Hi I have been tearing my hair all of today trying to create a lengthy document in the WYSIWYG editor, so i totally agree :) Here is one way to improve the WYSIWYG stability: http://www.nabble.com/wysiwyg-editor-is-lame-tp16787052p16787052.html http://www.nabble.com/wysiwyg-editor-is-lame-tp16787052p16787052.html However, i was thinking, until the new GWT editor is ready, would the bugs in the current editor be patched? I guess not but I could be wrong. This leaves "corporate users" with no choice till the GWT editor is ready, maybe end of the year. A great option would be to improve the end user experience in the Wiki editor, IF the effort is not significant. Something on the lines of Dokuwiki, which has a toolbar for most Wiki editing functions so that the end user need not necessarily remember the Wiki syntax. (Image attached). I dont really understand the complexity of implementing this though. Shiva goldring, richard wrote:

James,

I too have issues with the WYSIWYG editor messing up pages. When it works - its great, but when it seems to randomly mess you edits up - ahhh! It doesn't seem to translate to wiki markup very well sometimes. I understand there might be a new better WYSIWYG editor being developed perhaps maybe available this September. Meantime I'd suggest using the wiki editor - it's quite good when you get used to it and it doesn't mess up your pages although it doesn't quite have all the features available that the WYSIWYG editor.

Regards,

Richard

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of James Dougherty Sent: 15 May 2008 02:36 To: [email protected] Subject: [xwiki-users] Editing with Wysiwyg

I am having major difficulties with the Wysiwyg editor in both 1.3.2 and 1.4. If I use Wysiwyg, the text font displayed while in the editor is not the same as the final wiki page. Often I have several lines that are in a different font, even though they looked the same while using Wysiwyg. I am also finding random issues. For example, today I changed the font colour of an index page and lost all of the links. I am using a standard Toucan skin.

Is it common to have problems with the Wysiwg editor, or is there a fix I haven't found? I am finding I am spending as much time fixing the appearance of pages as writing them. Alternatively, is there another wiki with better editing.

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