Thomas Mortagne wrote:
> Hi devs,
> 
> I need some help to decide what is the best to convert objects when
> changing the syntax.
> 
> The problem is that we can't just extend the content conversion
> javascript to the objects because the way edit mode works the
> wiki/WYSIWYG and objects edit modes are isolated: the page is reloaded
> and content lost when switching to objects are reloaded for database.
> 
> So I can see some way to do some more clean that others:
> 1) refactor the general edit mode to load everything and switch
> between content/objects without reloading the page or at least without
> loosing content like we do for WYSIWYG/content switch
> 2) let the content conversion work as it is and convert and save the objects
> 3) convert and save everything
> 
> I think 1) would be the best, I think the user should not loose
> content when switching objects/content anyway. But this looks like too
> big for 1.8.1 which need the objects converted when content is
> converted.
> 2) is wrong IMO because this mean we will have a 2.0 document with 1.0
> content/2.0 objects in it until the user save the document and worst
> if the user does not save the content.
> I think we should do 3) (with a warning to the user saying that this
> change can be reverted in the history) waiting for 1).
> 
> WDYT ?
> 

1) is something for the future. 3) seems the right choice.

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Sergiu Dumitriu
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