Re: [pmwiki-users] Sandbox with examples as newbie help?

2009-02-20 Thread Brent Marshall
On 2/19/09, DaveG wrote: > Brent Marshall wrote: > > > not survive too many edits. One might get around this with some > > mechanism to periodically restore the sandbox to a basic state that > > included the examples. > > That's actually what happens today -- the sandbox is purged every 15 > mi

Re: [pmwiki-users] Sandbox with examples as newbie help?

2009-02-20 Thread Oliver Betz
Sandy wrote: BTW: I created http://pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/WikiSandboxTemplate as a discussion basis. It basically is the contents of BasicEditing stripped down somewhat. [...] >Yet another idea: > >For those unlucky enough to want to play before it refreshes from the >previous player, a link to

Re: [pmwiki-users] Sandbox with examples as newbie help?

2009-02-19 Thread Sandy
Sandy wrote: > Oliver Betz wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> in addition to the ongoing discussion about the beginner >> documentation: >> >> What do you think about preloading the sandbox with examples of the >> basic markup? >> >> This way a newbie had a "documenting" starting point for his first >> ste

Re: [pmwiki-users] Sandbox with examples as newbie help?

2009-02-19 Thread Sandy
Oliver Betz wrote: > Hello All, > > in addition to the ongoing discussion about the beginner > documentation: > > What do you think about preloading the sandbox with examples of the > basic markup? > > This way a newbie had a "documenting" starting point for his first > steps. > > Oliver I lik

Re: [pmwiki-users] Sandbox with examples as newbie help?

2009-02-19 Thread DaveG
Brent Marshall wrote: > not survive too many edits. One might get around this with some > mechanism to periodically restore the sandbox to a basic state that > included the examples. That's actually what happens today -- the sandbox is purged every 15 minutes. ~ ~ Dave __

Re: [pmwiki-users] Sandbox with examples as newbie help?

2009-02-19 Thread Brent Marshall
On 2/19/09, Oliver Betz wrote: > in addition to the ongoing discussion about the beginner > documentation: > > What do you think about preloading the sandbox with examples of the > basic markup? > > This way a newbie had a "documenting" starting point for his first > steps. While I would n

Re: [pmwiki-users] Sandbox with examples as newbie help?

2009-02-19 Thread da...@ellendee.co.uk
(snip) What do you think about preloading the sandbox with examples of the basic markup? (snip) Oliver -- Oliver Betz, Muenchen (oliverbetz.de) Rather than tying up the 'normal' sandbox, would it not be better to have a 'Newbie sandbox' with pre-loaded examples? Dave C

[pmwiki-users] Sandbox with examples as newbie help?

2009-02-19 Thread Oliver Betz
Hello All, in addition to the ongoing discussion about the beginner documentation: What do you think about preloading the sandbox with examples of the basic markup? This way a newbie had a "documenting" starting point for his first steps. Oliver -- Oliver Betz, Muenchen (oliverbetz.de) _