That’s because we are using dokuwiki format. If we switch then the document about formatting switches... On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 at 23:28, Simon Lees <sfl...@suse.de> wrote:
> > > On 18/10/17 23:18, Andrew Williams wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Given that the syntax info page is included in our content I don't > > understand the question. If we update the documents that people follow > then > > anyone who is not familiar with MarkDown does as they did before - read > the > > docs? > > Or did I miss something? > > > > Last time I edited a page the systax info page was the generic dokuwiki > syntax one not a Markdown one (I don't know how different they are) > > > On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 at 12:51 Simon Lees <sfl...@suse.de> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On 18/10/17 19:47, Andrew Williams wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I am struggling with the factual inaccuracies - phab is not markdown > >> (they > >>> call it "similar to" > >>> https://secure.phabricator.com/book/phabricator/article/remarkup/), > >> trac is > >>> not markdown (it is inspired by previous wikis > >>> https://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/WikiFormatting) but all of this is > >>> irrelevant to the point. > >>> > >>> MarkDown is a common format that many have extended. Case in point - we > >>> were working on some documentation last night and one of the group did > >> not > >>> want to put it in the wiki yet so they uploaded it to github > temporarily. > >>> And you know what? Their web engine automatically formatted it > correctly > >> - > >>> I then loaded it into dokuwiki with markdown enabled and the same > thing - > >>> the content, heirarchy, markup and syntax highlighting all just worked. > >>> Whether we like it or not GitHub has changed the way that people think > >>> about social coding and their adoption of Markdown has had a big impact > >> on > >>> people using it as a standard (there are book authoring systems and > >>> presentation apps using it as the main format). > >>> > >>> What I was proposing is to use MarkDown instead of Dokuwiki syntax (due > >> to > >>> the benefits already listed) and this has no bearing on the choice of > >>> dokuwiki or the functionality - it is merely the syntax used. Online > >>> editing works just as well, page includes also work through > "frontmatter" > >>> much as before. Your assertion that using any other format makes it > >>> uneditable seems completely untrue - what is causing your concern here? > >>> > >>> Is it possible that in this discussion we have confused the word > dokuwiki > >>> as a format and dokuwiki as a product? > >>> > >> > >> Whenever i've manually updated our wiki pages (or any wiki pages) I > >> always reference the provided help to use the correct syntax, so how > >> would use ensure that anyone editing the documentation via the wiki > >> (which is why its a wiki in the first place) will use markdown > >> formatting rather then wiki formatting? > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Simon Lees (Simotek) http://simotek.net > >> > >> Emergency Update Team keybase.io/simotek > >> SUSE Linux Adelaide Australia, UTC+10:30 > >> GPG Fingerprint: 5B87 DB9D 88DC F606 E489 CEC5 0922 C246 02F0 014B > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > >> _______________________________________________ > >> enlightenment-devel mailing list > >> enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > >> > > -- > > Simon Lees (Simotek) http://simotek.net > > Emergency Update Team keybase.io/simotek > SUSE Linux Adelaide Australia, UTC+10:30 > GPG Fingerprint: 5B87 DB9D 88DC F606 E489 CEC5 0922 C246 02F0 014B > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- http://andywilliams.me http://ajwillia.ms ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
