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[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Roadmap for XE 3.1 + discussion on XE 3.x cycle dates
by Vincent Massol 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Hi devs, It's time for the roadmap planning again. After a first round of offline discussions with several committers here's a proposal for XE 3.1. Please correct or add other things if I've missed anything. Must have ======== - Extension Manager: Thomas and UI person (Jerome) (Cati needed for additional mockups). Thomas to define more precisely the list of features he'd like to implement for XE 3.1 - Performance Improvements: Marius, maybe Caleb if available. Marius needs to prepare an action plan ASAP since "perf improvements" in general is too vague. Caleb, you mentioned you'd be ok to implement support for marge number of XObjects if you have the time, right? - New backend implementation of Rights: Sergiu. Requires proposals/discussions since it's large and complex beast. - "Application Within Minutes": continue investigation (Ludovic), committers to review the Design page and since it's a large feature we need to break it down into individual tasks and start implementing some of them in 3.1. Sergiu volunteered for implementing some of them. Ludovic volunteered to do the breakdown. - Search improvements and especially scoring, French support and wildcard issues: Sergiu - Friends and Status polishing: Sergiu, but not clear what needs to be done except "Privacy" which is needed - Dashboard/Gadgets polishing: Anca (Anca could you detail what you'd like to implement?) - Stabilization of the new Filesystem storage implementation for attachments (bugfixing, performance, etc): Caleb Nice to have ========== - Statistics polishing: ? - XE/XEM Home Page investigation and mockups: Ludovic & Caty - XEM Workspaces investigation/review: ? - More modules moved out of xwiki-core. Candidates: xwiki-url, xwiki-action, xwiki-localization, new xwiki-resources: Vincent to work on this Proposed Dates ============= - XE 3.1M1: 25 april - XE 3.1M2: 16 May - XE 3.1RC1: 30 May - XE 3.1 final: 13 June That's about 2.5 months. Note that at this rate we won't have time to reach XE 3.7 by the end of the year (end of the cycle). So we'll need to decide at some point if: a) we consider that a cycle is less major releases (say 5 only if we keep 2.5 months/release) b) we consider that a cycle spans a year (time-based) and it doesn't matter if we're at 3.5 or 3.11 at the end of the year, we consider the last release of the year to be the end of the cycle c) we consider that 2.5 months is too long for release cycles and we reduce it. To have 7 releases we need to reduce to 1.5 months per release roughly (that could be 2 weeks for M1, 2 weeks for M2, 1 week for RC1, 1 week for final). My preference goes to b) right now and when we'll have moved more stuff out of the old xwiki-core into new modules, it'll be easier to have tests committed when code is committed and thus we'll be able to move to c) IMO. WDYT? Thanks -Vincent

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[xwiki-devs] [POPOSAL] Add some automatic mail notification
by Thomas Mortagne 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hi devs, I'm thinking since a long time that the wiki really lack some automatic mail notification and here are some very simple ones that would improve wiki contributor life I think (I would love to have theses on xwiki.org for example.): 1) Automatically add a page to your watchlist when you modify it a) all the time b) only for major modification (not tagged as minor edit) c) only when you create a new page + Possible to disable it in the profile and you can easily remove the page from your watchlist. + Disable it for all users needed ? 2) Automatically send you a mail a) when there is any comment in a page where you have yourself a comment b) only when someone answer recursively to one of your comments + Possible to disable it in your profile + Disable it for all user needed ? Here is my +1 for 1b and 2b as default. WDYT ? -- Thomas Mortagne

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[xwiki-devs] [proposal] change the welcome message on the registration page.
by Caleb James DeLisle 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

The registration page currently has message which doesn't reflect the default settings for XE. "Welcome to the registration form. This will allow you to edit pages, once the admin gives you appropriate rights." "Welcome to the registration form." is (IMO) redundant, most people are not excited to be at a registration form and it doesn't convey any real information. "This will allow you to edit pages, once the admin gives you appropriate rights." does not reflect the default settings with XE. This message can be changed from the administration interface as can the settings so IMO the default message should reflect the default settings. I propose: "Sign up here so you can edit pages and participate in the wiki." Short, to the point, and doesn't dwell on the act of registration which is really only a means to an end. WDYT? Caleb

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[xwiki-devs] GSoC 2011 App Engine prototype Project
by supun wickramasinghe 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

HI All Im Interested in this App Engine prototype Project can i get some more information on how this should be implemented. i'm familiar with the Google App Engine so find this project interesting. would be great if someone could point me in the right direction. is this going to be implented using the thanks in advance. -- Pulasthi Supun www.99gears.com

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[xwiki-devs] XWiki Enterprise and XWiki Enterprise Manager 3.0 Released
by Marius Dumitru Florea 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

The XWiki development team is pleased to announce the release of XWiki Enterprise and XWiki Enterprise Manager 3.0. Go grab them at http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download This is the first release of the 3.x cycle. Conforming to the general themes of the 3.x cycle, a lot of features have been polished and improved, and a few new features have been introduced as well. The highlights of this release are: * Twitter-like messaging and networking inside the wiki, * a new filesystem storage for attachments which allows huge attachments to be uploaded without requiring a lot of memory or database storage, * improved dashboard editing, * better cross-browser support and improved functionality for the WYSIWYG editor, * a revamped UI for administration, improved office presentation import with a new gallery macro, * live suggestions for the search input, * a new UI for changing user avatars. On the developers' front, we've made it easier to reuse the XWiki rendering engine outside our own codebase, by extracting two new top level projects: * XWiki Commons, holding generic modules not tied to the rest of the platform, * XWiki Rendering, holding all the XWiki-independent modules of the rendering engine. We've setup a Jira dashboard ( http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=10550 ) to present the work done for the whole 3.0 release. In summary, 510 issues have been closed by 14 committers (and other contributors providing patches), out of which 236 are fixed bugs. For more information, see the full release notes for XWiki Enterprise 3.0 ( http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterpris… ) and XWiki Enterprise Manager 3.0 ( http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotesXEM30 ). Thanks -The XWiki dev team

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[xwiki-devs] XWiki Enterprise 3.0 JIRA Dashboard
by Vincent Massol 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hi devs, I've shared a dashboard showing our jira activity for XE 3.0. http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=10550 Thanks -Vincent

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Re: [xwiki-devs] GSoc 2011: idea "Auto Completion in Content Editors" (updated)
by Marius Dumitru Florea 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

