Erik Moeller wrote:
On 4/27/06, Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com wrote:
Joshua Yeidel wrote:
The term WYSIWYG is often used to describe user interfaces which give the appearance that the user is directly manipulating the final output. Think Microsoft Word.
Wikiwyg, on the other hand, is a live preview. You still type wikitext, which is a code. [I happen to think wikiwyg is very cool, even if it isn't WYSIWYG.]
Wikiwyg uses the browser's HTML editor widget, and converts the HTML back to wikitext for saving -- hopefully to wikitext which will translate back to what you edited. ;)
You can also click a tab to look at the reconverted wikitext before you save.
There's two Wikiwygs, one at wikiwyg.net and one at wikiwyg.org. They are different technologies.
Aargh! Why do people do that :(
FWIW, I've used wikiwyg (.net :) with my kwiki. IMHO, it mainly works but there were quite a number of little bugs to sort out.
I just tried the .org version but I didn't get any live preview on its test page. When I changed text nothing changed in the preview window. The Preview button was always greyed out. The formatted text only updated when I clicked on the Save button in the usual way. Am I missing something?
Cheers, Dave