Nathan Hartman wrote on Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:31 +00:00:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 12:03 AM Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> > Nathan Hartman wrote on Wed, 11 Dec 2019 04:44 +00:00:
> > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 9:22 PM Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> > > > I wanted to update the Python 3 page on the wiki, but I'm given a choice
> > > > between a in-browser WYSIWYG editor and editing raw HTML. Neither of
> > > > these is very user-friendly to me (the default editor doesn't even
> > > > render correctly; the raw HTML editor puts the whole list of bullets in
> > > > one long source line — without LF characters after the <br/> tags). Is
> > > > there any way to get something that I can copy to $EDITOR, edit, and
> > > > copy back?
> > >
> > > Did you solve it?
> >
> > I haven't.
> >
> > I ended up copying the HTML to $EDITOR, added a line break in every
> > «<br/>» between the «r» and the «/», and made the edit this way. It
> > seems to have worked, but when I opened the edit window again
> > afterwards it was again all one long line, so I'll have the problem again
> > next time.
>
> From my reading of some Confluence docs and questions/answers, it
> appears that Confluence does not store HTML or Markdown, but rather
> generates that from whatever internal format it uses when request it.
> So, unfortunately, any HTML formatting changes won't round-trip through
> the wiki.
Thanks for looking into that, Nathan.
> > I'm hoping I won't have to do such search-and-replace hacks every time;
> > it's as user-friendly as a steering wheel that does CAPTCHAs during
> > red lights.
>
> Don't give them any ideas, they might do that on self driving cars.
"Install breathalyzers in the driver's sun visor." Sorry, but I needed those $0.0083 :P
> Thanks for triaging scripts and finding those that weren't on the list.
You're welcome. To be clear, I just happened to run across one script
that wasn't in the list, but I have not checked whether any other
scripts are missing from the list.
Cheers,
Daniel
Received on 2019-12-13 01:36:30 CET