On 03/30/2011 11:50 AM, 许凌志(Jamesxu) wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Marius Dumitru Florea > <mariusdumitru.florea(a)xwiki.com <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > On 03/30/2011 11:21 AM, 许凌志(Jamesxu) wrote: > > > > > > 2011/3/30 Marius Dumitru Florea <mariusdumitru.florea(a)xwiki.com > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > Hi James, > > > > On 03/29/2011 06:13 PM, 许凌志(Jamesxu) wrote: > > > Thanks Marius for giving me a quick response for my new > > designation in > > > IRC, he gave me two short advices > > > 1. Using "p:", "a:", "i:" for triggering the auto-suggestion > > might not > > > be suitable for some users who are not familar with English, > because > > > "p",a","i" are the first characters of English words. > > > 2. Suggestion for wikipage and attachments should be combined > > together, > > > In my previous designation, I seperated them. > > > > > > I am considering these two advices carefully, > > > for the first advice I think it is true not suitable to use > > "p","a","i" > > > for triggering auto-suggestion, according to the confluence, we can > > > change them into "[[" for links , "!" for images > > > > > > for the second advice, I think combine wikipage and attachments > > > suggestion together could be easier for users to get quick > suggestion > > > without remembering more shortcuts. > > > > > > According to the two advices, I re-design the auto-suggestion for > > > wikipage and attachments in the following: > > > (1). User type "[[" to trigger suggestion, and the default > > contents in > > > suggestion box are shown in the following, I design two, they all > > > contains the list of wikipages user recently changed, and also a > > list of > > > attachments of this wikipage. The difference is that in the first > > > design(image 1), at the top of wikipage list, there is a search > > form for > > > searching wikipages(the function is implemented in WYSIWYG rich > text > > > editor, link dialog), and the second one is without the wikipage > > search > > > form(image 2). > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > > Image 1(with search form) --- view > > > > > > by:<http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5571391228/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5571513534/in/photostream/ > > > > Why do you think the search is needed? Isn't the user > actually searching > > when she types after the autocomplete feature is triggered? > > > > > > > I am confused about the search functions, IMO the auto-suggestion for > > links will be narrowed according to what user have inputted, for > example > > if user have inputed "xwiki", then a list of pages whose name starts > > with "xwiki" will list in suggestion box, but I found the search > > function in the existed "link" widget not do the same way, it > seems to > > search full-text, not limited to the title. > > > > I wondered which functions should be suitable for auto-suggestion? > > It's up to you. The way you build the list of suggestions from the typed > text is part of your proposal. It should be smart. Nothing stops you > from including in the list of suggestions wiki pages that have the typed > text in their content. You just have to weight the importance of these > pages compared to those that have the typed text in their title or name. > > > Yes, how to weight the importance of suggested pages is important, I > will think this problem these days. > I found there is a search tool for search wiki pages in the link dialog, > could you give me some more information of this search tool. > (1). Is it based on the full-text search(including search title, content > and maybe some tags) Check the code http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/web/trunk/xwiki-gwt-wysiwyg-ser… (getMatchingPages) > (2). Is there any apis for searching the pages. Sure there are APIs. On the server side you have access to the database and you can search for any information. Note that you are not limited to the GWT-RPC services currently used by the WYSIWYG editor. You could add new services if you need to. Hope this helps, Marius > > > Hope this helps, > Marius > > > > > > > > Image 2(without search form) ---- view > > > > > > by:<http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5571391200/in/photostream/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5571513478/in/photostream/ > > > > The panel title and the link at the bottom should be updated > since you > > offer suggestions for attachments also. Otherwise it looks good. > > > > > > > > (2). when user keep typing, the suggestion will be narrowed > > according to > > > the user input(as shown in image 3), if there is no wikipage or > > > attachment, there will be a quick link "Add new page(in current > > page)" > > > for adding a new wikipage. and also a quick link "upload new > > file" for > > > add new attachments. > > > > I really think that typing should trigger a search on the > existing wiki > > pages and attachments and not just filter the recently > modified pages. > > > > > > ok, I have found that, i will fixed it later. > > > > > > > if user select upload new file, then, the suggestion box change the > > > context to attachment uploader shown in Image 4 > > > -------------- > > > Image 3(narrowed suggestion) --- view > > > by:http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5571559670/ > > > > > Image 4(attachment uploader) --- view > > > by:http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570955919/ > > > > Why not opening the existing Upload Attachment dialog instead? > > > > > > Yes, that is what I am thinking about, at the beginning I > designed two > > senario, the one is to navigate to the existing upload attachment > > dialog. but I thought if so, there will be a overlay showed up to > cover > > the editor, it might slow down the user input, so I move it to the > > auto-suggesion box, but I think it is easy to link it directly to the > > existing upload attachment dialog, and follow the stragtegy "insert > > quickly, edit later".as you said. > > > > > > > > > > (3). if user select one wikipage, the suggestion box change the > > context > > > to link editor as shown in Image 5 > > > --------------- > > > Image 5(link editor) --- view by: > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5571543390/in/photostream/ > > > > I don't think it's important to fill at the link parameters. > The label > > for instance can be edited in-line and the tool tip is not that > > important. In most of the cases inserting the link with the > default > > settings and then letting the user edit the link is better. > IMO the goal > > is to allow users to insert links quickly and easily. The > link wizard > > will continue to be available on the WYSIWYG editor menu for > those that > > want to go through all the steps. So the strategy should be > "insert > > quickly, edit later". > > > > > > I love the strategy "insert quickly, edit later", I will remove > the link > > editors from the auto-suggesion box to make it much more lightweight > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > Marius > > > > > > > > (4). when user finish the up steps, they can view the inserted > > links in > > > the rich editor. > > > > > > 2011/3/29 许凌志(Jamesxu) <lingzhixu326(a)gmail.com > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > > > > Dear Marius > > > > > > I think you are right that I misunderstood the WYSIWYG source > > editor > > > and WYSIWYG rich text editor, in my previous designation, I > have > > > spent so much effort on how to auto-suggest or > auto-complete for > > > some specific xwiki syntaxes, though those features might be > > > convienent for users, it is uneccessary, because they do care > > about > > > inserting image ,link, or some macros faster, instead of > > > autocompleting the syntaxes of them in source editor. > > > > > > As you said, the effective way to speed up is to insert or > > edit them > > > without leaving keyboard, we can design some shortcuts for > > > auto-suggestion based on context. And the auto-suggestion > should > > > focus on image, link and some common used macros first. > > > > > > For current WYSIWYG rich text editor, when users need to insert > > > image,link or macros, they have to leave their