ParserBeforeStrip?  I'm not sure I completely understand what you are doing, 
but that's what I use for modifying the saved wikitext.  I don't recall seeing 
any of the other things you mention.


On Sep 21, 2013, at 3:28 PM, Tom Bishop, Wenlin Institute wrote:

> I'm writing an extension that enables pages in a particular namespace to be 
> stored and edited in a special notation. The extension converts that notation 
> into wiki markup for display. I've tried adding a hook for 
> ParserBeforeInternalParse or ArticleAfterFetchContentObject.
> 
> ParserBeforeInternalParse works fine except for one problem. Not only the 
> page content gets converted, but also the part of the footer that says "This 
> page has been accessed ... times", and also some of the text shown for the 
> "View History" tab (and probably other pieces of user-interface text that I'm 
> not aware of). One solution would be to embed some unique identifying string 
> in the notation, or surround the notation with a a unique tag, but I hope to 
> avoid that. The extension checks getTitle()->getNamespace() so that it only 
> converts text for the appropriate namespace. I'm hoping something similar can 
> distinguish page content from other text.
> 
> ArticleAfterFetchContentObject also works fine except for a different 
> (similar) problem. The page content is converted even when the user selects 
> the "Edit" tab. It's important that the "Edit" tab should bring up the 
> notation as it's stored, unconverted.
> 
> Without embedding any special text in the page content, can the handler for 
> ParserBeforeInternalParse recognize when it's being called for page content 
> rather than for footer/history/etc.? Or can the handler for 
> ArticleAfterFetchContentObject recognize when it's being called for the 
> "Read" tab as opposed to the "Edit" tab?
> 
> Alternatively, is there a different hook that would serve this purpose better?
> 
> Thanks and best wishes,
> 
> Tom
> 
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