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:: '''First Page''': ''Main Page''
 
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: You can provide "Username" and "Password" in your [[.authinfo]] file. home directory.
 
: You can provide "Username" and "Password" in your [[.authinfo]] file. home directory.
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Alternatively you can add this snippet of Emacs Lisp code to your
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[[.emacs]]:
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<syntaxhighlight lang="lisp">
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(require 'mediawiki)
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(setq mediawiki-site-alist '(("Wikipedia" "http://en.wikipedia.org/w" "" "" "Main Page")
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                            ("WikEmacs" "http://wikemacs.org/w/" "" "" "Main Page")))
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;; Emacs users care more for WikEmacs than Wikipedia :-)
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(setq mediawiki-site-default "WikEmacs")
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</syntaxhighlight>
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You can naturally add more MediaWiki sites to the
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'''mediawiki-site-alist''' variable.
  
 
= Make submissions =
 
= Make submissions =

Revision as of 12:40, 30 March 2012

mediawiki.el
Description Mediawiki interface and markup mode
Author name of author
Maintainer Mark A. Hershberger
Source https://code.launchpad.net/~hexmode/mediawiki-el/trunk

Mediawiki.el is a package to help add content to any mediawiki site including WikEmacs. It comes with a Major Mode to support editing Mediawiki markup.

Basic setup

Install mediawiki.el from el-get or ELPA.

Customization

M-x load-library RET mediawiki RET
Load the library
M-x customize-variable RET mediawiki-site-alist
Configure as follows and save your settings
Site Name: WikEmacs
URL: http://wikemacs.org/w/
Username: InCognito
Password: s!cr!t
First Page: Main Page
You can provide "Username" and "Password" in your .authinfo file. home directory.

Alternatively you can add this snippet of Emacs Lisp code to your .emacs:

(require 'mediawiki)

(setq mediawiki-site-alist '(("Wikipedia" "http://en.wikipedia.org/w" "" "" "Main Page")
                             ("WikEmacs" "http://wikemacs.org/w/" "" "" "Main Page")))

;; Emacs users care more for WikEmacs than Wikipedia :-)
(setq mediawiki-site-default "WikEmacs")

You can naturally add more MediaWiki sites to the mediawiki-site-alist variable.

Make submissions

M-x mediawiki-site
Choose a site (say "WikEmacs") for the current session.
[C-c C-o] (or M-x mediawiki-open)
Open a page. To edit the main page, type "Main Page". Make your edits.
[C-x C-s] (or M-x mediawiki-save)
Submit your modifications.
[C-c] (or M-x mediawiki-save-and-bury)
Submit modifications and bury the buffer.

Helpful Keybindings

[C-return] (or M-x mediawiki-open-page-at-point)
Follow or browse to a WikiLink.
[M-g] (or M-x mediawiki-reload)
Reload a page

Project Page