On 4/30/07, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Editor said... > > On 4/30/07, Ben Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 4/30/07, The Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I just > > kept coming up against obstacles and complexities in PmWiki in regards > > to various cutting edge ZAP functionalities. ZAP works in PmWiki, and > > PmWiki is a great tool--but both could be integrated in ways that > > would make a lot of things cleaner and simpler. > > You need to cite, Dan. I've mentioned before that you can be light on > facts, and things ain't improving. In any case, if you believe that > PmWiki could do things "cleaner and simpler", then why not be a fine > upstanding OSS citizen and post you patches, so that Pm (and others) can > assess them? If you took that approach, then I doubt anyone would notice > you calling yourself a1a1a1a1caveman.
Actually the changes I'm talking about are far deeper and more systemic than can likely be fixed with a patch or recipe. And (IMO) would require a major overhaul of how PmWiki works. I've discussed this some time ago with Pm (who was very gracious in his response, as always) and was encouraged to explore this path if I wanted, so I decided to tinker with it a bit--now that ZAP is about finished. I should also add from many posts on this list in the past that some of the choices I've made for ZAPwiki will not be popular with experienced PmWiki users--and probably with good reason. I believe however, the strategy behind it may well produce some surprizing results, and possibly stimulate development in PmWiki. You can check out the specs if you are interested in the kinds of changes I'm talking about at ZAPsite. Most of the differences either Pm and others have argued against in the past, or are not currently implementable in PmWiki. Some are somewhat available as recipes. Much is just simplifications to the underlying code to take better advantage of cutting edge concepts in PmWiki. I'd rather discuss the features offlist. But again, check out the specs, and tear them to shreds if you want. I'd be very grateful. Except for the search mechanism, the code is probably 90% done and working exactly as intended/hoped. Cheers, Dan PS. As Dominique's incisive question cut to the quick for me personally, I think I simply MUST drop defending my naming choices to the community. Good grief! Dominique, thank you for that welcome slap back to reality! Much appreciated... _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users