X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/46551be9efcdecc41163750fabadebf4957358b3..f62b4f45039a1acb5f9173b0835475d28c1058a5:/doc/users/ivan_shmakov.mdwn?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/users/ivan_shmakov.mdwn b/doc/users/ivan_shmakov.mdwn index 3d3951d71..3dd297086 100644 --- a/doc/users/ivan_shmakov.mdwn +++ b/doc/users/ivan_shmakov.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,11 @@ … To put it short: an Ikiwiki newbie. -Currently, I run a couple of Ikiwiki instances. Namely: +[Emacs]: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ +[Lynx]: http://lynx.isc.org/ + +## Wikis + +Currently, I run a few Ikiwiki instances. Namely: * — to hold random stuff written by me, my colleagues, @@ -8,7 +13,42 @@ Currently, I run a couple of Ikiwiki instances. Namely: * — for some of the materials related to the - &ldaquo;Remote Sensing in Education, Science and National - Economy&rdaquo; (2010-03-29 … 2010-04-10, Altai State - University) program I've recently recently participated in as + “Remote Sensing in Education, Science and National + Economy” (2010-03-29 … 2010-04-10, Altai State + University) program I've recently participated in as an instructor. + +* + — for bits & pieces related to the course on computer + networks I've read in 2011. + +## Preferences + +I prefer to use [Lynx][] along with [Emacs][] (via +`emacsclient`) to work with the wikis. (Note the “Local +variables” section below.) + +The things I dislike in the wiki engines are: + +* the use of home-brew specialized version control systems + — while there're a lot of much more developed general + purpose ones; + +* oversimplified syntax + — which (to some extent) precludes more sophisticated + forms of automated processing; in particular, this forces one + to reformat the material, once complete, to, say, prepare a + book, or an article, or slides. + +Out of all the wiki engines I'm familiar with, only Ikiwiki is +free of the first of these. I hope that it will support more +elaborate syntaxes eventually. + +---- + + Local variables: + mode: markdown + coding: utf-8 + fill-column: 64 + ispell-local-dictionary: "american" + End: