Hi all.

I'm testing the ground for writing a java aplet based mini-editor for mediawiki (and maybe other wikis, although the lack of a standard makes that difficult).

What I have in mind is a relatively light applet - a more specialised version of the generic text input, that creates well formatted wiki markup, by allowing a syntax highlighted or whysiwyg view of the article.

This wouldn't require comunication with the server, other than uploading the article, as happens now.

The program would be GPL, and as far as possible be designed to work with the GNU classpath.

What do you think of this idea? My main aim is to make editing easier for non-technical users.

Jim