Retirement of notes.kde.org

[Aleix Pol]

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 1:09 PM Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:55 PM Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 4:34 AM Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 2:50 AM Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 8:58 PM Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Good evening all,
> > > > >
> > > > > Currently we're in the situation where the software we use to run
> > > > > notes.kde.org is both difficult to maintain, as well as support (for
> > > > > things like document confidentiality for various groups within KDE).
> > > > >
> > > > > We'd therefore like to retire the service, replacing it with the
> > > > > Realtime Text Editor within Nextcloud (share.kde.org). Internally this
> > > > > editor uses Markdown.
> > > > >
> > > > > You can find a demo of this at https://share.kde.org/s/gtFcRmwetRKqTZJ
> > > > > (no login required)
> > > > >
> > > > > It would be appreciated if everyone could please test the realtime
> > > > > text editor and let us know if they encounter any issues.
> > > > >
> > > > > In terms of feature differences, we are aware that
> > > > > highlighting/authorship information won't be retained by the new
> > > > > editor, and there can occasionally be problems when editing the same
> > > > > line with someone else simultaneously.
> > > > >
> > > > > If everyone is okay with this we'd like to go ahead with shutting down
> > > > > notes.kde.org as soon as possible.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Ben Cooksley
> > > > > KDE Sysadmin
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Is the new editor already usable on share.kde.org? If I create a text
> > > > file I get a different thing than your demo.
> > >
> > > It should be yes. Did you create a new document or a new text document?
> > >
> > > This new editor only works with text documents (slightly confusingly)
> > > as the document editor is a version of LibreOffice Online (for more
> > > fully featured documents)
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Aleix
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Ben
> >
> > It was a new text document, AFAIR. This is what it looks like:
> > https://i.imgur.com/6RhmNLK.png
>
> Ah, that is the same editor, just in logged in mode.
>
> If you were to create a publicly accessible link, and use that to
> access the document then you'd get a view that looks exactly like the
> one I created.
> In the logged in version you get the ability to see things like prior
> versions (accessible through the sidebar, which you can open by
> clicking the icon in the top right)
>
> If you're missing any controls then you may need to perform a force
> refresh (Ctrl + F5).
>
> >
> > Aleix
>
> Cheers,
> Ben

Ah, okay, cool, thanks!

BTW, it will be really handy to be able to have publicly editable
texts, this had been a problem for me in the past (that people needed
to be in identity.kde.org).

Aleix