On 09 Sep 2014, at 14:14, Philippe Grosjean <phgrosj...@sciviews.org> wrote:
> > On 09 Sep 2014, at 13:39, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 09/09/2014, 2:45 AM, Philippe Grosjean wrote: >>> Yihui and Gábor, >>> >>> I agree with you, and I also think that using Travis CI would be very nice. >>> However, there are hundreds of page on the R wiki to migrate… and syntax is >>> a little bit different than Markdown. >>> >>> Of course, a solution would be to start again from scratch, but I think >>> that those who have contributed to the R Wiki deserve more respect. Any >>> suggestion, or idea about this? >> >> It's often not hard to write a simple parser for markup languages like >> this, and then you can parse the original and rewrite the equivalent new >> markup. If the markup is only a "little bit" different than Markdown, >> you can ignore all the similar bits, and only worry about parsing the >> different parts. (And if the parsing isn't perfect, it may be that >> manual tweaking isn't so hard.) >> > Yes, you are right. I have looked at Pandoc, but it only supports DokuWiki in > output, not in input. Oh, by the way, I found this one: https://github.com/ludoza/DokuWiki-to-Markdown-Converter PhG > > >> Of course, you did also say something about being "very busy with exams >> + Master and PhD theses", so now might not be the time… >> > Indeed,… unless there are volunteers over there to help? > > Philippe > >> Duncan >> >> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Philippe >>> On 08 Sep 2014, at 23:12, Gábor Csárdi <csardi.ga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I second this suggestion. >>>> >>>> One possible complication I see is that if you would like to run the R >>>> code (to display its output for example), then AFAIK you cannot simply >>>> use Jekyll on Github's side, but would need some additional >>>> infrastructure. >>>> >>>> It might be possible to use Travis (or some other) CI for it, and >>>> avoid installing additional software and/or servers, but anyway, this >>>> requires some care and effort. >>>> >>>> If you don't want to run the code, then it is very easy, apart from >>>> the (one-time) migration cost. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Gabor >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Yihui Xie <x...@yihui.name> wrote: >>>>> I want to make a humble suggestion: migrate the wiki to Github, and >>>>> build the pages using Jekyll+Markdown. That way, I think it will >>>>> attract more volunteers. Simply look how many pull requests that >>>>> Hadley has got for his up-coming book hosted on Github >>>>> (http://adv-r.had.co.nz): https://github.com/hadley/adv-r/pulls I have >>>>> had the experience of maintaining web servers and different wiki/CMS >>>>> systems (including Dokuwiki -- I have even written a PHP plugin for >>>>> it), and eventually I found I could not afford the time on the job of >>>>> a system admin. Now I never do that again, and I just focus on >>>>> maintaining the content. Let the professionals do the hosting and >>>>> compilation service, and my life has become so much better (no more >>>>> worries about security holes and attacks). >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Yihui >>>>> -- >>>>> Yihui Xie <xieyi...@gmail.com> >>>>> Web: http://yihui.name >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Philippe GROSJEAN >>>>> <philippe.grosj...@umons.ac.be> wrote: >>>>>> Uwe and all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I have problems with the R wiki engine. It seems that there is a >>>>>> systematic attack of the R wiki site that produces an overconsumption of >>>>>> the server's CPU, and consequently, my provider did shutdown the whole >>>>>> SciViews.org web site. >>>>>> >>>>>> Now, it is a bad time for me to work on this (very busy with exams + >>>>>> Master and PhD theses). I am currently looking for an expert in CMS to >>>>>> look at the problem. I don't know when I will be able to solve this and >>>>>> reopen the R Wiki. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> >>>>>> Philippe >>>>>> ..............................................<°}))><........ >>>>>> ) ) ) ) ) >>>>>> ( ( ( ( ( Prof. Philippe Grosjean >>>>>> ) ) ) ) ) >>>>>> ( ( ( ( ( Numerical Ecology of Aquatic Systems >>>>>> ) ) ) ) ) Mons University, Belgium >>>>>> ( ( ( ( ( >>>>>> .............................................................. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 06 Sep 2014, at 17:28, Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Rather than asking here, I'd ask Philippe Grosjean directly, hence >>>>>>> CCIng. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>> Uwe Ligges >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 06.09.2014 01:17, André Z. D. A. wrote: >>>>>>>> This does not answer you, but if you are looking for something that >>>>>>>> existed on that wiki, it may help: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://web.archive.org/web/20140112055032/http://rwiki.sciviews.org/ >>>>>>>> doku.php >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> And that wiki doesn't look like it had a lot of activity: >>>>>>>> https://web.archive.org/web/20140301000000*/http://rwiki.sciviews.org/ >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >>> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
