[xwiki-devs] [GSOC] sample xwiki syntax coloring plugin commited to the sandbox

[Fabio Mancinelli]

On 24 juin 08, at 11:53, Venkatesh Nandakumar wrote:

> Hi Fabio, Malaka,
>
> After my discussion with Stephane, we've decided that Malaka should
> continue with improving the core editor as such..
> That is, better syntax highlighting and stuff..

What do you refer to when you say "stuff"?

> I've implemented a bit of ContentOutline Page, (that shows the overall
> view of the page, like titles, paragraphs overview etc), as a
> TreeViewer implementation.

> For now, I'll try to integrate the present editor with xeclipse
> extension. Then, I'd try to introduce wikimodel support, that is,
> conversion of one syntax to another syntax. For this, I think we'll
> have to code editors for all other syntaxes too, since after
> conversion, we'll have to support editing in that syntax.. right??

Actually this is exactly what the GSoc project is about (not just  
plain syntax highlighting).
So this might be an issue because this is exactly what Malaka is  
supposed to do.

Currently he is investigating the integration of the new rendering  
infrastructure into the Eclipse framework so that the output XDOM will  
be the base for all the syntax highlighting, suggestions etc.

Malaka, could you please report the status of your investigation and  
the problems you encountered?

I still have the feeling that you are both  working on the very same  
project, with a big overlap (i.e., the "stuff" you mentioned before  
that should be done by Malaka is exactly what you are working on).

I propose that Malaka continues to work on the integration of the  
rendering infrastructure as the source of structural information,  
exchanging as much as possible on the list. If he succeeds this means  
that your code will need to be refactored to conform to the new  
architecture. If he doesn't then he will improve what you have been  
doing. I don't see any other solution to reconcile your work with the  
GSoC.

WDYT?

Cheers,
Fabio