[Pmwiki-users] Batch loading page contents

[John Rankin]

Hi, I'm looking to see if anyone has a script that can take a text file =
and create a whole lot of PmWiki page files from it.

We have a very long M$ Word document that is going to be loaded into =
PmWiki. It is relatively easy to write a Word macro that wikifies the text,=
 sets page names etc and produces a plain text file. We can generate page =
names from the contents page and a glossary page.

What we'd then like to do is batch create a bunch of PmWiki page files. =
The wiki file format looks pretty straightforward. Is there either a =
formal specification of the file layout or (even better) a script that, =
given a page name and page text, can create valid PmWiki data files? All =
the pages will be in the same group. It seems to me that there ought to be =
a way of calling pmwiki.php itself to do this, but I'm not clear how.

Conceptually, I envisage a local customisation whereby I enter something =
like http://.../pmwiki.php?action=3Dbatchload into my browser and press =
return. In my innocence, this sounds as if it ought to be easy...

Are there any hooks or traps in doing this?
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While I'm here, let me add my support for the idea of revision marks (=
inserts and deletes) on screen. In our case, we probaly wouldn't need the =
ability for an individual to set her or his own time stamp; we would make =
use of a feature that lets you set an 'as from' date/time at the group and =
possibly page level. Then a visitor could optionally see all changes red-=
lined since that date/time, for example by clicking on a command in the =
page footer, such as Show Changes.
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John Rankin
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