Hi all I really hate editing stuff in a <textarea>. So I copy everything to my editor (Vim), and work there. (Using Netscape 4.5 on W95 I can't even Ctrl-A to...
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Iain Shigeoka
iainshigeoka@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1999 4:01 pm
Hello, I've been exploring ways to reduce the load large wiki webs places on a server. Since viewing wiki pages is by far the most common activity we ...
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Bengt Baverman
bengt.baverman@x.xxxx...
Sep 1, 1999 6:25 pm
I fail to see the problem with caching the normal pages, and create the WikiName? pages on the fly. Even if the viewing of the later pages will take a little...
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Iain Shigeoka
iainshigeoka@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1999 7:02 pm
Hello, I thought that readers of this list may find this story of our recent Wiki "crisis" informative. Breifly, in early August, the JOSWiki using TWiki ran...
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Iain Shigeoka
iainshigeoka@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1999 7:14 pm
Yes, caching the pages should speed up things a bunch. I guess the question is, if WikiName? links versus normal WikiName links (with the link pointed to a...
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Peter Thoeny
Peter.Thoeny@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 1, 1999 10:24 pm
Jean, As you point out, <textarea> is fine for simple edits, but you can't do a search & replace or call macros e.t.c., like external editors of choice do...
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Peter Thoeny
Peter.Thoeny@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 1, 1999 10:54 pm
For me, visually distinguishing between existing pages and non existing ones is an essential UI feature. As an author you know upfront if you created all pages...
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Peter Thoeny
Peter.Thoeny@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 1, 1999 11:28 pm
Iain, thanks for letting us know the insights and your conclusions, very enlightening. So, a robots that behaved badly was the problem. I noticed from the...
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Christophe Vermeulen
christophe.vermeulen@...
Sep 2, 1999 9:52 am
... The question is also, In which occasions would you do that ? Sure, aggregating pages for edition could allow to be more productive, but it's surely going...
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Christophe Vermeulen
christophe.vermeulen@...
Sep 2, 1999 10:05 am
... Definitely ... There is already a WikiClone that does it (DolphinWiki), without adding the complexity of a link info file. It justs makes a reverse search...
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Jean Jordaan
rgo_anas@...
Sep 2, 1999 4:44 pm
Peter, ... Well, if versioning was in place on the wiki, the pages in question, if edited by various persons, would just gain some history. This isn't ideal...
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Christophe Vermeulen
christophe.vermeulen@...
Sep 3, 1999 10:55 am
... Versioning (using RCS, is in place in my wiki since November last year) But RCS doesn't provide automatic merge of changes. I think CVS does, but it is not...
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Christophe Vermeulen
christophe.vermeulen@...
Sep 3, 1999 11:48 am
This thread started in the FeatureIdeaEnteringMultiplePages thread. I'll start by including some background info, that you may correct on the archive at...
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Christophe Vermeulen
christophe.vermeulen@...
Sep 3, 1999 12:43 pm
... Pretty easy indeed to put a hidden "revisiongot" var in the form. ... I think it should be a bit more complicated : Wiki works with (at least) two scripts...
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Peter Thoeny
Peter.Thoeny@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 3, 1999 9:28 pm
I am starting a new topic, this one started as WikiForumWikiNameLinkOpinions ( [WikiForum] WikiName link opinions ) ... Very interesting idea. Some details...
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Ward Cunningham
ward@xx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 9:39 pm
... Friends -- I am frequently hit by "spider" programs. These are popular in locals where internet access is unreliable or expensive. A spider attempts to...
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Peter Thoeny
Peter.Thoeny@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 3, 1999 9:44 pm
... There is this [WikiForum] prefix. The pages are http://c2.com/w2/wiki/WikiForumImproveWikiVersioning ...
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Peter Thoeny
peter.thoeny@xxx.xxxx
Sep 4, 1999 6:24 am
Dear Wiki folks, I made a new TWiki release. The announcement is at http://starship.python.net/crew/scharf/TWiki/bin/view/Main/TWikiAnnounce19990903 This is...
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Iain Shigeoka
iainshigeoka@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 4, 1999 5:36 pm
... This sounds like a great tactic. Do you have a way of "expiring" these lockouts or is that site permanently "black listed"? Also, do you have a posted...
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Jean Jordaan
rgo_anas@xxx.xxx.xx.xxx
Sep 5, 1999 2:27 pm
Hi all just noticed this .. http://fresh.vegetable.org:2000/down/erl/wikie_web/show?formatting+demo Links to other Wiki pages are underscored, as in...
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Peter Thoeny
peter.thoeny@xxx.xxxx
Sep 6, 1999 7:01 am
... I think I have to pass on this one. This is not really Wiki related. The lock out mechanism can be done independently from a Wiki system by analyzing the ...
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Ward Cunningham
ward@...
Sep 6, 1999 10:26 pm
... Eventually someone writes and asks what happened. ... The issue has been discussed on the site. Unfortunately, as you recognize, the ones most likely to...
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Ward Cunningham
ward@xx.xxxx
Sep 6, 1999 10:56 pm
... Here is source for script I run every minute from cron. I think the /proc stuff is specific to Linux. I've omitted the logic I use to find the dominating...
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Christophe Vermeulen
christophe.vermeulen@...
Sep 7, 1999 9:23 am
... Actually, you only need this to be done when you '''create''' a page, not when you modify it, as you just need to change the UnexistingPage link to a...
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Christophe Vermeulen
christophe.vermeulen@...
Sep 7, 1999 9:51 am
See also the HandlingPluralInWikiNames topic on the archive ! ... No access to HTTP on port 2000 (firewalls) :-( ... You mean FormattingDemo ? ... OK, my code...
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Peter Thoeny
Peter.Thoeny@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 7, 1999 11:59 pm
... Got it. In this case it is acceptable. ... That means, a view is not returning a static page but one that interprets only selected variables like...
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bobr
bobr@...
Sep 21, 1999 7:24 am
http://www.rebol.org/web/wiki.html comments? has this been discussed before?...
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Peter Thoeny
peter.thoeny@xxx.xxxx
Sep 21, 1999 1:38 am
No, it has not been discussed on this forum. What is REBOL? -- PeterThoeny - 20 Sep 1999 ... -- ... Peter Thoeny (o o) ...
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bobr
bobr@xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Sep 21, 1999 8:10 am
... rebol is a very concise internet messaging laguage. I came across it last week in web-techniques. http://www.rebol.com/rebolcause.html has more detail. ...
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Christophe Vermeulen
christophe.vermeulen@...
Sep 21, 1999 5:48 am
I found Rebol about two/three weeks ago. Looks promising, but no real information is available ! The author seems to have a lot of experience, still it's a...