On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 06:24:45PM +0000, David Gerard wrote:
On 09/11/2007, Jim Wilson wilson.jim.r@gmail.com wrote:
Even then, what use is such a grammar? It probably won't help simplify the MediaWiki Parser significantly since all the ignored features would still need to be accounted for, as they would be in any other application that hopes to integrate with MW syntax (for example an external WYSIWYG editor).
It would allow it to be implemented in a testable manner in other languages, and hence in many other programs than MediaWiki.
Notably, I'd like to use wikitext for users creating pages in a CMS like WebGUI, and for that, the first 90% is mostly enough.
Though bold and italic just *have* to be changed. :-)
Cheers, -- jra