keyboard and > > click on > > > the link, image or macro icons on the toolbar of rich text > > editor to > > > insert them, it must slow down the speed. > > > For solving this problem, we can design some shortcuts to > > activate > > > the auto-suggestion for links, images or macros according > to user > > > input and context. I think the autocompletion features for > > > confluence rich text editor can be a good example for me > > > > > > (http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+3.2+Beta+Release+Not…) > > > > > > > > > And I think I should also focus on auto-suggestion for links, > > images > > > first. , I have to discuss with you which macros should be > > > considered further, or you can give me some advice for macros > > > auto-suggestion features for WYSIWYG rich text editor. > > > Here are my new designations: > > > > > > *Links:* > > > There are 4 kinds of links: wiki page, attachment files, > url and > > > email link. > > > (1). wiki page: > > > Auto-suggestion functions are triggered when user types > > "*p:*", then > > > it shows up a suggestion box bellow cursor to list the > > current wiki > > > pages the user visited as default(see screenshot > > > > > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570694194/in/photostream/>), > > > when user keep typing, they will get recommendations(see > > screenshot > > > > > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570694220/in/photostream/>). > > > > > > > > > (2). Attachment files: > > > Auto-suggestion for attachment is triggered by typing > "*a:*", it > > > also shows up a suggestion box with a list of attached files of > > > current pages(see screenshot > > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570143783/>), user can > > > click on the link "upload new file" on the top of the list to > > lauch > > > a quick attacment upload form(see screenshot > > > > > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570143805/in/photostream/>), > > > after uploading the attachment, user can edit it as shown > in this > > > screenshot > > > > > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570732742/in/photostream/>. > > > > > > Another much easier way is to supply with users a quick link > > to the > > > "attacment uploader" widget, and user do the following process in > > > this widget. > > > > > > (3). URL and Email. > > > Usually user will add(might paste) url or email direct into > rich > > > editor, the rich editor should make it a real url or email > > link to > > > the target. There are two ways to do that: > > > > > > First, as gmail rich editor, there is a url icon on the > > toolbar(See > > > screenshot > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570022483/>), > > > after selecting the url text (see screenshot > > > > > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570022507/in/photostream/>)and > > > click the icon, the url text can be automatically changed to > > a real > > > url or email link(see screenshot > > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570029069/>). > > > Second, as microsoft word, when you type a url or email > link, it > > > will be automatically changed to a real link. > > > > > > When user clicks on the url or email link, there will be a > > minimal > > > url infromation box with edit link for it will show up(see > > > screenshot > > > > > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570022537/in/photostream/>), > > > and user can click on it to edit the url. > > > > > > *Images:* > > > The images insertion are triggered by typing "*i:*", and in the > > > suggestion box, it lists all the images in this page(see > > screenshot > > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570183615/>), user > > > select one and enter the editor page for editing details > for the > > > selected image(is it neccessary?)(see screenshot > > > > > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570772796/in/photostream/>). > > > User can also upload new images by clicking on the link > > "upload new > > > images" at the top of list, there will be an uploader form > in the > > > box for user to upload image, and the uploaded image will be > > > automatically inserted into the rich editor; > > > Another much easier way is to supply with users a quick link > > "open > > > the image dialog" in the box which links to the image uploader > > > widget(existed); > > > > > > For xwiki editor, it will be a bit different, because user type > > > xwiki syntaxes in xwiki editor, so the auto-suggestion > should not > > > only for links, images, but also some attributes of these > > syntaxes, > > > especially for the attributes of various macros, the design > > details > > > will be sent to you later. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2011/3/28 Marius Dumitru Florea > > <mariusdumitru.florea(a)xwiki.com > <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > > > > Hi James, > > > > > > On 03/26/2011 02:58 PM, 许凌志(Jamesxu) wrote: > > > > Dear serg and marius, > > > > > > > > These days I am focus on two things: > > > > > > > 1. Design the auto-suggestion scenarios, and now it have been > > > down as a > > > > draf, because the docs are very long, and with lots of > > > pictures, so I > > > > upload it to the google doc, I invited you to view this doc > > > in the > > > > following > > > > > > > > > > link:https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1dRp-d0Lj9b4Tf9YWEQgaPuDBk3N3B…, > > > > and I have also sent you the invitation for editing this > > > document. > > > > I also upload pictures envolved in the doc to flicr, the url > > > link is > > > > under each picure, so that you can see the big picture more > > > clearly. > > > > > > I see you already put a loot of effort into writing this > > draft. Be > > > careful with that. You shouldn't spend time on details > before > > > you know > > > you're going into the right direction. First, make sure you > > > understand > > > correctly what we expect from the project, by asking > > questions > > > on this > > > mailing list. Then you should start with small > examples, for > > > only one > > > syntax element (link/image/macro). > > > > > > Regarding your draft, I think it's too syntax oriented. > > You have to > > > understand that the content is king. The scope of this > > project > > > is _not_ > > > to help users learn the XWiki 2.0 syntax but to speed up > > content > > > creation/editing using the WYSIWYG/wiki editor. > > > > > > Basic users don't care that image syntax starts with > > [[image: or > > > that > > > bold syntax is enclosed in **. They just want to insert > > an image > > > quickly. > > > > > > Text formatting is not a problem for the WYSIWYG editor > users > > > because > > > they already know that Ctrl+B makes text bold. They don't > > have > > > to type > > > ** or remember a shortcut key that will open a suggestion > > for **. > > > > > > So for the WYSIWYG editor (the rich text area, not the > > source text > > > area!) you have to focus only on link, image and macro > syntax > > > (macro is > > > very important!). In the end the user should be able to > > insert a > > > link, > > > an image or a macro quickly, without leaving the text area, > > > using only > > > the keyboard. > > > > > > The wiki editor should behave almost as the WYSIWYG > > editor. One > > > of the > > > differences could be that the wiki editor offers > autocomplete > > > suggestions for the link, image and macro parameters (which > > > doesn't make > > > sense in the WYSIWYG editor because you don't see the > > XWiki 2.0 > > > syntax > > > of a link/image/macro but their output). > > > > > > > > > > > 2.I am build the develop environment for wysiwyg editors > > > follow marius' > > > > introduction. and finnally get the compiled war file, but I > > > came across > > > > a problem: where is the entry for it, I tried > > > > "localhost:8080/wysiwyg/gwtrpc.gwtrpc" and also > > > > "localhost:8080/xwe/gwtrpc.gwtrpc", according to the web.xml > > > file under > > > > the war file, but both I got 404 error page, could you give > > > me the right > > > > entry for it? > > > > > > The WYSIWYG editor can be used outside of XWiki but its > main > > > features: > > > link, image and macro insertion/editing are XWiki > > specific and > > > thus are > > > available only when you use the editor inside XWiki. > > > > > > The best approach is to download the latest XWiki > Enterprise > > > snapshot > > > from > > > > > > http://maven.xwiki.org/snapshots/org/xwiki/enterprise/xwiki-enterprise-jett… > > > and update the WYSIWYG editor: > > > > > > * overwrite the jars from WEB-INF/lib with the ones from > > the WYSIWYG > > > editor's war (only if you made changes to the server side) > > > * replace the /resources/js/xwiki/wysiwyg/xwe directory > > with the one > > > from the WYSIWYG editor's war (don't overwrite! remove > > the existing > > > directory and copy the new one) > > > > > > Don't forget to build xwiki-gwt-wysiwyg-war module using > > -Pdev > > > profile > > > so that it doesn't generate all the GWT permutations. > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > Marius > > > > > > > > > > > This is the web.xml file: > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> > > > > <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" > > > > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > > > > xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" > > > > xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee > > > > http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" > > > > version="2.4"> > > > > > > > > <display-name>xwe</display- > > > > name> > > > > <description>XWiki's WYSIWYG Editor</description> > > > > > > > >  > > > > <filter> > > > > <filter-name>ConversionFilter</filter-name> > > > > > > > > > > <filter-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.filter.ConversionFilter</filter-class> > > > > </filter> > > > > > > > >  > > > > <filter> > > > > <filter-name>XWikiContextInitializationFilter</filter-name> > > > > > > > > > > <filter-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.filter.XWikiContextInitializationFilter</filter-class> > > > > </filter> > > > > > > > > <filter-mapping> > > > > <filter-name>ConversionFilter</filter-name> > > > > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> > > > > </filter-mapping> > > > > > > > > <filter-mapping> > > > > <filter-name>XWikiContextInitializationFilter</filter-name> > > > > <servlet-name>gwtrpc</servlet-name> > > > > </filter-mapping> > > > > > > > >  > > > > <servlet> > > > > <servlet-name>gwtrpc</servlet-name> > > > > > > > > > > <servlet-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.XWikiRemoteServiceServlet</servlet-class> > > > > </servlet> > > > > > > > > <servlet-mapping> > > > > <servlet-name>gwtrpc</servlet-name> > > > > <url-pattern>*.gwtrpc</url-pattern> > > > > </servlet-mapping> > > > > </web-app> > > > > > > > > > > > > 2011/3/26 许凌志(Jamesxu) <lingzhixu326(a)gmail.com > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Marius Dumitru Florea > > > > <mariusdumitru.florea(a)xwiki.com > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>>>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 03/24/2011 08:51 AM, 许凌志(Jamesxu) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu > > > > <sergiu(a)xwiki.com <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>>>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 03/22/2011 03:37 AM, 许凌志(Jamesxu) wrote: > > > > > > Hi Marius Florea, > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your reply, it is really helpful for me to go > > > > > further. > > > > > > > > > > > > For xwiki syntaxes, you gave me a good suggestion that I > > > > should not > > > > > > autocomplete all the attributes for a tag, it could be > > > > added when > > > > > user > > > > > > triggers by some inputs or by the hotkeys just like eclipse > > > > HTML > > > > > editor. > > > > > > > > > > > > However, in my opinion, for some syntaxes, to suggest > > > user some > > > > > required > > > > > > atrributes would be helpful for them to make less > > > mistakes, and > > > > > it is more > > > > > > intuitive for them to fullfill the blank attributes which are > > > > > required. > > > > > > > > > > +1, mandatory attributes should be inserted. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I haven't gone through and evaluate all the xwiki > > > > > syntaxes, I should > > > > > > finished this step first, and then think about the use > > > case for > > > > > some of > > > > > > these syntaxes. Here are my steps for preparation before > > > > coding: > > > > > > > > > > > > - Go through and evaluate all the xwiki syntaxes, to find > > > out a > > > > > list of > > > > > > syntaxes which are suitable to implement autocompletion > > > > features > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The main target is xwiki/2.0 (and xwiki/2.1 which is almost > > > > the same > > > > > thing). Any other syntax is just a bonus. > > > > > > > > Thanks to its (relatively) new rendering engine ( > > > > http://rendering.xwiki.org ) XWiki is a polyglot wiki. Before > > > having > > > > this new rendering engine we used Radeox for rendering wiki > > > > pages and > > > > the only supported syntax was xwiki/1.0. With the new rendering > > > > engine > > > > we introduced xwiki/2.0 syntax as the default syntax for wiki > > > > pages and > > > > marked xwiki/1.0 syntax as deprecated. xwiki/2.1 syntax is > > > now under > > > > development, trying to fix some of the limitations of the > > > > xwiki/2.0 syntax. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the introduction to the xwiki syntax rendering > > > machanism, > > > > I know better now, it will be very helpful in my future work; > > > > > > > > > > > > Taken this into account, the main target is, as Sergiu said, the > > > > xwiki/2.0 syntax. Of course, it would be great if you can come > > > > with a > > > > design that allows us to easily add autocomplete support for > > > other > > > > syntaxes in the future. So basically you should split your code > > > > in two: > > > > a part that is syntax independent and a part that is specific to > > > > xwiki/2.0 syntax. And the second part should be as much as > > > possible > > > > plugable. > > > > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I install the xwiki/3.0, but I haven't found the > > > > autocompletion features > > > > > for the wysiwyg editor. > > > > > > > > Note that the wiki syntax version is independent from the XWiki > > > > Enterprise version. The latest XE release is 3.0RC1 and it uses > > > > xwiki/2.0 as the default syntax for its wiki pages. XE 4.0 > > > might use > > > > xwiki/2.1 as the default syntax for its wiki pages. > > > > > > > > As Caty told you, neither the WYSIWYG editor nor the wiki editor > > > > have > > > > syntax autocomplete implemented. > > > > > > > > > you refered "xwiki/2.1 which is almsot the same thing", I > > > > didn't catch > > > > > the meaning for the "same thing". > > > > > > > > > > Do you mean some of xwiki syntaxes have been implemented for > > > > > autocompletion features in WYSIWYG editor of xwiki/2.1? > > > > > If so, could you give a link for introducing these features. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have already found the only doc > > > > > "http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax" for > > > > > introduction the xwiki syntaxes 2.0, and after reading > > > > through, I found > > > > > the newest version of xwiki syntaxes is 2.1, so could you > > > > give me some > > > > > docs about syntaxes 2.1, and could you explain to me, what > > > > kind of xwiki > > > > > syntaxes versions used in different version of xwiki. > > > > > > > > xwiki/2.1 syntax is still under development, that's why it isn't > > > > fully > > > > documented. