>> about a showdown plugin. Maybe a WMD plugin would be worthwhile. I might
>> look into it if I have time on the weekend. -- [[Will]]
-[[!tag wishlist done]]
+[[!tag wishlist]]
+
+>>> Below is a simple plugin/[[patch]] to make use of the WMD editor.
+
+>>>> Now added to ikiwiki, thanks! --[[Joey]]
+
+>>> Turns out it isn't hard at all to
+>>> get a basic version going (which doesn't handle directives at all, nor does it swtich itself off when you're
+>>> editing something other than Markdown source). I've
+>>> removed the done tag so this is visible as a patch. -- [[Will]]
+
+>>> Hmm, it would be good if it turned off for !mdwn. Although this could
+>>> be difficult for a new page, since there is a dropdown selector to
+>>> choose the markup language then. But it should be doable for editing an
+>>> existing page.
+>>>
+>>> Can I get a license statement (ie, GPL-2+) ffrom you for the plugin?
+>>> --[[Joey]]
+
+> So, I wonder if I should add a copy of the WMD source to ikiwiki, or rely
+> on the user or distribution providing it. It does not seem to be packaged
+> for Debian yet. Hmm, I also can't find any copyright or license info in
+> the zip file. --[[Joey]]
+
+Note that the WMD plugin does **not** handle directives. For this reason the normal `preview` button
+remains. Some CSS to clean up the display of the live WMD preview would be good.
+
+> Can you elucidate the CSS comment -- or will it be obvious what you mean
+> when I try it? Is it what's needed for the live preview? --[[Joey]]
+
+> Hmm, now that I've tried it, I notice that it does live preview by
+> default, below the edit window. Which is nice, but then if I hit the
+> preview button, I get two previews.. which is confusing. (Also, minor,
+> but: the live preview is missing the >Page Preview:" header.) --[[Joey]]
+
+> I wonder how annoying it would be to add some kind of simplistic wikilink
+> support to wmd's preview? And/or a wikilink button? While not supporting
+> directies is fine, not supporting wikilinks in a wiki seems a bit
+> lacking. It may also entice novide users to not use wikilinks and instead
+> use the hyperlinks that wmd does support. --[[Joey]]
+
+> Bug: When I preview, all the text in the edit field seems to be
+> converted from mdwn to html. I think that wmd is converting the mdwn
+> into html when the form is posted, so it would also save like that.
+> I assume that is designed for websites that do not use markdown
+> internally. Doesn't it have a setting to leave it as markdown? --[[Joey]]