From 43ad6bf96171e88a165278078d61fd221f14b1b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://oneingray.myopenid.com/" Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:54:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] More details on my personal preferences (as related to Ikiwiki.) --- doc/users/ivan_shmakov.mdwn | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/users/ivan_shmakov.mdwn b/doc/users/ivan_shmakov.mdwn index 3d3951d71..d21825c2f 100644 --- a/doc/users/ivan_shmakov.mdwn +++ b/doc/users/ivan_shmakov.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ … To put it short: an Ikiwiki newbie. +[Emacs]: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ +[Lynx]: http://lynx.isc.org/ + +## Wikis + Currently, I run a couple of Ikiwiki instances. Namely: * @@ -12,3 +17,34 @@ Currently, I run a couple of Ikiwiki instances. Namely: Economy&rdaquo; (2010-03-29 … 2010-04-10, Altai State University) program I've recently recently participated in as an instructor. + +## Preferences + +I prefer to use [Lynx][] along with [Emacs][] (via +`emacsclient`) to work with the wikis. (Note the &ldaquo;Local +variables&rdaquo; section below.) + +The things I dislike in the wiki engines are: + +* the use of home-brew specialized version control systems + — while there're a lot of much more developed general + purpose ones; + +* oversimplified syntax + — which (to some extent) precludes more sophisticated + forms of automated processing; in particular, this forces one + to reformat the material, once complete, to, say, prepare a + book, or an article, or slides. + +Out of all the wiki engines I'm familiar with, only Ikiwiki is +free of the first of these. I hope that it will support more +elaborate syntaxes eventually. + +---- + + Local variables: + mode: markdown + coding: utf-8 + fill-column: 64 + ispell-dictionary: "american" + End: -- 2.26.2