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Design the use cases with some screenshots for them, just > > > > like > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/UserStatusProposal > > > > > > - Pick some to implement the prototype of them to get the > > > > > feedbacks from the > > > > > > mailing list > > > > > > - Start to coding for all of them > > > > > > > > > > Good plan. The best approach is to have something working > > > > ASAP and then > > > > > incrementally improve/build upon it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, these days I have read all the docs from "xwiki > > > > development > > > > > zone <http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome>", it > > > > is really > > > > > helpful for me to understand how to contribute to xwiki, I am > > > > trying to > > > > > download xwiki WYSIWYG editor source codes and building them, > > > > try to > > > > > have a look its source files. > > > > > I think it is the neccessary things I am have to do before > > > > coding. > > > > > > > > The WYSIWYG editor sources are in > > > > http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/web/trunk/ . The > > > > xwiki-gwt-wysiwyg-war module packages the > > > > xwiki-gwt-wysiwyg-server and > > > > the xwiki-gwt-wysiwyg-client modules. The > > > xwiki-gwt-wysiwyg-client > > > > module depends on xwiki-gwt-wysiwyg-plugin-api, > > > xwiki-gwt-user and > > > > xwiki-gwt-dom modules. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have downloaded all the code under > > > > http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/web/trunk/ , and > > > build > > > > with maven in eclipse. > > > > finally I got a war file > > > > "xwiki-web-gwt-wysiwyg-war-3.1-SNAPSHOT.war", I renamed it to > > > > "wysiwyg.war" and put it uder tomcat6.0.18,I also look > > > through the > > > > web.xml file under this war file, I found the entry is > > > > "localhost:8080/wysiwyg/gwtrpc.gwtrpc" according to the web.xml > > > > file, but I got nothing excpet the 404 error. > > > > I think maybe the entry url is wrong, but what is the right url, > > > > according to the web.xml file bellow, I also tried > > > > "localhost:8080/xwe/gwtrpc.gwtrpc", but resulted in the same > > > error; > > > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> > > > > <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" > > > > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > > > > xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" > > > > xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee > > > > http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" > > > > version="2.4"> > > > > > > > > <display-name>xwe</display-name> > > > > <description>XWiki's WYSIWYG Editor</description> > > > > > > > >  > > > > <filter> > > > > <filter-name>ConversionFilter</filter-name> > > > > > > > > > > <filter-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.filter.ConversionFilter</filter-class> > > > > </filter> > > > > > > > >  > > > > <filter> > > > > <filter-name>XWikiContextInitializationFilter</filter-name> > > > > > > > > > > <filter-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.filter.XWikiContextInitializationFilter</filter-class> > > > > </filter> > > > > > > > > <filter-mapping> > > > > <filter-name>ConversionFilter</filter-name> > > > > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> > > > > </filter-mapping> > > > > > > > > <filter-mapping> > > > > <filter-name>XWikiContextInitializationFilter</filter-name> > > > > <servlet-name>gwtrpc</servlet-name> > > > > </filter-mapping> > > > > > > > >  > > > > <servlet> > > > > <servlet-name>gwtrpc</servlet-name> > > > > > > > > > > <servlet-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.XWikiRemoteServiceServlet</servlet-class> > > > > </servlet> > > > > > > > > <servlet-mapping> > > > > <servlet-name>gwtrpc</servlet-name> > > > > <url-pattern>*.gwtrpc</url-pattern> > > > > </servlet-mapping> > > > > </web-app> > > > > > > > > > > > > The wiki editor is a plain HTML text area so it doesn't have any > > > > code. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Good knowledge of JavaScript, DOM and OOP (for the GWT > > > > code) is the > > > > > >> basic requirement to finish this project. > > > > > > > > > > > > I think javascript, DOM, OOP would not be a problem for me, I > > > > > used it almost > > > > > > everyday for 3 years, and and experienced with dojo, > > > jquery, I > > > > > also wrote > > > > > > some tutorial for them, GWT is some kind javascript lib like > > > > > them, though > > > > > > there are some differences, I think I would be a quick > > > learner > > > > > for it, since > > > > > > now, I have learned it for a while. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > GWT is not quite another JavaScript library. It's actually > > > a Java > > > > > toolset which compiles a form of Java code into JavaScript. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, you are right, I am reading the docs of GWT now, it is > > > > pretty > > > > > different from normal javascript tools, foutunitly, I am > > > > practiced in > > > > > Java and javascript, though it is weild to get to know GWT at > > > > first, and > > > > > now, I think it is not so difficult, and I am now downloading > > > > the source > > > > > code of WYSWYG editors, trying to understand the structure > > > > using GWT, > > > > > and aslo read some samples from GWT documentation center. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Personally I'm against using GWT here, and I'd prefer > > > > something using > > > > > basic Prototype.js > > > > > > > > Sergiu, you are against using GWT for the wiki editor only, > > > right? > > > > Anyway, the autocomplete feature should have the same look and > > > > feel in > > > > both the WYSIWYG and wiki editor. A basic design would be to > > > > have three > > > > modules: > > > > > > > > (1) Determine the context based on the current selection/caret > > > > (2) Offer suggestions based on the context > > > > (3) Output the selected suggestion in the target syntax > > > > > > > > (1) and (3) depend on the editor/syntax, but (2) should be the > > > > same: it > > > > doesn't matter the editor or the syntax when you display a > > > list of > > > > documents to choose from in order to create a link. > > > > > > > > The language used to implement (1) and (3) depends on the target > > > > editor. > > > > I think we should use GWT for the WYSIWYG editor and > > > > Prototype.js for > > > > the wiki editor. The question is what to use for (2). Sergiu > > > clearly > > > > prefers Prototype.js and I'm ok with that. > > > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Marius > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is a good idea to use some native javascript tools like > > > > Prototype, I > > > > > have used Prototype for more than 4 years, and also I am a > > > > fans of dojo > > > > > and jquery, I think the the WYSIWYG could be implemented as a > > > > prototype > > > > > or dojo module. > > > > > > > > > > However, I think the first thing we should do is to work on the > > > > > autocompletion idea based on GWT, cause till now, the editor is > > > > > implemented by GWT, it would be easy to move on. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Sergiu Dumitriu > > > > > http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > devs mailing list > > > > > devs(a)xwiki.org <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>>> > > > > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > > > 许凌志(Jame Xu) > > > > > > > > > > MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University > > > > > > > > > > Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong > > > > University > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > devs mailing list > > > > devs(a)xwiki.org <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > 许凌志(Jame Xu) > > > > > > > > MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University > > > > > > > > Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong > > > University > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > 许凌志(Jame Xu) > > > > > > > > MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University > > > > > > > > Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong > > > University > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > 许凌志(Jame Xu) > > > > > > MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University > > > > > > Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong > > University > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > 许凌志(Jame Xu) > > > > > > MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University > > > > > > Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong > > University > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > devs(a)xwiki.org <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Best wishes, > > > > 许凌志(Jame Xu) > > > > MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University > > > > Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong > University > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > devs(a)xwiki.org <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > -- > Best wishes, > > 许凌志(Jame Xu) > > MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University > > Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University

