Re: [xwiki-devs] GSoc 2011: idea "Auto Completion in Content Editors" (updated)

30 Mar 2011

      On 03/30/2011 11:50 AM, 许凌志(Jamesxu) wrote:
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On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Marius Dumitru Florea
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
On 03/30/2011 11:21 AM, 许凌志(Jamesxu) wrote:
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     > 2011/3/30 Marius Dumitru Florea <[email protected]
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     >     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.

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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.
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(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-serv... 
(getMatchingPages)
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(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
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Hope this helps,
    Marius
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     >
     > > 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) <[email protected]
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     > >
     > >     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+Note...)
     > >
     > >
     > >     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
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     > >
     > >         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-jetty...
     > >         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>
     > > >
     > > > <!-- This filter is used to convert the HTML generated by the
     > >         WYSIWYG
     > > > editor to source syntax -->
     > > > <filter>
     > > > <filter-name>ConversionFilter</filter-name>
     > > >
     > >
     >
    <filter-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.filter.ConversionFilter</filter-class>
     > > > </filter>
     > > >
     > > > <!-- This filter is used to initialize the XWiki context before
     > > > processing a request. -->
     > > > <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>
     > > >
     > > > <!-- This is the entry point for all component-based XWiki
     > >         GWT services. -->
     > > > <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>
     > > >
     > > >
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     > > > On 03/24/2011 08:51 AM, 许凌志(Jamesxu) wrote:
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     > > > > 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>
     > > >
     > > > <!-- This filter is used to convert the HTML generated by the
     > > > WYSIWYG editor to source syntax -->
     > > > <filter>
     > > > <filter-name>ConversionFilter</filter-name>
     > > >
     > >
     >
    <filter-class>com.xpn.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.filter.ConversionFilter</filter-class>
     > > > </filter>
     > > >
     > > > <!-- This filter is used to initialize the XWiki context before
     > > > processing a request. -->
     > > > <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>
     > > >
     > > > <!-- This is the entry point for all component-based XWiki GWT
     > > > services. -->
     > > > <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.
     > > > >
     > > > >
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     > > > > http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
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