September 2007 - xwiki-devs@xwiki.org

Template for Blog Entries
by handey＠gmail.com 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Hello, I am working on creating blog entries using xwiki. I was wondering if it would be possible to create a template for the blog entries so that they will be more structured? Thank you for your time and help! Hande Aksac

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LANG property in startup script in standalone version
by Vincent Massol 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

Hi, Does anyone know why we have the following LANG property defined in our startup scripts: #!/bin/sh export LANG=fr_FR.ISO8859-1 JETTY_HOME=. JETTY_PORT=8080 JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx300m java $JAVA_OPTS -Dfile.encoding=iso-8859-1 -Djetty.port=$JETTY_PORT - Djetty.home=$JETTY_HOME -jar $JETTY_HOME/start.jar I think this is bad as it's french and I don't think we should set it for the user. That said, if it's there its probably because it was required in the past, hence my question here. To summarize: anyone sees any issue if I remove that "export LANG" line? Thanks -Vincent

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Attaching an image from another document?
by Vincent Massol 22 May '08

22 May '08

Hi, I'd like to attach an image to the current document but the image is attached to another document. I couldn't find the answer in the FAQ. It would be great if the {image:} radeox macro allowed for this. Right now the only solution I'v found (which is a bit ugly) is to use an HTML <img> tag as in: <img src="/xwiki/bin/download/XWiki/Toolbar/image.gif" /> Any other solution I would have missed? Thanks -Vincent ___________________________________________________________________________ D�couvrez une nouvelle fa�on d'obtenir des r�ponses � toutes vos questions ! Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp�riences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R�ponses http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

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[xwiki-devs] [proposal] JS and CSS improvements
by Ludovic Dubost 13 Mar '08

13 Mar '08

Currently the albatross skin loads around 10 js and 10 css, which is quite a lot. We can improve loading time by: - compression and cache (raffaello will provide Apache configs specific to XWiki to help for that) - merging and optimizations of css/js (I've published http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Code/MergeCSS to help on that) - removing unused css/js (now we need to find which one are unused) - conditional loading of css and js. This last improvement can help us a lot since some of the css/js are not even used in view mode, or are only used by a specific panel. For this my proposal is to add a feature to the core to allow conditional loading of CSS and JS files. The current macros in the header would instead of putting CSS and JS add a placeholder for additional CSS and JS. Then everywhere where we need these CSS/JS (in a panel, in a wiki page, in a template) we would call a macro #includecss or #includejs This macro would add in the context the CSS and JS to add. At the end of the template rendering the placeholder would be replaced by the added CSS and JS. The page would be served. This would allow to manage the way CSS and JS are added. WDYT ? Ludovic -- Ludovic Dubost Blog: http://www.ludovic.org/blog/ XWiki: http://www.xwiki.com Skype: ldubost GTalk: ldubost AIM: nvludo Yahoo: ludovic

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[Proposal] Internationalizing XWiki Applications
by Vincent Massol 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hi, Here's my proposal for internationalizing XWiki apps. The idea is to propose several solutions for XWiki apps writers: * Use case 1: I have lots of text on my page - solution: use XWiki's mechanism for translating page by creating several editions of the page in the different languages * Use case 2: I want translation resources for my application only and I'd like to share resources between pages - solution: use: $msg("mykey", "MySpace.MyTranslationDocForThisApplication") - MySpace.MyTranslationDocForThisApplication is a standard document to which a XWiki.PropertiesClass object is attached - It'll search first in that doc's PropertiesClass and if not found in XWiki's registered document bundles and if not there in XWiki's static resource bundle files * Use case 3: I want translation resources only for a given page - solution: use: $msg("mykey", $doc) - You'll need to have attached a PropertieClass object to the page where $msg is used - It'll search first in that object and if not found in XWiki's registered document bundles and if not there in XWiki's static resource bundle files * Use case 4: I want to have a global translation resources for all my apps in the wiki - solution: use: $msg("mykey") - You'll need to have created ad registered resource bundle documents in the Wiki preferences - It'll search first in XWiki's registered document bundles and if not there in XWiki's static resource bundle files Implementation details: * Add XWikiMessageTool.get(String, String) API * Add XWiki.PropertiesClass class in XE in the Administration Application + a class sheet for presenting the properties nicely WDYT? Thanks -Vincent

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[xwiki-devs] [VOTE] create a JIRA project for an XWiki help desk product
by Stéphane Laurière 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hi all, This email is a follow up to my previous one titled "XWiki help desk". I propose you to vote for the creation of a JIRA project for managing the issues related to an XWiki help desk product. Note that the tool may be used for creating an issue tracker at some point. The development will take place in the XWiki sandbox for now. Preliminary ideas about the product features and about existing products are available from [1]. [1] http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/HelpDesk Here's my +1. Regards Stéphane -- Stéphane Laurière slauriere(a)xwiki.com XWiki http://www.xwiki.com http://concerto.xwiki.com http://nepomuk.semanticdesktop.org

