[Pmwiki-users] Page preview mode
Stephan Schildberg
schildberg
Fri Dec 17 07:23:26 CST 2004
I am interested in XUL. Actually our oss project (FreeCard.org) changed
to use XUL, it means we are learning it. It is interesting see people
gaining more interest in the Mozilla framework. You refer to the
WikiPedia menu bar, for Firefox?
Stephan.
>Hey there, I'm wondering if there is a way to preview a page via a POST
>request, similar to what happens when you hit preview on the edit page, only
>have it look exactly as though it were the real page in place (i.e. without
>the edit form, and 'unsaved' messages, and so forth).
>
>The reason for this is that I've decided to learn XUL (a UI language
>understood by Firefox, Mozilla, and the newer Netscapes) and an idea for a
>not-too-complex program to start with I had is a special edit form for PmWiki
>that has two tabs: edit and preview. The edit tab is similar in content and
>features to the current edit system. When the preview tab is selected, it
>sends the current form contents to the wiki, requesting a preview, which is
>brought up in that tab, allowing reasonably quick on-the-fly previewing of
>what you've done.
>
>Ideally, I'd have it set so that if you hit the edit link in a capable
>browser, you get the fancy XUL form, otherwise you get the standard one. It's
>mainly a project for my own learning, but it would be nice to be able to make
>it a PmWiki addon if I get far enough with it.
>
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