[WikiToLearn] GSoC 2016 Project: WikiToLearn Improved Editor

Tue Mar 8 00:09:43 UTC 2016

Dear Sir,

The ability for offline editing is included in a seperate project idea. So,
can I propose that idea within my proposal?

Best regards,
Nanduni.

On 7 March 2016 at 20:24, Nanduni Nimalsiri <nanduni.12 at cse.mrt.ac.lk>
wrote:

> Dear Sir,
>
> Thank you very much. The blog seems very interesting. I am in the process
> of making the proposal. This would help me alot.
>
> Best regards,
> Nanduni.
>
> On 7 March 2016 at 19:01, Gianluca Rigoletti <gianluca.rigoletti at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *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
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