On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 12:30:37 -0800 Dave Fisher <wave4d...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 11, 2020, at 11:46 AM, Dick Groskamp <di...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > >> On 2020/12/11 19:34:47, Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> > >> wrote: > >> Hi Dick, > >> > >>> Am 11.12.20 um 20:29 schrieb Dick Groskamp: > >>> > >>> On 2020/12/11 17:23:20, Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> > >>> wrote: > >>>> Hi Dick, > >>>> > >>>> Am 11.12.20 um 17:14 schrieb Dick Groskamp: > >>>> > >>>> The extension is not broken, it is outdated. It cannot be updated > >>>> because that would need a newer version of Wiki. > >>>> However, our AOO skin for the Wiki must be adapted to the newer Wiki > >>>> version... > >>>> > >>>> At least that is what I understood from Andrea's posts regarding the > >>>> Wiki server in 2019 [1] > >>>> > >>> Well, if it is outdated and it doesn't do its job, I think it is broken. > >>> What I meant to say is that it doesn't work the way it was designed > >>> anymore. > >>>> See above, the extension is not ours. It is from mediaWiki.org (?) > >>>> > >>> Well, I think it is ours. It was especially created by former developers > >>> for this purpose and it is probably nowhere else available/usable and > >>> just works on our wiki. > >> > >> Who would that developer be?! Do you know a name? > > > > It was somewhere up in this thread: > > // Extension credits that will show up on Special:Version > > $wgExtensionCredits['parserhook'][] = array( > > 'name' => 'IDL Tags', > > 'version' => '1.0.2', > > 'author' => array( 'Clayton Cornell', 'Terry Ellison' ), > > This clearly an OOo extension. > > Clayton didn’t really join AOO and Terry did the Forum move but seemed to get > frustrated and left. Terry had health problems and, as far as I remember, changed residence to Greece about 2010; he has not logged onto en-Forum since Aug 2017. I have no information as to his well-being. Rory > > I think that the approach could be separate from Carl’s new Wiki VM effort. > > Someone will need to look at the current VM and try your idea about changing > the function. > > If Andrea can’t then I’ll have a look early next week. > > Regards, > Dave > > > 'description' => 'Manage the IDL links in the OOo Dev Guide ', > > 'url' => > > 'http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Wiki_maintenance/IDLTagExtension', > > ); > >> > >> Isn't it more likely that it is a mediawiki extension like: > >> > >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight > >> > > That is probably where the confusion comes from. You can develop your own > > extensions if you want, just like our own .oxt's. The whole IDLTags > > extension is the PHP-page Carl copied from the configuration. That's all > >>> > >>> I haven't read Andrea's post yet, I focused more on getting this > >>> defective extension IDLTags repaired. > >> > >> Well, that would be a workaround for the moment, but we should "simply" > >> fix the source of the problem... > >> > > With "source of the problem" I assume you mean upgrading the wiki version > > and updating the skin > > etc as mentioned in Andrea's post > > > > As far as I know has Carl a new updated VM available to go along with > > that, but he has a tiny > > problem getting access. I think that will be the next step. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
