Re: [xwiki-users] Rendering mail content in a wiki page

On Tuesday, May 29, 2012, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote: XWiki Syntax 2.1? Syntax, see an existing Syntax parser. Of course you can copy paste existing JavaCC grammars and remove what you don't need for example, that's what I mean by write a new Parser. It's not that hard since all you need already exists but it's still substantial work. Wouldn't it be enough to disable transformations (except emoticon) and write a new renderer similar to xhtml/1.0, except that most formatting instructions will simply be printed as plain text instead of actual xhtml elements? Extending renderers is easier than parsers. > Thanks > -Vincent >> About macro transformation, I'll have a deeper look at the rendering >> framework though ... >>> Thanks, >> Jeremie >>> 2012/5/29 Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net>et>: >>>>> On May 29, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Jeremie BOUSQUET wrote: >>>>>> Thanks Vincent, >>>>>>>> IMO it might be a lot simpler to just support XWiki Syntax 2.1. And you'll get additional features too. >>>> Of course, but for this specific use-case I don't want the additional >>>> features :) >>>> For example if someone writes "{{code}}" in a mail, I don't want it to >>>> be interpreted when displaying the mail. >>>>> It won't if you don't run the macro transformation as I explained in my first reply. >>>>>> Maybe what could do the trick would be to support 2.1 as you say, and >>>> just escape what I don't want to be interpreted, ie replace "{{" by >>>> "~{~{", "**" by "~*~*", "[[" by "~[~[" and so on. >>>>> No need for this. >>>>> Do you have other examples of stuff you absolutely don't want from XWiki Syntax 2.1? >>>>> Thanks >>> -Vincent >>>>> PS: BTW, you can read http://rendering.xwiki.org to learn more about the Rendering module and Transformations. >>>>>> Thanks, >>>> Jeremie >>>>>>> 2012/5/29 Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net>et>: >>>>> Hi Jeremie, >>>>>>>>> On May 27, 2012, at 11:52 AM, Jeremie BOUSQUET wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>>>>> For the mail archiver app, I need to output mail content in a page. I >>>>>> used to use it with html content, and display is directly done with >>>>>> {{html}} macro. >>>>>>>>>>> But most messages from mailing-lists are plain-text. My first idea was >>>>>> to use {{code}}, and this is fine. >>>>>> But I think display could be greatly improved using specific xwiki >>>>>> syntax rendering (2.1), but for some elements only. >>>>>>>>>>> To do so, I would like to render some text string, not applying all >>>>>> syntax elements. >>>>>>>>>>> Let me explain : what is interesting to render is : >>>>>> - quotes (lines starting with angle brackets '>'), >>>>>> - urls (replaced by links automatically), >>>>>> - emoticons >>>>>>>>>>> Everything else (wiki macros, ...) should NOT be rendered. >>>>>>>>>>> Is this possible ? >>>>>> Of course I don't want to impact the way xwiki renders pages. >>>>>>>>> Short answer: no >>>>>>>>> We have parsers for different syntaxes so you need to pick a syntax fully. (i.e. macro executions and emoticons) since those are executed on the XDOM. >>>>>>>>> Longer answer: you'd need to define your syntax and write a parser for it. Depending on your syntax it can be easy or hard. Emoticons are already supported so you won't need to add support for this. All you'll need from your example are recognizing quotes and urls. >>>>>>>>> IMO it might be a lot simpler to just support XWiki Syntax 2.1. And you'll get additional features too. >>>>>>>>> Hope it helps, >>>>> -Vincent > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users(a)xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/