[WikiToLearn] GSoC 2016 Project: WikiToLearn Improved Editor

Mon Mar 7 13:31:09 UTC 2016

Yes, it could be a good way to studiy how to syntax works a extend it
further. Let me know if you know any other information. I'm giving you
a link Riccardo suggested us:
http://teom.org/blog/kde/how-to-write-a-kick-ass-proposal-for-google-summer-of-code/

Bye!

2016-03-07 11:29 GMT+01:00 Nanduni Nimalsiri <nanduni.12 at cse.mrt.ac.lk>:
> Dear Sir,
>
> Sorry for the late reply. I was not well and that's why I couldn't reply.
>
> Thank you for the clarification about the syntax highlighting extension. I
> already tried Visual Editor in sandbox environment. I also went through [1],
> which I suppose that I need to look into. Am I right?
>
> [1]
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi/VisualEditor
>
>
> Best regards,
> Nanduni.
>
>
>
>
> On 6 March 2016 at 16:46, Gianluca Rigoletti <gianluca.rigoletti at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Nanduni!
>> Syntax highlighting extension in WikiToLearn is not related to the
>> editor. It provides beautiful syntax layout for content  in the pages.
>> Look at this page to see what I mean:
>>
>> http://it.wikitolearn.org/Java/Esempi_vari#La_mancanza_delle_parentesi_graffe
>>
>> So the syntax extension works for the content and not for the wikitext
>> editor.
>> Have you tried looking at visual editor yet?
>>
>> Bye!
>>
>> 2016-03-06 7:29 GMT+01:00 Nanduni Nimalsiri <nanduni.12 at cse.mrt.ac.lk>:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I have some doubts to clarify regarding the $subject. When I went
>> > through
>> > the MediaWiki extensions, I came across some syntax highlighting
>> > extensions[1]. In the WikiToLearn repo, the syntax highlighter[2] is
>> > already
>> > included. I am quite confused by this. Can you please explain me about
>> > this.
>> >
>> >
>> > [1]
>> > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Syntax_highlighting_extensions
>> > [2] https://github.com/WikiToLearn/WikiToLearn/tree/master/extensions
>> >
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Nanduni.
>> >
>> > On 28 February 2016 at 07:07, Nanduni Nimalsiri
>> > <nanduni.12 at cse.mrt.ac.lk>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> Thank you very much for the information. I am already working on
>> >> understanding the wikitolearn website, so that I can come up with
>> >> better
>> >> suggestions for editor improvements.
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for inviting me to WikiToLearn GSoc telegram group and I will
>> >> carry out conversations through that.  I will keep my updates via
>> >> wikitolearn-tech group as well. I shall follow your instructions and
>> >> report
>> >> once done or if I have any problem. Thank you.
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >>
>> >> Nanduni
>> >>
>> >> On 28 February 2016 at 00:03, Gianluca Rigoletti
>> >> <gianluca.rigoletti at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi Nanduni,
>> >>> nice to meet you!
>> >>> I am very happy to see you're interested in this project. Lets' see if
>> >>> I can explain it better:
>> >>> First, like Riccardo said, I would suggest you to get comfortable with
>> >>> wikitolearn website (if you're not already). Then I would suggest you
>> >>> to look at how does mediawiki works. In particular, you should look on
>> >>> the extensions about the editor. Currently WikiToLearn has a simple
>> >>> text editor: it allows you to write content and has some snippets
>> >>> buttons. Our plan is to make it better for people that wants to write
>> >>> content in WTL (the editors).
>> >>>
>> >>> If you're asking why we need that, the motivation is that we want
>> >>> people to share knowledge, writing collaborative textbooks, in the
>> >>> most easy and efficient way. 100% of the editors write WikiToLearn
>> >>> pages directly using the web editor. It is easy to use but not so
>> >>> efficient for speed writing. You can see that is the same of wikipedia
>> >>> and mediawiki one; but they also have a new more powerful editor
>> >>> called VisualEditor that we currently don't have but we plain to
>> >>> support.
>> >>>
>> >>> So, how can I improve the editor?
>> >>> This is the main point of the GSoc task. To understand what needs to
>> >>> be improved, it should be understood what editors would like to see in
>> >>> an editor and what can speed them up. Once it is clear what features
>> >>> are really important to improve the usability and efficiency of the
>> >>> editors, then VisualEditor should be hacked (I see, reading the
>> >>> documentation, that it can be done) or a new editor should be written.
>> >>>
>> >>> Remember it's up to you to propose the main idea. We can continue the
>> >>> conversation on mail using the wikitolearn-tech group or the
>> >>> WikiToLearn GSoc telegram group.
>> >>>
>> >>> Let me know :)
>> >>>
>> >>> Bye!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I found several interesting projects in KDE Community Wiki that
>> >>> > matches
>> >>> > with
>> >>> > my interests. Hence I would like to take part in a WikitoLearn
>> >>> > project.
>> >>> > Out
>> >>> > of the project ideas listed, I would like to contribute to the
>> >>> > project
>> >>> > :
>> >>> > 2.14.8 Project: WikiToLearn improved editor. Can you please explain
>> >>> > me
>> >>> > more
>> >>> > on this project and how I should proceed with this task. Thank you.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Best regards,
>> >>> > Nanduni.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > --
>> >>> > Nanduni Nimalsiri
>> >>> > Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
>> >>> > University of
>> >>> > Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
>> >>> > Software Engineering Intern, WSO2 Inc. (http://wso2.com)
>> >>> > email : nanduni.12 at cse.mrt.ac.lk, nanduni at wso2.com
>> >>> > blog : http://nanduni.blogspot.com/
>> >>> > website: http://nanduni-nimalsiri.branded.me/
>> >>> > mobile : +94714114256
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Gianluca
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Nanduni Nimalsiri
>> >> Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
>> >> University
>> >> of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
>> >> Software Engineering Intern, WSO2 Inc. (http://wso2.com)
>> >> email : nanduni.12 at cse.mrt.ac.lk, nanduni at wso2.com
>> >> blog : http://nanduni.blogspot.com/
>> >> website: http://nanduni-nimalsiri.branded.me/
>> >> mobile : +94714114256
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Nanduni Nimalsiri
>> > Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
>> > University of
>> > Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
>> > Software Engineering Intern, WSO2 Inc. (http://wso2.com)
>> > email : nanduni.12 at cse.mrt.ac.lk, nanduni at wso2.com
>> > blog : http://nanduni.blogspot.com/
>> > website: http://nanduni-nimalsiri.branded.me/
>> > mobile : +94714114256
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Gianluca
>
>
>
>
> --
> Nanduni Nimalsiri
> Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of
> Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
> Software Engineering Intern, WSO2 Inc. (http://wso2.com)
> email : nanduni.12 at cse.mrt.ac.lk, nanduni at wso2.com
> blog : http://nanduni.blogspot.com/
> website: http://nanduni-nimalsiri.branded.me/
> mobile : +94714114256

-- 
Gianluca