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Re: [xwiki-devs] GSoc 2011: idea "Auto Completion in Content Editors" (updated)
by 许凌志(Jamesxu) 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Dear Marius I think you are right that I misunderstood the WYSIWYG source editor and WYSIWYG rich text editor, in my previous designation, I have spent so much effort on how to auto-suggest or auto-complete for some specific xwiki syntaxes, though those features might be convienent for users, it is uneccessary, because they do care about inserting image ,link, or some macros faster, instead of autocompleting the syntaxes of them in source editor. As you said, the effective way to speed up is to insert or edit them without leaving keyboard, we can design some shortcuts for auto-suggestion based on context. And the auto-suggestion should focus on image, link and some common used macros first. For current WYSIWYG rich text editor, when users need to insert image,link or macros, they have to leave their keyboard and click on the link, image or macro icons on the toolbar of rich text editor to insert them, it must slow down the speed. For solving this problem, we can design some shortcuts to activate the auto-suggestion for links, images or macros according to user input and context. I think the autocompletion features for confluence rich text editor can be a good example for me ( http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+3.2+Beta+Release+Not…) And I think I should also focus on auto-suggestion for links, images first. , I have to discuss with you which macros should be considered further, or you can give me some advice for macros auto-suggestion features for WYSIWYG rich text editor. Here are my new designations: *Links:* There are 4 kinds of links: wiki page, attachment files, url and email link. (1). wiki page: Auto-suggestion functions are triggered when user types "*p:*", then it shows up a suggestion box bellow cursor to list the current wiki pages the user visited as default(see screenshot<http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570694194/in/photostream/>), when user keep typing, they will get recommendations(see screenshot<http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570694220/in/photostream/>). (2). Attachment files: Auto-suggestion for attachment is triggered by typing "*a:*", it also shows up a suggestion box with a list of attached files of current pages(see screenshot <http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570143783/>), user can click on the link "upload new file" on the top of the list to lauch a quick attacment upload form(see screenshot<http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570143805/in/photostream/>), after uploading the attachment, user can edit it as shown in this screenshot<http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570732742/in/photostream/> . Another much easier way is to supply with users a quick link to the "attacment uploader" widget, and user do the following process in this widget. (3). URL and Email. Usually user will add(might paste) url or email direct into rich editor, the rich editor should make it a real url or email link to the target. There are two ways to do that: First, as gmail rich editor, there is a url icon on the toolbar(See screenshot <http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570022483/>), after selecting the url text (see screenshot<http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570022507/in/photostream/>)and click the icon, the url text can be automatically changed to a real url or email link(see screenshot<http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570029069/> ). Second, as microsoft word, when you type a url or email link, it will be automatically changed to a real link. When user clicks on the url or email link, there will be a minimal url infromation box with edit link for it will show up(see screenshot<http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570022537/in/photostream/>), and user can click on it to edit the url. *Images:* The images insertion are triggered by typing "*i:*", and in the suggestion box, it lists all the images in this page(see screenshot<http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570183615/>), user select one and enter the editor page for editing details for the selected image(is it neccessary?)(see screenshot<http://www.flickr.com/photos/44893839@N00/5570772796/in/photostream/>). User can also upload new images by clicking on the link "upload new images" at the top of list, there will be an uploader form in the box for user to upload image, and the uploaded image will be automatically inserted into the rich editor; Another much easier way is to supply with users a quick link "open the image dialog" in the box which links to the image uploader widget(existed); For xwiki editor, it will be a bit different, because user type xwiki syntaxes in xwiki editor, so the auto-suggestion should not only for links, images, but also some attributes of these syntaxes, especially for the attributes of various macros, the design details will be sent to you later. 2011/3/28 Marius Dumitru Florea <mariusdumitru.florea(a)xwiki.com> > Hi James, > > On 03/26/2011 02:58 PM, 许凌志(Jamesxu) wrote: > > Dear serg and marius, > > > > These days I am focus on two things: > > > 1. Design the auto-suggestion scenarios, and now it have been down as a > > draf, because the docs are very long, and with lots of pictures, so I > > upload it to the google doc, I invited you to view this doc in the > > following > > link: > https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1dRp-d0Lj9b4Tf9YWEQgaPuDBk3N3Bw0GvP… > , > > and I have also sent you the invitation for editing this document. > > I also upload pictures envolved in the doc to flicr, the url link is > > under each picure, so that you can see the big picture more clearly. > > I see you already put a loot of effort into writing this draft. Be > careful with that. You shouldn't spend time on details before you know > you're going into the right direction. First, make sure you understand > correctly what we expect from the project, by asking questions on this > mailing list. Then you should start with small examples, for only one > syntax element (link/image/macro). > > Regarding your draft, I think it's too syntax oriented. You have to > understand that the content is king. The scope of this project is _not_ > to help users learn the XWiki 2.0 syntax but to speed up content > creation/editing using the WYSIWYG/wiki editor. > > Basic users don't care that image syntax starts with [[image: or that > bold syntax is enclosed in **. They just want to insert an image quickly. > > Text formatting is not a problem for the WYSIWYG editor users because > they already know that Ctrl+B makes text bold. They don't have to type > ** or remember a shortcut key that will open a suggestion for **. > > So for the WYSIWYG editor (the rich text area, not the source text > area!) you have to focus only on link, image and macro syntax (macro is > very important!). In the end the user should be able to insert a link, > an image or a macro quickly, without leaving the text area, using only > the keyboard. > > The wiki editor should behave almost as the WYSIWYG editor. One of the > differences could be that the wiki editor offers autocomplete > suggestions for the link, image and macro parameters (which doesn't make > sense in the WYSIWYG editor because you don't see the XWiki 2.0 syntax > of a link/image/macro but their output). > > > > > 2.I am build the develop environment for wysiwyg editors follow marius' > > introduction. and finnally get the compiled war file, but I came across > > a problem: where is the entry for it, I tried > > "localhost:8080/wysiwyg/gwtrpc.gwtrpc" and