[pmwiki-users] Link to description of PmWiki on Wikimatrix.org?
christian.ridderstrom at gmail.com
christian.ridderstrom at gmail.com
Fri Jan 12 16:04:07 CST 2007
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
>> * There is no entry for the 'intended audience'. Frankly, I don't
>> know who the intended audience is... "Everybody"? :-)
>
> I've just left this blank for now -- to me it's basically anybody. :-)
I think it should probably be "anybody" then... otherwise some people will
be confused... This is what MoinMoin wrote:
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
>> !!! Security/Anti-Spam
>> * 'Authentication Backends', I thought PmWiki supported more than that
>> just because of how often it's discussed on this list :-) (I don't know
>> though)
>
> Which ones do you think are missing? That's a pretty good list we
> have there already. :-)
I'm not at all into the authentification stuff, but given all the traffic
I see about it (and try to ignore:-) I would thought the list was longer.
This is what MoinMoin wrote though:
modular, scriptable. ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert,
others possible
Maybe you should see the comparsion for yourself:
http://www.wikimatrix.org/compare/PmWiki+MoinMoin
>> !!! Special Features
>>
>> * Right-to-Left support: This field hasn't been filled. I suspect it
>> should be 'optional' according to the description of the feature.
>> (Btw, this might be something PmWiki should try and support, in
>> case users of RTL languages are desired)
>
> I've done a couple of experiments with RTL language support in the
> past, and it does work in PmWiki if the templates and CSS are correctly
> created to support it. But I don't know how well supported it is.
>
> "Optional" on wikimatrix means that... it's available as an
> easy-to-configure option in the distribution package. Since we don't
> have an obvious option for this, the best we could do is "plugin" (but
> I'd want to be able to point to a plugin or skin that enables RTL
> support before claiming this).
Hmm... I followed the information link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/wiki/feature:Right-to-Left%20Support
which said:
Optional: The CSS can be modified such that the body element can
be designated right-to-left. Maybe text formatting rules exist
that can added to designate different sections as right-to-left
(usually inserting an appropriately styled DIV element).
I don't know where you found your text, but to me it seems quite possible
to modify the CSS as desired. Not as easily as setting
$EnableRTL = true;
of course.
I'm not sure just modifying the default skin should be considered a
plugin.
>> !!! Links
>>
>> * What is 'SisterWiki'?
>
> SisterWiki is the ability to automatically link to pages of the
> same name in another wiki. For example, if someone was able to
> have [[MyPage]] automatically link to existing pages on pmwiki.org.
Hey, that'd be pretty neat. Especially between wikis in a farm...
Is there a PITS for this?
>> * What is 'Windows Shares'? (PmWiki has it...)
>
> This is the ability to link to files held on Windows shares --
> e.g., using the file:/// syntax.
ok... (those don't work in Opera for security reasons:-(
>> !!! Syntax features
>>
About internal links... In order to emphasize the 'free link' aspect,
maybe modify it to:
[[free link]]
[[free link | link text]]
[[link text -> free link]]
[[free link #anchor]]
[[~profile]]
Not sure if something like
[[free link (hidden)]]
should be added as an additional line.
>> * Whas is 'FAQ Tags' (PmWiki has it...)
>
> A syntax to create a list of frequently asked questions.
> (For any of the wikimatrix features, hovering over the attribute
> name gives a brief description.)
Hmm... that doesn't work for me. I get something when hovering over the
information link [i], but nothing else. (using Opera 7... very old).
>> * Headlines. Another wiki had an example for the equivalent of:
>> ! Level 1 [[#anchor]] - heading with an anchor
>
> PmWikiPhilosophy #3. :-)
Eh? I don't see how that applies as [[#anchor]] is an existing feature?
(Are you thinking of visible anchors, i.e. [[##anchor]] IIRC?)
In case of confusion, the purpose would be to illustrate how you mark the
target anchor of something like [[page#anchor]]. This really ought to have
it's own entry though as most anything can get an anchor.
>> Are there any features of PmWiki that hasn't been listed on that page?
>
> Probably lots of them. Maybe check the PmWiki.Features page and
> see if there's anything that ought to be added?
>
> Since PmWiki.Features is so difficult to keep up to date, I've been
> thinking that perhaps we should simply reference the wikimatrix.org
> page.
That sounds like a good idea.
Are you (Patrick) allowed to add features that aren't already known in
wikimatrix? For instance, I didn's see anything in the feature list about
the ability to place anchors.
/Christian
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