[Axiom-developer] RE: Wikis

[Page, Bill]

On Wednesday, November 17, 2004 2:37 PM Bob McElrath wrote: 
>
> ...
>> http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ZWiki?highlight=%28zwiki%29
>
> I have updated this page with more accurate information.
> For instance, zwiki now has a preview button, and actually
> supports the MoinMoin input syntax, if you prefer that.

Yes, I want that preview button NOW on MathAction! Some
way to test and see what you modifications look like before
committing them to the Wiki and emailing them to all
subscribers would be a great improvement. How disruptive
will it be, do you think, to upgrade ZWiki for this
enhancement?

>...
> Anyway, after much deliberation, I decided to stick
> with zwiki.  It is just more powerful and more flexible.
> I figured out how to fix the problems, and have been
> working on that.  My recent work has been on removing
> rendering errors and improving speed, and you can find
> it here, http://mcelrath.org:9675/newstx/FrontPage For
> large pages, rendering speed can be improved by a factor
> of 20.  I have further speed-improvement tricks up my
> sleeve, but am waiting to get my existing code merged
> to zwiki before making more extensive changes to their
> codebase.

Excellent. Great work.

> As these changes are extensive, I have received some
> resistance to incorporating them.  I am confident we
> can get these resolved, but in the meantime you can
> see my page above and try it yourself.  Note these
> changes have not been merged with latexwiki yet.
>
> I think for a project as extensive as axiom, zope/zwiki
> will serve you better than a simpler wiki like moin.
> Access control, putting up non-wiki content, Plone
> integration...will serve you well.

Yes, I agree completely that that is the best way to go.

Thanks.

Bill Page.