also > > "localhost:8080/xwe/gwtrpc.gwtrpc", according to the web.xml file under > > the war file, but both I got 404 error page, could you give me the right > > entry for it? > > The WYSIWYG editor can be used outside of XWiki but its main features: > link, image and macro insertion/editing are XWiki specific and thus are > available only when you use the editor inside XWiki. > > The best approach is to download the latest XWiki Enterprise snapshot > from > > http://maven.xwiki.org/snapshots/org/xwiki/enterprise/xwiki-enterprise-jett… > and update the WYSIWYG editor: > > * overwrite the jars from WEB-INF/lib with the ones from the WYSIWYG > editor's war (only if you made changes to the server side) > * replace the /resources/js/xwiki/wysiwyg/xwe directory with the one > from the WYSIWYG editor's war (don't overwrite! remove the existing > directory and copy the new one) > > Don't forget to build xwiki-gwt-wysiwyg-war module using -Pdev profile > so that it doesn't generate all the GWT permutations. > > Hope this helps, > Marius > > > > > This is the web.xml file: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> > > <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" > > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > > xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" > > xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee > > http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" > > version="2.4"> > > > > <display-name>xwe</display- > > name> > > <description>XWiki's WYSIWYG Editor</description> > > > >  > > <filter> > > <filter-name>ConversionFilter</filter-name> > > > <filter-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.filter.ConversionFilter</filter-class> > > </filter> > > > >  > > <filter> > > <filter-name>XWikiContextInitializationFilter</filter-name> > > > <filter-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.filter.XWikiContextInitializationFilter</filter-class> > > </filter> > > > > <filter-mapping> > > <filter-name>ConversionFilter</filter-name> > > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> > > </filter-mapping> > > > > <filter-mapping> > > <filter-name>XWikiContextInitializationFilter</filter-name> > > <servlet-name>gwtrpc</servlet-name> > > </filter-mapping> > > > >  > > <servlet> > > <servlet-name>gwtrpc</servlet-name> > > > <servlet-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.XWikiRemoteServiceServlet</servlet-class> > > </servlet> > > > > <servlet-mapping> > > <servlet-name>gwtrpc</servlet-name> > > <url-pattern>*.gwtrpc</url-pattern> > > </servlet-mapping> > > </web-app> > > > > > > 2011/3/26 许凌志(Jamesxu) <lingzhixu326(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Marius Dumitru Florea > > <mariusdumitru.florea(a)xwiki.com > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 03/24/2011 08:51 AM, 许凌志(Jamesxu) wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu > > <sergiu(a)xwiki.com <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > > On 03/22/2011 03:37 AM, 许凌志(Jamesxu) wrote: > > > > Hi Marius Florea, > > > > > > > > Thanks for your reply, it is really helpful for me to go > > > further. > > > > > > > > For xwiki syntaxes, you gave me a good suggestion that I > > should not > > > > autocomplete all the attributes for a tag, it could be > > added when > > > user > > > > triggers by some inputs or by the hotkeys just like eclipse > > HTML > > > editor. > > > > > > > > However, in my opinion, for some syntaxes, to suggest user > some > > > required > > > > atrributes would be helpful for them to make less mistakes, > and > > > it is more > > > > intuitive for them to fullfill the blank attributes which > are > > > required. > > > > > > +1, mandatory attributes should be inserted. > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I haven't gone through and evaluate all the xwiki > > > syntaxes, I should > > > > finished this step first, and then think about the use case > for > > > some of > > > > these syntaxes. Here are my steps for preparation before > > coding: > > > > > > > > - Go through and evaluate all the xwiki syntaxes, to find > out a > > > list of > > > > syntaxes which are suitable to implement autocompletion > > features > > > > > > > > The main target is xwiki/2.0 (and xwiki/2.1 which is almost > > the same > > > thing). Any other syntax is just a bonus. > > > > Thanks to its (relatively) new rendering engine ( > > http://rendering.xwiki.org ) XWiki is a polyglot wiki. Before > having > > this new rendering engine we used Radeox for rendering wiki > > pages and > > the only supported syntax was xwiki/1.0. With the new rendering > > engine > > we introduced xwiki/2.0 syntax as the default syntax for wiki > > pages and > > marked xwiki/1.0 syntax as deprecated. xwiki/2.1 syntax is now > under > > development, trying to fix some of the limitations of the > > xwiki/2.0 syntax. > > > > > > Thanks for the introduction to the xwiki syntax rendering machanism, > > I know better now, it will be very helpful in my future work; > > > > > > Taken this into account, the main target is, as Sergiu said, the > > xwiki/2.0 syntax. Of course, it would be great if you can come > > with a > > design that allows us to easily add autocomplete support for > other > > syntaxes in the future. So basically you should split your code > > in two: > > a part that is syntax independent and a part that is specific to > > xwiki/2.0 syntax. And the second part should be as much as > possible > > plugable. > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I install the xwiki/3.0, but I haven't found the > > autocompletion features > > > for the wysiwyg editor. > > > > Note that the wiki syntax version is independent from the XWiki > > Enterprise version. The latest XE release is 3.0RC1 and it uses > > xwiki/2.0 as the default syntax for its wiki pages. XE 4.0 might > use > > xwiki/2.1 as the default syntax for its wiki pages. > > > > As Caty told you, neither the WYSIWYG editor nor the wiki editor > > have > > syntax autocomplete implemented. > > > > > you refered "xwiki/2.1 which is almsot the same thing", I > > didn't catch > > > the meaning for the "same thing". > > > > > > Do you mean some of xwiki syntaxes have been implemented for > > > autocompletion features in WYSIWYG editor of xwiki/2.1? > > > If so, could you give a link for introducing these features. > > > > > > > > I have already found the only doc > > > "http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax" > for > > > introduction the xwiki syntaxes 2.0, and after reading > > through, I found > > > the newest version of xwiki syntaxes is 2.1, so could you > > give me some > > > docs about syntaxes 2.1, and could you explain to me, what > > kind of xwiki > > > syntaxes versions used in different version of xwiki. > > > > xwiki/2.1 syntax is still under development, that's why it isn't > > fully > > documented. > > > > > > > > > > > > - Design the use cases with some screenshots for them, just > > like > > > > > > > > > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/UserStatusProposal > > > > - Pick some to implement the prototype of them to get the > > > feedbacks from the > > > > mailing list > > > > - Start to coding for all of them > > > > > > Good plan. The best approach is to have something working > > ASAP and then > > > incrementally improve/build upon it. > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, these days I have read all the docs from "xwiki > > development > > > zone <http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome>", it > > is really > > > helpful for me to understand how to contribute to xwiki, I am > > trying to > > > download xwiki WYSIWYG editor source codes and building them, > > try to > > > have a look its source files. > > > I think it is the neccessary things I am have to do before > > coding. > > > > The WYSIWYG editor sources are in > > http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/web/trunk/ . The > > xwiki-gwt-wysiwyg-war module packages the > > xwiki-gwt-wysiwyg-server and > > the xwiki-gwt-wysiwyg-client modules. The > xwiki-gwt-wysiwyg-client > > module depends on xwiki-gwt-wysiwyg-plugin-api, xwiki-gwt-user > and > > xwiki-gwt-dom modules. > > > > > > I have downloaded all