[Mediawiki-l] wikiwyg in mediawiki

[Brion Vibber]

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.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

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