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[xwiki-devs] Fwd: An Experiment with GIT
by Vincent Massol 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Interesting... After reading about distributed SCMs for some time now I think I'm ready to take the plugin and try some experiments as Jason as done. My only worry so far about using a tool like Git was about the tooling (in IDE, etc). Now that Jason as taken the plunge, I'll do some research on it too in the background. -Vincent Begin forwarded message: > From: Jason van Zyl <jason(a)maven.org> > Date: September 29, 2007 7:40:42 PM CEDT > To: Maven Developers List <dev(a)maven.apache.org> > Subject: An Experiment with GIT > Reply-To: "Maven Developers List" <dev(a)maven.apache.org> > > Hi, > > For anyone who wants to make changes to Maven but doesn't have > access I am going to setup a GIT repository to try and enable some > distributed development. After using GIT for about a week I'm > having a hard time using SVN but obviously we're not going to be > switching anytime soon. > > But for anyone who has patches or wants to try and work with me to > get changes in I am going to try this method of publishing Maven as > a GIT repository which will allow anyone to clone the repository > and work on any changes you like in a controlled way. Once you > clone you can commit changes to your own copy of Maven and do > whatever you like. Then in order for me to see your changes I can > simply pull from your originally cloned repository to a branch on > my side and merge. Merging is sooooooo easy with GIT. So easy in > fact that it makes you wonder how SVN got it so wrong and makes it > so painful compared to GIT. > > This is the model that the Linux kernel uses where anyone has a > real copy of the repository, they work as they like, creating > branches for features of what have you. > > I am trying this with Oleg Gusakov who has many ideas and is > helping me do some experiments with the artifact resolution system. > But anyone else who is interested in trying just let me know. This > document is the most helpful: > > http://utsl.gen.nz/talks/git-svn/intro.html > > And a little collection of things I have read about GIT: > > http://del.icio.us/jvanzyl/git > > It is so damn fast it is unbelievable. With the visual tool that > comes with it you can see the entire history of the project in a > few minutes. It is very, very cool. I simply cannot believe how > easy it is to merge bits from all over the place. My hope is that > this method being truly distributed means that people can work on > their branches in a way that's natural and we remove the immense > tedium working with patches. If you have something good, it's now > very easy for me to pull a branch from you and try it. If that > branch works it then takes me a second to merge it. I test and them > push back to subversion using the git-svn bridge. > > In the short term I really only want to try with a few people but > if you're keen, want to learn about GIT (which I highly, highly > recommend) then I will take your patches. I think any developer > here and anyone who has ever tried to contribute changes sees that > the JIRA+patch model is highly unworkable and bordering on > completely useless. JIRA might be fine to raise the issue but with > a reference to a GIT repository to pull from it will make life > infinitely easier. People who are not committers can work with > people that are in a way that resembles everyon being part of the > team. Dealing with patches just sucks ass and as a result we don't > look at them nearly as often as we should so I hope this can become > a model that enables people to contribute in a more effective way. > I'm going to try this with Oleg but I am highly hopeful. I will > help anyone who wants to try this as I see this as a way to truly > collaborate with the community. Down with JIRA+patches! All hail > JIRA+GIT! :-) > > Thanks, > > Jason

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[xwiki-devs] XEclipse Off-Line
by Asiri Rathnayake 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Hi All, I've undertaken the task of implementing XEclipse off-line and thought I would start a thread with status updates (as told by Vincent). As of today I have implemented caching of documents into local repository. When the user navigates through the document hierarchy, each visited node is stored into the local repository. Also, all edits to documents are saved into local repository as well. To complete XEclipse off-line, following tasks need to be done, * Add an "off-line" flag to XWikiConnection and divert user actions into local repository when user is working off-line. * Add necessary routines to re-construct the document hierarchy using local repository. * Add a sync function to sync the above created hierarchy with remote server. * Make necessary changes to UI components. As you can see there is lot to be done. Due to my exams I won't be able to work on XEclipse for about 2-3 weeks (till 28th), but I will definitely get on with it after that. A big sorry about the missed dead-line (XEclipse Off-line was promised to deliver on 10th). Thanks. - Asiri

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[xwiki-devs] Meetup in Silicon Valley in October
by Vincent Massol 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

Hi XWiki friends, Ludovic and I will be attending the Google Summer of Code mentor summit at Google's MountainView headquarters in October so we thought it would a nice opportunity to meet up with XWiki users/developers and anyone interested in general. The dates are between the 7th of October and the 11th. Would some of you be interested in meeting up? Would you know where we could set this up? Does any of you have some spare room that you could lend for this event? Thanks a lot -Vincent

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[xwiki-devs] [ApplicationManager] [Proposal] Insert matching string in the list of documents
by Thomas Mortagne 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Hi all, Actually application descriptor contains a field that list all document application contains. I would like to add to Application Manager a way to be able to add "all the documents of space SpaceName" for example. I already implemented a solution and I would like you to comment and me to modify if needed. When XWikiApplication.resolveDocumentsNames is called, it list all document and one by one look if the document name is between "[" and "]", if so it consider document name as sql matching string usable with "like". So for example you will add "[XWiki.%]" if you want to add all documents in the XWiki space to the application document list. This feature is supported for "documents list" and also "document list to include" WDYT ? -- Thomas Mortagne

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