On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Daniel Barrett danb@vistaprint.com wrote:
I have a parser function that is not being rendered properly by the experimental Preview tab in WikiEditor. The function does the following:
- It add a custom property "foo" to the ParserOutput object, with value "bar"
- It hooks OutputPageBeforeHTML to render the value "bar"
When I use the "Save Page" or "Show Preview" buttons below the edit box everything works fine. With the experimental Preview tab, though, the value doesn't get rendered. (It is in the ParserOutput object though.) I'm guessing that OutputPageBeforeHTML doesn't get called by the Preview tab.
I also tried hooking EditPageGetPreviewText to render the value also, but that doesn't work either with the Preview tab.
The OutputPage* and EditPage* hooks are UI hooks. They're not called when parsing things through the API. For reliable results, you need backend-ish hooks, probably in Parser or Article.
Roan