice and others
once. It occurs with every ParserFunction.
Is it something normal or we could configure to execute once?
Thanks.