On 24 August 2012 20:16, Rob Lanphier <[email protected]> wrote: > One idea we've been kicking around here is the idea that, for brand > new wikis, instead of storing wikitext, we could offer an alternate > configuration where we store the HTML5+RDFa representation instead of > wikitext, thus making Parsoid an optional feature rather than a > requirement for running MediaWiki. This approach means that editors > on a wiki using VisualEditor without Parsoid would not be able to edit > wikitext at all. > The upside of this approach is simplicity for both editors and > administrators. The downside of this approach is that it will be a > while before VisualEditor will be able to support enough of the > features of wikitext such that *all* editors can forego direct > wikitext access and still have a fully-functional wiki. So, this idea > is (I think) still in the "hey, maybe we could do that" stage rather > than a fixed part of the plan.
Obsoleting Wikitext is a wonderful, wonderful idea and much to be desired. So is it a meaningful concept to directly edit said well-structured computer guacamole? By which I mean "not less difficult than directly editing the present ad-hoc computer guacamole". - d. _______________________________________________ Wikitext-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitext-l
