One of the things that should probably be noted is that, if I recall correctly, this was the feature that required the addition of the wgVisualEditorFullRestbaseURL configuration - previously there was just wgVisualEditorRestbaseURL. You'll need to set up RB and point that config var at it.
On 20 February 2017 at 21:02, John P. New <wikit...@hazelden.ca> wrote: > On February 20, 2017 08:34:35 PM James Forrester wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 at 10:42 John P. New <wikit...@hazelden.ca> wrote: > > > > > I've set up MW 1.28 with VE/parsoid and everything is working well > > > > > > However, when I edit in (any) wikitext editor and try to switch to VE, > I > > > am presented with a dialog with only 2 choices: "Cancel" or "Discard my > > > changes and switch". Diving into the code I found I could change > > > ve.init.MWVESwitchConfirmDialog.js (line 58) from > > > modes: [ 'restbase' ] > > > to > > > modes: [ 'restbase', 'simple' ] > > > > > > that adds "Switch" to the dialog box, but when this option is chosen, > any > > > changes made in the wikitext editor are lost. > > > > > > Is this a mis-configuration on my part or is switching from edited > > > wikitext to VE not supported? Do I need a RESTbase server to implement > this > > > functionality? > > > > > > > RESTbase provides the switching-with-changes ability, yes. There's a > reason > > VE doesn't offer switching-with-changes without it. :-) In general, > > fiddling with the code inside an extension is always going to break. > > > > J. > > > Thanks for the clarification. > > Should this be noted in the setup instructions for Visual Editor? It would > have saved me a lot of head-scratching and investigation time. > > And yes, I realize messing with the code will break things, but it was my > way of finding out that I might need a RESTbase server and to point to > where my problem was. :-) > > John > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
