Hi again,

Just now, I installed and update of the extension that replaces the default 
edit form  for Command pages by a dedicated form. This should make editing a 
lot easier, since there is no longer any visible XML code to confuse you.

Best wishes,
Taco

> On 20 Aug 2020, at 14:04, Taco Hoekwater <t...@elvenkind.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As announced last week, I have been working on a wiki extension to control 
> the editing of /Command pages. That extension is now installed on the main 
> wiki.
> 
> In short, we will switch to XML as the page model for newly created /Command 
> pages. This makes editing a bit harder, but it allows much better quality 
> control and (fairly) easy export and import.
> 
> The goal is to eventually be able to easily export all of the reference 
> documentation in the wiki to a separate system (for instance, Paul Mazaitis 
> plans to create a full-blown reference manual). In the current situation, 
> this is nearly impossible because there is so much variation in the content 
> and quality of the wiki /Command pages (not to mention that many are 
> missing). We also want it to be possible to merge improvements to the 
> interface xml definitions by Wolfgang without loosing any existing 
> documentation work.
> 
> The documentation pages are here:
> 
>   https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command
>   https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Help:Command
>   https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Extension:ConTeXtXML
> 
> After reading those, have a look at the three ‘work pages’:
> 
>   https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Document_level_commands_work_page
>   https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Style_level_commands_work_page
>   https://wiki.contextgarden.net/System_level_commands_work_page 
> 
> All the bright red links are currently undocumented commands. Clicking on one 
> should bring you to the edit screen automatically, with a blob of XML 
> preloaded, ready for you to start writing.
> 
> All the dark red links are existing /Command pages. All of those are 
> traditional wiki text pages. Following those links will bring you to a normal 
> /Command page just like on the main wiki. If you want to see how one of those 
> pages would look like in the new system, you’ll have to rename the existing 
> page first (as explained in 
> https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command#Pre-existing_pages ) 
> 
> If you do some work, please update those work pages!
> 
> 
> Comments, suggestions and bug reports are more than welcome. 
> 
> Please direct those to me personally or (better) to the wiki mailing list:
> 
>       https://lists.contextgarden.net/mailman/listinfo/wiki
> 
> Have fun!
> 
> Taco
> 
> 
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