Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-12 Thread Petr Bena
I made a few changes to extension and I would like to make following changes as well: * Preferences allowing users to disable the feature or change the autosave limits * Options for site administrators to change the UI, via MW pages * Notification area to edit form so that users see when the

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-12 Thread Andrew Garrett
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, this is a proposal for a new feature to mediawiki core or a new extension (I would myself prefer an extension, but given that the development process seems to be broken, per my previous email, it's likely not possible

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-12 Thread Andrew Garrett
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Andrew Garrett agarr...@wikimedia.orgwrote: Have you seen http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Drafts ? Sorry. http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/128/slowpoke_pokemon.gif -- Andrew Garrett Wikimedia Foundation agarr...@wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Marcin Cieslak
Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: It isn't stable, maybe someone should take over the work on it... If it was finished it would be nice to have feature, if it was ever deployed of course. Can you describe (maybe on a talk page or maybe better in bugzilla) what's wrong with this extension

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Petr Bena
I have no idea the page of extension say that it isn't stable On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Marcin Cieslak sa...@saper.info wrote: Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: It isn't stable, maybe someone should take over the work on it... If it was finished it would be nice to have feature, if

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Chris Grant
Hmm, you could probably do this with a javascript gadget. It would probably be quicker and easier than an extension. - Chris On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: I have no idea the page of extension say that it isn't stable On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:59 AM,

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:18 AM, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: I have no idea the page of extension say that it isn't stable Because the author of the extension never marked it as stable. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Happy Melon
On 11 April 2012 10:48, Benjamin Lees emufarm...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:18 AM, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: I have no idea the page of extension say that it isn't stable https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1 --HM

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Petr Bena
So you say person who created it finished the extension to deployment ready status and just forgot to update the extension page for it :-) I will try to review it a bit then On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Happy Melon happy.melon.w...@gmail.com wrote: On 11 April 2012 10:48, Benjamin Lees

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Petr Bena
I deployed it to english wikipedia on deployment site for test: http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Drafts let's try it ;) if there are no issues found I will ask for a full code review and hopefully it won't take years for it to happen. Anyway I still believe this should be in

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Petr Bena
It really needs some more work, I didn't find how to use it, it likely doesn't work with latest mediawiki, anyway, the question now is whether it's worth of implementing this to core or making an extension? I would prefer making an extension, but again, implementing it to core will make it easier

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Helder
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:38, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: It really needs some more work, I didn't find how to use it, it likely doesn't work with latest mediawiki I noticed this: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:Drafts#Bugs ___

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Petr Bena
Yes it looks like some problem with the het setup, I will try to talk to werdna regarding this. On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Helder helder.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:38, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: It really needs some more work, I didn't find how to use it, it

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Petr Bena
Ok, I managed to fix it, anyway there are still some issues: The autosave works after 2 minutes of inactivity. It should work anyway, in case your pc crash there is no way to recover your work, since it's browser which waits 2 minutes for inactivity and not a server and browser crashes together

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Chad
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I managed to fix it, anyway there are still some issues: The autosave works after 2 minutes of inactivity. It should work anyway, in case your pc crash there is no way to recover your work, since it's browser which

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Petr Bena
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Chad innocentkil...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I managed to fix it, anyway there are still some issues: The autosave works after 2 minutes of inactivity. It should work anyway, in case your pc

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-11 Thread Chad
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Chad innocentkil...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: If this is done properly with classes and ids, this should all be customizable by

[Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-10 Thread Petr Bena
Hi, this is a proposal for a new feature to mediawiki core or a new extension (I would myself prefer an extension, but given that the development process seems to be broken, per my previous email, it's likely not possible for a non-wmf dev to have it deployed) I think many editors had the problem

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-10 Thread Bináris
Sounds good, Petr! I think many users will love it. -- Bináris ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-10 Thread Petr Bena
Also, another cool feature would be auto save, which would periodically save the work somewhere, probably to a separate table and in case your computer would crash, you could recover it. The auto saved revisions would be removed from db after certain time On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Bináris

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-10 Thread Tei
On 10 April 2012 10:57, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, this is a proposal for a new feature to mediawiki core or a new extension (I would myself prefer an extension, but given that the development process seems to be broken, per my previous email, it's likely not possible for a

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-10 Thread Seb35
Hi, There is already such an extension: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Drafts Last time I played with it (some years ago) it was well-functionning and really practical. Sébastien Le Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:02:09 +0200, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com a écrit: Also, another cool feature

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-10 Thread Helder
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 06:46, Seb35 seb35wikipe...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, There is already such an extension: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Drafts Last time I played with it (some years ago) it was well-functionning and really practical. Indeed. It was already available when the

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-10 Thread Petr Bena
This extension isn't really the same as what I proposed, however it was presented years ago but never deployed. Is there any existing extension which can do auto save? On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Helder helder.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 06:46, Seb35

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-10 Thread Helder
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 07:35, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any existing extension which can do auto save? The Extension:Drafts does. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikitech-l] Save to userspace

2012-04-10 Thread Petr Bena
It isn't stable, maybe someone should take over the work on it... If it was finished it would be nice to have feature, if it was ever deployed of course. On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Helder helder.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 07:35, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: Is