November 2008 - xwiki-devs@xwiki.org

Re: [xwiki-devs] [xwiki-users] [VOTE] XEclipse release
by Paul Libbrecht 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

Fabio, I would be eager to test it, especially with the changing java architectures on the mac nowadays (basically the 64-bit/32-bit switch). As soon as you have a release candidate I'll give it a try. paul Le 26-nov.-08 à 17:23, Fabio Mancinelli a écrit : > Dear all, > > I would like to release XEclipse soon. During the last days I've fixed > many of the outstanding bugs thanks also to the effective > collaboration > of Eduard Moraru who provided a lot of patches and I think that now > XEclipse is pretty stable, usable and functional. > > This release incorporates a lot of features that have been implemented > during the last months. In particular a better integration with the > Eclipse ecosystem, object editor, translation management, page > history, > syntax highlighting and completion (thanks to the work done by Malaka > during the last GSoC and Venkatesh) and many other improvements. > > There are still many things to do but I think that it's a priority to > have a new version out asap in order to have more feedbacks from users > and to build upon it. > > Due to some previous engagements I think I will be able to release > it on > Friday or during the weekend.

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[xwiki-devs] [VOTE][UI] WYSIWYG Wiki Explorer
by Jean-Vincent Drean 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

In a previous thread we've discussed about how to add a link in the WYSIWYG editor, and more generally, how to browse the wiki from a WYSIWYG dialog box (See http://markmail.org/message/tyxrcr24w3n6m2pn for more details). After some thinking and a discussion with Laurent Lunati, I'd like to suggest a 3rd way of browsing the wiki from the WYSIWYG: an enhanced tree menu. I've put the mockups and Pros/Cons on this wiki page : http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/NewWysiwygEditorWikiExplorer This wiki explorer widget would be used in the link dialogs, image dialogs, file (attachment) dialogs. Here's my +1 for 3) A). +1 for 3) with filter option. >From the implementation POV 3) is probably the most difficult proposal and 1) the simplest one. Widget 3) would need to be a reusable (and highly configurable) GWT component so that we could use it as our main navigation/reorganization tool in the future. This tree would replace our current treeview (Main.AllDocs) which is AFAIR the only page using the YUI library in XE. Thanks, JV.

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[xwiki-devs] [VOTE] Include URL path based multiwiki in 1.6.2 and 1.7
by Thomas Mortagne 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

Hi devs, I just finished a feature to be able to use mutiwiki without any use of virtual host (ans so no need for a configured DNS server). It does not replace the DNS based multiwiki it just add another way to access subwiki so you can still use both. However all the URLs will be generated in a way or another depending if urlpath is enabled or not. So basically it add the possibility to access the wiki "wikiname" using http://127.0.0.1/xwiki/subwiki/wikinname/view/Main/WebHome. See http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-2824 Normally I would wait for 1.8 branch to commit this but we have an internal need for it to be included in the 1.6 branch (and if it's included in 1.6, why not include this in 1.7 ;)). Can we include it safely in 1.6/1.7 ? : it should be, if you don't enable xwiki.virtual.urlpath in xwiki.cfg (and it will be disabled by default), all will work exactly like this feature did not exists. Here is my +1 Thanks, -- Thomas Mortagne

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Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Adding/Editing a link in the new WYSIWYG (was Re: [Proposal] WYSIWYG 1.7 Roadmap)
by Ecaterina Valica 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

For a new user will be best just to have an "Insert link" action. If the link is external - default behavior is internal - transparent (like an external one - but parse the URL for advanced editing, letting user browse wikis, spaces) After editing: new page inserted exists - change the link the page doesn't exist - create the page + change the link See the image:http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Design/NewWysiwygEditorInterf… The actions are just sketched, all the thinks previously discussed can be inserted. So, the idea is to take the URL and break it in <wikiName>:<SpaceName>.<PageName> if you need this format for further browsing and editing. This way you let beginner user to insert a link in one step. Thanks Observation: When clicking on [Space Name > "Features"] the E dialog appears.

