Hi, everyone!
I want to call for community feedback about my idea:
Problem
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When gearing up site based on Mediawiki, especially, with Semantic
Mediawiki and Semantic Forms extensions installed, we encounter with
need of Mediawiki customization for project-specified requirements. This
includes two main steps:
1). Create wiki structure with pages, categories, templates, forms, etc.
2). Install & configure mediawiki extensions and possibly write new ones
for site customization.
There is a problem. Crating process of Mediawiki based site is inconsistent!
One things we should do in IDE, another things - on site. Jumping from
one window to another.
Idea
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Now, lets imagine: what if we can work with Mediawiki pages as if they
be normal text files in our system? We gain advantages:
- Edit wiki pages in favorite text editor (like SublimeText, Vim, etc.)
- Edit wiki pages right in your favorite IDE, near Mediawiki php files.
And even more in future:
- Zip or copy wiki pages to computer. Edit offline. Upload changes later.
- Use any native program to work with pages like files: search&replace,
syntax highlight, auto-complete in IDE, etc.
Solution
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My offer is to create tool which will mount Mediawiki pages as files in
local virtual drive. Virtual file system. MediawikiFS.
Summary
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I have already coded very early working prototype (only for Windows yet).
You can test it here:
http://mediawikifs.com
You can read more information and support my idea and proposal at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/MediawikiFS
Feel free to ask questions and features if interested!