[pmwiki-users] more ShowHide, skins, editing, etc.

[Jon Haupt]

On 3/22/06, Hans <design at softflow.co.uk> wrote:
> Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 10:10:42 PM, Jon wrote:
> > It's not difficult to force PmWiki into perpetual editing mode by using
>
> > if ($action == 'browse') action = 'edit';
>
> > but what's more complex is making preview mode the default.  Below,
> > you can see a test wiki where I've implemented some of this.  You
> > won't see any text at first, because PmWiki doesn't think I want the
> > preview to display.  In order to get to what I'd like you to see, you
> > have to click the "Edit this Page" button, then click Preview.  Then
> > you'll see what I mean.  Once you do this, you can instantly switch
> > back and forth between the edit window and the actual page.
>
> > http://josquin.us/test/index.php?n=Main.HomePage
>
> I feel lyke entering the twylyght zone...
>
> Question: what stops the page from being displayed when I enter it?
>
> Once the page is in edit mode: meaning the page "text" content is
> displayed in the  edit text area.
>
> Preview: meaning the text in the edit textarea is rendered as html,
> including the markup on GroupHeader and GroupFooter, and displayed.
>
> Instantly switching from Preview to Edit: looking at the same page,
> but different parts of it, with the aid of javascript toggling.
>
> The important think not to forget is that any changes you make in the
> edit textbox needs to be saved. Preview does not save the page, just
> renders wiki markup as html.
>
> So I am not quite seeing the point of just switching views from the
> edit textbox to the preview part of the page and back again, unless
> you also save the page.
>
>
> Best,
>  Hans
>

Absolutely.  I see this as a stepping stone to another version that
actually just loads the edit page when you browse, and a preview is
still available on call.  The preview could then be loaded as a popup.
 So:

1. When you request a page, it appears in 'browse' mode with the edit
window also loaded but hidden.
2. When you click the edit button, it hides the main page and shows
the edit window.
3. When you click "preview", a popup window appears with the contents
of the edit window parsed and a warning that this is only a preview.
4. When you're ready to save changes, you simply hit "save" or "save
and edit", same as before.

Jon

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Jon Haupt
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