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[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / todo / pagedown_plugin / discussion.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/todo/pagedown_plugin/discussion.mdwn b/doc/todo/pagedown_plugin/discussion.mdwn
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--- a/doc/todo/pagedown_plugin/discussion.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/pagedown_plugin/discussion.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+(This conversation was moved from [[plugins/wmd/discussion]]. --[[anarcat]])
+
 I've tried to retrieve the wmd-editor source tarball lately, but the site seems offline.
 
 From what I've read on the Internet, wmd-editor is not (yet?) free software by itself, and its author has gone MIA.
@@ -93,4 +95,52 @@ Given all the above, what about upgrading this plugin to use pagedown instead of
 >> And besides: the point here is that we *can't actually use WMD safely*, but
 >> we **can use pagedown safely!**.
 >> 
->> So let's work on merging that pretty branch already shall we? :) --[[anarcat]]
+>> I tried the plugin: it works, and it works well. It's also fairly trivial to
+>> install the upstream showdown library, which is not shipped with the plugin
+>> (which alleviates all possible copyright problems). You can take test the 
+>> plugin at <http://testwiki.anarc.at/>
+>> 
+>> There are only three issues I could find during testing:
+>> 
+>>  1. two previews are showed (the showdown one and the regular ikiwiki one),
+>>     which can be confusing, but is still necessary because the showdown one 
+>>     doesn't parse ikiwiki directives. 
+>>  2. the wiki needs to be rebuilt when the plugin is first activated for the
+>>     stylesheets to regenerate. new wikis are not affected, and this can be
+>>     deployed massively on farms without user intervention.
+>>  3. on large pages, the edit screen isn't in the first screen, so it's not 
+>>     obvious we're editing the page, which is also a little confusing - we 
+>>     would need an anchor in there... Update: a simple patch fixes that... 
+>>     but in a rather crude way:
+>>
+>>  [[!format diff """
+--- a/IkiWiki/Render.pm
++++ b/IkiWiki/Render.pm
+@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ sub genpage ($$) {
+        my $actions=0;
+        if (length $config{cgiurl}) {
+                if (IkiWiki->can("cgi_editpage")) {
+-                       $template->param(editurl => cgiurl(do => "edit", page => $page));
++                       $template->param(editurl => cgiurl(do => "edit", page => $page) . '#editcontent');
+                        $actions++;
+                }
+        }
+"""]]
+>>      ideally, we would show the edit box next to the page preview... And there's a way to do that too! But it requires some more CSS hackery, like [this](http://css-tricks.com/scrollfollow-sidebar/), for example:
+>>
+>>     #wmd-preview {
+>>       position: relative;
+>>       margin: 15px auto;
+>>       float: left;
+>>       width: 50%;
+>>     }
+>>     form {
+>>       position: fixed;
+>>       margin-left: 50%;
+>>     }
+>>
+>> But this is getting a little crazy and I need to sleep now.
+>>
+>> [[!template id=gitbranch branch=anarcat/pagedown author="[[anarcat]]"]]
+>>
+>> Anyways, let's work on merging that pretty branch already shall we? :) --[[anarcat]]