Marc-André, All the links at https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki (such as https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/Compilation ) get me to the 404 github page (cute "parallax_octocat.png" image, but still ?!)
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 17:48, Marc-André Moreau <marcandre.mor...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hi, > > I have just changed the link on freerdp.com to point to the GitHub wiki > now. I have migrated enough of the original wiki to start using GitHub as > the official one. > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Marc-André Moreau < > marcandre.mor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Matt Harrison <matt61...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> There is an Eclipse Markdown plugin that sounds similar to the Textile > >> one you are using. Not sure how it works, but figured I'd mention it > since > >> it would allow sticking to Github's default wiki markup language. > >> > >> http://www.winterwell.com/software/markdown-editor.php > >> > > > > That's good to know > > > > However, GitHub uses its own flavor of markdown, so I guess there might > be > > small differences between the two. What I dislike about GitHub markdown > is > > that it only works well with GitHub... while with Textile we still have > the > > option of easily migrating to a different wiki later on. > > > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Marc-André Moreau < > >> marcandre.mor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I have been working on continuing the wiki migration to github lately > in > >>> prevision of the 1.0 release. I had one big problem which I solved: the > >>> GitHub wiki system does not allow you to upload images while editing an > >>> article. You need to clone the git repository of the wiki, add your > >>> image, > >>> and then push it before you can make use of it. This issue lead me to > >>> reconsider how we were going to proceed further with the GitHub wiki > >>> system. > >>> > >>> Here's what I figured out: > >>> > >>> The GitHub wiki system is git-backed, which is a great feature. What > this > >>> provides is a powerful way of doing offline editing of wiki articles, > so > >>> why not work offline on the wiki and consider the wiki like any other > git > >>> repository. This allows for easy addition of new images (the repository > >>> is > >>> local) and also means that you can work on the wiki without an internet > >>> connection. DokuWiki would allow one user at a time to edit an article. > >>> Git > >>> does not suffer from such limitations. For offline editing, we need a > >>> good > >>> editor. Unfortunately, github markdown has poor third-party tool > support, > >>> so I had to look into the alternative markup languages supported. One > of > >>> them which looked fairly common and supported by a wide range of > >>> third-party tools was Textile, so I gave it a shot and I like it. > >>> > >>> There are many editors with Textile support out there, but I am using > the > >>> Mylyn WikiText plugin for Eclipse. It allows me to have a > "FreeRDP.wiki" > >>> project inside my Eclipse namespace right beside the actual FreeRDP > >>> project. I can edit textile documents within Eclipse and preview the > >>> results instantly, it's pretty good. One can also just edit locally > >>> without > >>> explicit support from an editor, the markup is fairly straightforward. > >>> Here's a screenshot: > >>> http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4207/textileeclipse.png > >>> > >>> When editing online, make sure to use the "Textile" editing mode. I > >>> haven't > >>> found any option to create new articles as "textile", so unless there > is > >>> such an option I would recommend editing the wiki offline and creating > >>> *.textile articles instead. > >>> > >>> I have migrated a good portion of the wiki already, so we should soon > be > >>> able to deprecate the older one for good. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> - Marc-Andre > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> Cloud Computing - Latest Buzzword or a Glimpse of the Future? > >>> This paper surveys cloud computing today: What are the benefits? > >>> Why are businesses embracing it? 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