Re: User documentation vs Official Docs

On 2018-07-19 11:43:18 -0600, Rob Sargent wrote:
> On 07/19/2018 11:04 AM, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> > On 2018-07-18 08:09:35 +1000, Tim Cross wrote:
> > > If using web widgets to author content on the wiki is the main
> > > impediment for contributing content, maybe we should see if the wiki
> > > provides alternative access methods. I've used wikis in the past which
> > > allowed users to upload content via xmlrpc, api etc. Perhaps something
> > > similar could be made available for those making significant
> > > contributions or to a select few 'curators' who could accept content
> > > from others.
> > There are also browser plugins like It's all text, textern, wasavi, etc.
> > which allow the user to use a real text editor instead of a text area.
> >
> Keep in mind that Chrome broke "It's all text" compatibility, at least with
> emacs and now it's done via "Edit with Emacs".  This in my experience is a
> step backwards from "It's all text".

Oh, Chrome, too?

Firefox also broke compatibility with a lot of add-ons recently ("It's
all text" among them). So I switched to textern, which was a bit more
complicated to set up, but otherwise works almost the same.

But yeah, browser add-ons have a certain tendency to succumb to bit-rot,
so they are nice tools for a user but not something a service provider
should depend on.

hp

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