Thanks for the clarification. I think the idea (as you explained it) sounds great, hope you guys can get it working. :)
> From: jforres...@wikimedia.org > Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:06:11 -0800 > To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] [BREAKING CHANGE] Plans to move Cite configuration > from wikitext messages to CSS styles > > On 16 December 2014 at 21:07, Arcane 21 <arc...@live.com> wrote: > > > At the risk of sounding stupid, does this mean other wikis will need a > > Parsoid instance to use this extension, or is this simply being tested in a > > Parsoid environment and it's just using CSS instead of wikitext for > > rendering? If the former, not a fan of the idea at all. If the latter, > > awesome, sounds like a great idea. > > > > The latter; this has become a pressing need for faithful replication of > expected styles for pages rendered using Parsoid, but we'll do this in > both the "regular" Cite extension and the current re-implementation of it > inside Parsoid. They will share the styling so that it will just work. > > > > > I'm still confused on the exact details of how this will work, so I'd > > appreciate clarification. > > > > Right now we've not yet confirmed that we can entirely replicate all the > features and configurations that people are using in Cite via the existing > messages in the new CSS system. This is mostly a "please help and/or tell > us if we're crazy" e-mail. :-) > > J. > -- > James D. Forrester > Product Manager, Editing > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > jforres...@wikimedia.org | @jdforrester > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
