Test Topic 3
Looking at the differences in Twiki and media wiki
- The signature gets automatically entered.
- No formatting icons above the edit box (looking at an implementation for rookies, here) although the help is below
- Preview is on a separate screen
- Maybe Mediawiki has more special pages than Twiki
- Maybe Twiki has easier database access for other stuff, than Mediawiki
- QuietSave? is an obvious option in Twiki but not in Mediawiki
- Numbered lists are easier in Twiki, IMHO.
Not sure yet why to select one instead of the other
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GeorgeThompson? - 29 Aug 2006
TWiki doesn't use a database at all; it's just flat text files on the web server, with RCS for revision control.
Personally, I prefer
MediaWiki?'s
# first thing
# second thing
## sub item one
## sub item two
# third thing
to TWiki's
1 first thing
1 second thing
1 sub item one
1 sub item two
1 third thing
While the TWiki looks better in wiki/raw text, I find
MediaWiki?'s way is easier to
edit. And since in most cases, the only time you're looking at wiki text is when you're editing, I think
MediaWiki? wins. I do prefer TWiki's inline font formatting.
bold,
italics, and
fixed
are easier than
MediaWiki?'s
'''many single quotes'''
.
I also prefer
MediaWiki?'s link syntax. That is, I prefer
[[target]] and [[targer|other text]]
over
TarGet and [[target][other text]]
I also find auto-linking
WikiWords? tends to be more annoying than helpful. Just look at all the question marks on this page.
I also dislike TWiki's disabling of links in preview ("Oops, this is just a preview"). While I can see the benefits for newbiws, it makes checking my links in preview impossible.
You might want to bring this to the
gnhlug-discuss mailing list, where more people are likely to see it and comment. The only reason I noticed is that I'm the web janitor, so I monitor edits.
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BenScott - 29 Aug 2006
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