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[xwiki-devs] [WEBDAV] Getting rid of xwiki-webdav-plugin.
by Asiri Rathnayake 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

Hi Devs, xwiki-webdav-plugin was developed to provide means to calculate webdav urls of xwiki documents and attachments. But as it turns out, for a given document or an attachment, calculating webdav url is simply a string manipulation operation. It doesn't require any support from the webdav component (and thus the webdav plugin). So, I'm thinking we should remove the webdav plugin completely. WDYT ? Thanks. - Asiri

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[xwiki-devs] Programming rights checks against top-level including doc or included doc
by Denis Gervalle 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Hi, There is a major discrepancy in the way the programming rights are evaluated for the access to the privileged API from velocity compare to the right to execute groovy code. In the API, the right to access a priviledged API is evaluated against the sdoc in the current context, which is the document that contains the currently executed velocity code. Here is the code extracted from the current RightService implementation that does so: public boolean hasProgrammingRights(XWikiContext context) { XWikiDocument sdoc = (XWikiDocument) context.get("sdoc"); if (sdoc == null) sdoc = context.getDoc(); return hasProgrammingRights(sdoc, context); } In the XWikiGroovyRenderer, the right to render a groovy code is evaluated against the content doc, which is the top-level document that have directly or indirectly included the document that contains the evaluated groovy code. Here the excerpt from the code that made this check: if (! context.getWiki().getRightService().hasProgrammingRights(contentdoc, context)) { return content; } These are two opposed methods. As a direct consequence, a Sheet document (ie XWikiUserSheet) may be developed in velocity and use the priviledged API, but it is impossible to put a single line of Groovy in it, since the "instance" of the template documents that include the Sheet are usually created by users without programming rights. The debate is now, what is the original or current intend. Do you want: 1) to have a very secure situation, and therefore change hasProgrammingRights() implementation (why do we have a sdoc than?), or 2) to have a flexible, more responsible solution, were user having programming rights should take care not writing risky code, and therefore change the groovy renderer to accept groovy code based on contextdoc (sdoc in that place), so groovy and velocity gets the same access level ? The current situation is for me not acceptable, since it is a mix of 1) and 2) depending on the language, and there is no reason that the language influence the rights you have. Thanks for your comments... Denis -- Denis Gervalle SOFTEC sa http://www.softec.st

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[xwiki-devs] about the xwiki table cell split and merge
by Huang Sheng 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

hi,All I have a question about the xwiki table usage.When I have a table ,I try to split one cell to more cells or merge some cells into one cell,I find this function is invalid,when I click the save button ,the saved table is not what I want,is anybody know how to solve this issue?or anyone who has the same problem?is xwiki support this syntax?if so,who has the xwiki script for the table? Thanks Steven

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[xwiki-devs] Inclusive groups and membership test in velocity
by Hoani Cross 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Hi ! I installed recently the 1.6 version of XWiki and found that a new functionnality allows to add logical groups to the group members list : great ! This recursive inclusion is properly managed in global rights (like allowing a global group for accessing a space) but this does not seem to be included in velo xwiki API. For example I have one client that belongs to its company group XWiki.MyClientCompanyGroup that I added to the group XWiki.Clients. I have a dedicated part of my menu for clients and I tests whether the current user is a client or not with the test `$xwiki.user.isUserInGroup("XWiki.Clients")` which always return false :( Maybe a special macro could help... anyone has a clue ? -- Hoani CROSS Globotraders Tahiti Founder [http://globotraders-tahiti.com]

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[xwiki-devs] Using SmartGWT?
by Vincent Massol 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Hi, SmartGWT has just been released: http://www.jroller.com/sjivan/entry/smartgwt_1_0_released See also: http://code.google.com/p/smartgwt/ Last, interesting interview on InfoQ: http://www.ongwt.com/post/2008/11/27/SmartGWT-%3A-A- QampA-with-Sanjiv-Jivan2 Both smartGWT and smartClient are under LGPL (v3 for SmartClient, see http://www.smartclient.com/product/smartLGPL.jsp) It seems to me this is something we could use, it has some great widgets such as live grids, draggable treeview, and in general everything we could need. WDYT? Thanks -Vincent

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[xwiki-devs] [VOTE] XEclipse release
by Fabio Mancinelli 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Dear all, I would like to release XEclipse soon. During the last days I've fixed many of the outstanding bugs thanks also to the effective collaboration of Eduard Moraru who provided a lot of patches and I think that now XEclipse is pretty stable, usable and functional. This release incorporates a lot of features that have been implemented during the last months. In particular a better integration with the Eclipse ecosystem, object editor, translation management, page history, syntax highlighting and completion (thanks to the work done by Malaka during the last GSoC and Venkatesh) and many other improvements. There are still many things to do but I think that it's a priority to have a new version out asap in order to have more feedbacks from users and to build upon it. Due to some previous engagements I think I will be able to release it on Friday or during the weekend. WDYT? -Fabio ____________________________________

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