Dimi Paun wrote: > On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 10:47 -0700, Dan Kegel wrote: >> It'd be nice to have the best of both worlds, >> i.e. a wiki backed by git, and written >> in such a way that users who preferred to avoid >> online editing could use git to edit >> it locally, using an easy local preview tool, >> with strong formatting capabilities (like html) >> instead of the unhappy situation we have now, >> where formatting is an unreliable mystery. > > Yes, I've been dreaming for a long time after such > a system. There is a wiki out there that uses git > as backend, I forget the name now. But they need > more maturing. As for formatting, you don't want > to be too crazy, HTML is powerful but also verbose, > a wiki needs terse syntax, and that often comes > at the expense of seldom used formatting power. > That being said, I agree that it could be done a > bit better than what we have now.
Make no mistake, what we have now is crap. It's a shame we show it to users when it's so laden with display bugs. > >> The other good thing about our wiki is that it >> has very good uptime and performance >> (thanks Dimi). > > Thank you Dan, I'm really glad to see people > use it, and they enjoy the experience. My hope > is that it will become even better going forward. > The wiki is still, however, amazingly awesome. Thank you, you're really on top of it :) Thanks, Scott Ritchie