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2013-01-11T16:33:16Z

84.192.109.230: /* Naming Conventions */

== IMPORTANT: Offline discussion ==

There is a Google group for discussion of the site: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/wikemacs so we should probably favor posting there. [[User:PhilHudson|PhilHudson]] 16:16, 26 March 2012 (EEST)

== IMPORTANT: Content Quality guidelines ==
I think before flame wars and fights among members, we should form
proper/strict guide lines for each aspect of the site. Wikipedia has very strict
rules about that., even their bots can tell the content quality of a
page. we can create articles in "WikEmacs" Namespace. [[User:Kindahero|Kindahero]] 23:57, 1 April 2012 (EEST)

== Structure ==
I would like to structure the Main Page in boxes like here [http://www.webos-internals.org] the Featured Article/Project. Any objections?
And maybe [[User:Bozhidar]] should write some lines about the relation to the "old" EmacsWiki?--[[User:Kenda|Kenda]] 19:58, 24 March 2012 (EET)

This seems like a good idea. Might help us utilize better the screen estate. As for the relation to the EmacsWiki - it is more or less non-existing. We have the permission from Alex (kensanata) to migrate any content we choose to, but they won't be supporting us in any way. [[User:Bozhidar|Bozhidar]] 20:28, 26 March 2012 (EEST)

== Markup Conventions==

=== Wikipedia linking convention ===

Could/should we have a convention for formatting and placement of wikipedia links on pages? [[User:PhilHudson|PhilHudson]] 22:37, 24 March 2012 (EET)

=== EmacsWiki linking convention ===

Similar question to Wikipedia wrt EmacsWiki [[User:PhilHudson|PhilHudson]] 23:06, 24 March 2012 (EET)

== Describing Modes and Packages ==

=== Naming Conventions ===

I'd like to suggest *not* suffixing (links to) modes with "-mode". Thus: "org" not "org-mode". For consistency I've been adding links titled "org-mode" until now, since that one was already created when I started. [[User:PhilHudson|PhilHudson]] 22:09, 24 March 2012 (EET)

:Agreed, let's use the "friendly" name of a package. I'd say "Org", "Gnus", "YASnippet", etc. [[User:GregLucas|GregLucas]]

:I actually disagree. E.g. [[Java]] could be a page describing the different Java capabilities of Emacs, with links to the different JavaScript modes. This is especially true for [[JavaScript]], where the [[js-mode]] shipped with the latest Emacs is completely different from the other widely used [[js2-mode]] by Yegge. [[User:Damd|Damd]] 18:20, 25 March 2012 (EEST)

::Hm, good point about disambiguation... I still like the idea of using "titles" vs "commands", though. E.g. a [[Java]] page describing the built-in support (Java Mode) and then linking to articles on related packages (JDEE, etc) and why you might consider them instead. [[User:GregLucas|GregLucas]] 19:32, 25 March 2012 (EEST)

:::How would we handle e.g. [[Haskell]]? Emacs doesn't ship with any Haskell mode as far as I know... [[User:Damd|damd]] 19:58, 25 March 2012 (EEST)

::::Not ship, but a haskell-mode definitely exists and is in use...--[[Special:Contributions/84.192.109.230|84.192.109.230]] 18:33, 11 January 2013 (EET)

== Template for mode-with-github-source pages? ==

Can Wikimedia do page templates? I'm sure the answer is yes. [[User:PhilHudson|PhilHudson]] 23:07, 24 March 2012 (EET)

== Issues ==
* The "Editing Help" link goes to a virgin page, not the full help page.
* Add [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Footnotes Mediawiki Cite extension] to enable footnotes.
* Add [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category#Visualizing_category_tree Category Tree extension] to explore various categories like [[:Category:Programming languages]].

== Syntax highlighting ==

Could we install a MediaWiki plugin which lets us do proper syntax highlighting of different languages? [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi SyntaxHighlight GeSHi] looks like a good alternative. [[User:Damd|damd]] 20:07, 25 March 2012 (EEST)

:I've already installed it, but it doesn't seem to work properly (the fonts seem terribly small) and it doesn't support Emacs Lisp. [[User:Bozhidar|Bozhidar]] 20:24, 26 March 2012 (EEST)

::Are you sure the font size is not because of your web browser settings? They look just fine when I try it. About the Elisp support, we can still use just "lisp" until someone gets around to writing a version for Elisp. [[User:Damd|damd]] 18:44, 31 March 2012 (EEST)

::: I also found font size in the code snippets are inconveniently low. I dont have any special settings for my browser. I am on recent firefox. [[User:Kindahero|Kindahero]] 18:52, 31 March 2012 (EEST)

::::We could customize the CSS for the syntax highlighting plugin, but first let's make sure it's actually something in the CSS that causes this.
::::<pre>This is just an ordinary PRE element.</pre>
::::<syntaxhighlight lang="html4strict">This is a PRE element generated by the syntax highlighting plugin.</syntaxhighlight>
::::Is the font in both examples too tiny? If so, I suggest you check your browser settings. You can configure this in the "Content" section of Firefox's settings. [[User:Damd|damd]] 19:13, 1 April 2012 (EEST)
::::: I only find the second one small not the both. I started with 'firefox -safe-mode' still the same. It seems its general problem with Geshi see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5354968/changing-the-font-size-of-code-formatted-by-syntaxhighlight-geshi-in-mediawiki [[User:Kindahero|Kindahero]] 20:25, 1 April 2012 (EEST)

==fails to create thumbnails==
I think some adminstative settings must be made in order to produce thumbnails of the pictures automatically. Can anyone do this .? check out [[Dictem]] to see what I am talking about. [[User:Kindahero|Kindahero]] 16:21, 31 March 2012 (EEST)
: found this link, http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings#Thumbnail_settings [[User:Kindahero|Kindahero]] 16:24, 31 March 2012 (EEST)
:: another link, http://www.mwusers.com/forums/showthread.php?1334-Resized-thumbnail-images-not-displaying Feel free to delete these links [[User:Kindahero|Kindahero]] 16:28, 31 March 2012 (EEST)

:I see that on <nowiki>[[File:Screenshot-dictem-buffer.jpg]]</nowiki>, the main image is not displayed. The "Full resolution" link shows a valid image. By the way, this type of question might be appropriate for [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/wikemacs Google Groups:WikEmacs]. [[User:Xophist|Xophist]] 21:31, 1 April 2012 (EEST)

== needed plugins ==

* cite.php is needed to show references using <ref> </ref> for example http://wikemacs.org/wiki/Battery#How_to_show_battery_status_only_on_laptop.3F has ref, but not working.?

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