6 | | Editing wiki text is easy, using any web browser and a simple [WikiFormatting formatting system], rather than more complex markup languages like HTML. The reasoning behind its design is that HTML, with its large collection of nestable tags, is too complicated to allow fast-paced editing, and distracts from the actual content of the pages. Note though that Trac also supports [wiki:WikiHtml HTML], [wiki:WikiRestructuredText reStructuredText] and [http://www.textism.com/tools/textile/ Textile] as alternative markup formats. |
| 8 | Editing wiki text is easy, using any web browser and a simple [WikiFormatting formatting system], rather than more complex markup languages like HTML. The reasoning behind its design is that HTML, with its large collection of nestable tags, is too complicated to allow fast-paced editing, and distracts from the actual content of the pages. Note though that Trac also supports [WikiHtml HTML], [WikiRestructuredText reStructuredText] and [http://www.textism.com/tools/textile/ Textile] as alternative markup formats, which can eventually be used in parts of a page (so called wiki “blocks”). |
10 | | The wiki itself does not enforce any structure, but rather resembles a stack of empty sheets of paper, where you can organize information and documentation as you see fit, and later reorganize if necessary. |
| 12 | The wiki itself does not enforce any structure, but rather resembles a stack of empty sheets of paper, where you can organize information and documentation as you see fit, and later reorganize if necessary. |
| 13 | As contributing to a wiki is essentially building hypertext, |
| 14 | general advice regarding HTML authoring apply here as well. |
| 15 | For example, the ''[http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style Style Guide for online hypertext]'' explains how to think about the |
| 16 | [http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/Structure.html overall structure of a work] |
| 17 | and how to organize information [http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/WithinDocument.html within each document]. One of the most important tip is “make your HTML page such that you can read it even if you don't follow any links.” |
22 | | Some more information about wiki on the web: |
23 | | * http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki |
24 | | * http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory |
25 | | * http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?WhyWikiWorks |
| 25 | Before saving your changes, you can ''Preview'' the page or ''Review the Changes'' you've made. |
| 26 | You can get an automatic preview of the formatting as you type when you activate the ''Edit Side-by-side'' mode (you have to Preview the page for the setting to take effect). '' There is a [wiki:/TracIni#trac-section configurable delay] between when you make your edit and when the automatic preview will update.'' |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Some more information about wikis on the web: |
| 29 | * A definition of [http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki], in a famous wiki encyclopedia |
| 30 | * The [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory History] of the original wiki |
| 31 | * A wiki page explaining [http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?WhyWikiWorks why wiki works] |