the code under > > http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/web/trunk/ , and build > > with maven in eclipse. > > finally I got a war file > > "xwiki-web-gwt-wysiwyg-war-3.1-SNAPSHOT.war", I renamed it to > > "wysiwyg.war" and put it uder tomcat6.0.18,I also look through the > > web.xml file under this war file, I found the entry is > > "localhost:8080/wysiwyg/gwtrpc.gwtrpc" according to the web.xml > > file, but I got nothing excpet the 404 error. > > I think maybe the entry url is wrong, but what is the right url, > > according to the web.xml file bellow, I also tried > > "localhost:8080/xwe/gwtrpc.gwtrpc", but resulted in the same error; > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> > > <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" > > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > > xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" > > xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee > > http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" > > version="2.4"> > > > > <display-name>xwe</display-name> > > <description>XWiki's WYSIWYG Editor</description> > > > >  > > <filter> > > <filter-name>ConversionFilter</filter-name> > > > <filter-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.filter.ConversionFilter</filter-class> > > </filter> > > > >  > > <filter> > > <filter-name>XWikiContextInitializationFilter</filter-name> > > > <filter-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.filter.XWikiContextInitializationFilter</filter-class> > > </filter> > > > > <filter-mapping> > > <filter-name>ConversionFilter</filter-name> > > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> > > </filter-mapping> > > > > <filter-mapping> > > <filter-name>XWikiContextInitializationFilter</filter-name> > > <servlet-name>gwtrpc</servlet-name> > > </filter-mapping> > > > >  > > <servlet> > > <servlet-name>gwtrpc</servlet-name> > > > <servlet-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.XWikiRemoteServiceServlet</servlet-class> > > </servlet> > > > > <servlet-mapping> > > <servlet-name>gwtrpc</servlet-name> > > <url-pattern>*.gwtrpc</url-pattern> > > </servlet-mapping> > > </web-app> > > > > > > The wiki editor is a plain HTML text area so it doesn't have any > > code. > > > > > > > > > > > >> Good knowledge of JavaScript, DOM and OOP (for the GWT > > code) is the > > > >> basic requirement to finish this project. > > > > > > > > I think javascript, DOM, OOP would not be a problem for me, > I > > > used it almost > > > > everyday for 3 years, and and experienced with dojo, jquery, > I > > > also wrote > > > > some tutorial for them, GWT is some kind javascript lib like > > > them, though > > > > there are some differences, I think I would be a quick > learner > > > for it, since > > > > now, I have learned it for a while. > > > > > > > > > > GWT is not quite another JavaScript library. It's actually a > Java > > > toolset which compiles a form of Java code into JavaScript. > > > > > > > > > Yes, you are right, I am reading the docs of GWT now, it is > > pretty > > > different from normal javascript tools, foutunitly, I am > > practiced in > > > Java and javascript, though it is weild to get to know GWT at > > first, and > > > now, I think it is not so difficult, and I am now downloading > > the source > > > code of WYSWYG editors, trying to understand the structure > > using GWT, > > > and aslo read some samples from GWT documentation center. > > > > > > > > > > > Personally I'm against using GWT here, and I'd prefer > > something using > > > basic Prototype.js > > > > Sergiu, you are against using GWT for the wiki editor only, > right? > > Anyway, the autocomplete feature should have the same look and > > feel in > > both the WYSIWYG and wiki editor. A basic design would be to > > have three > > modules: > > > > (1) Determine the context based on the current selection/caret > > (2) Offer suggestions based on the context > > (3) Output the selected suggestion in the target syntax > > > > (1) and (3) depend on the editor/syntax, but (2) should be the > > same: it > > doesn't matter the editor or the syntax when you display a list > of > > documents to choose from in order to create a link. > > > > The language used to implement (1) and (3) depends on the target > > editor. > > I think we should use GWT for the WYSIWYG editor and > > Prototype.js for > > the wiki editor. The question is what to use for (2). Sergiu > clearly > > prefers Prototype.js and I'm ok with that. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Marius > > > > > > > > > > > It is a good idea to use some native javascript tools like > > Prototype, I > > > have used Prototype for more than 4 years, and also I am a > > fans of dojo > > > and jquery, I think the the WYSIWYG could be implemented as a > > prototype > > > or dojo module. > > > > > > However, I think the first thing we should do is to work on > the > > > autocompletion idea based on GWT, cause till now, the editor > is > > > implemented by GWT, it would be easy to move on. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sergiu Dumitriu > > > http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > devs mailing list > > > devs(a)xwiki.org <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > 许凌志(Jame Xu) > > > > > > MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University > > > > > > Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong > > University > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > devs(a)xwiki.org <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Best wishes, > > > > 许凌志(Jame Xu) > > > > MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University > > > > Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong > University > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Best wishes, > > > > 许凌志(Jame Xu) > > > > MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University > > > > Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University > -- Best wishes, 许凌志(Jame Xu) MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University

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[xwiki-devs] Interested in working on the project "Calendar Application" as part of GSOC
by Anurup Raveendran 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hello, My name is Anurup Raveendran. I am a Final Year student in Model Engineering College,Cochin,India. My major is in Computer Science & Engineering. I came across the idea "Calendar Application" in the project ideas page and I find it very interesting. I have done many web-based projects , most of them in php and javascript. I am also quite familiar with the jQuery library. I have also designed a few websites. I am very interested in working on this project as part of GSOC . It would be great if anyone would guide me on this project. Regards, -- Anurup Raveendran Computer Science & Engineering(2007-2011) Model Engineering College, Cochin Mobile: +919895301078 Landline : 0496-2503009 E-mail id : anurupraveendran(a)gmail.com

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[xwiki-devs] Interested on Project at XWiki
by Hasitha Abeykoon 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hi All, I am *Hasitha Abeykoon* from Sri Lanka. I am a final year student of *Department of Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Moratuwa*. I am interested in the idea of "*Auto Completion in Content Editors*". I have already read the implementation of Confluence 3.2. It is pretty interesting if we had that facility in XWIKI as you have suggested. As I was reading the proposal the first thought came into my mind was that *Google API's *can be efficiently used to get the search results according to the half typed word. If the previously used words were cached we can use them to *predict the word *that the user would be typing. Please clarify me on these two ideas, and also please direct me to a place where i can get details about the high level implementation of WYSIWYG editor and Wiki editor. Thank you in advance, and sincerely hope it would be nice to work with you all. Hasitha Abeykoon, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Moratuwa. Skype: foreverhasitha

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