On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:29, Kevin Dunn <kgd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 15:50, Snaky Love <snakyl...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Kevin, >> >> > One example of that approach is a wiki I use for teaching my classes: >> e.g. >> > >> > * Web page:http://stats4.eng.mcmaster.ca/wiki/LVM:_class_1 >> > * Wiki and RST code for the same page: >> http://stats4.eng.mcmaster.ca/w/index.php?title=LVM:_class_1&action=edit >> >> wow, very impressive!!! That is really a nice example, thank you for >> the link! Also very good to see that the idea of using sphinx for >> collaborative editing does not seem to be such a bad abuse! >> > > I currently use the wiki by myself, not in collaboration with anyone, but > it should work with multiple people -- in principle. There is a case where > it doesn't work: I cannot cross reference between wiki pages, without > writing a full hyperlink that includes the domain name. This is problematic > if you move the wiki to a new host - you need to edit every link. > > >> >> > The site is an ordinary Mediawiki installation, but I've created a >> Mediawiki >> > extension so that any wiki text that appears between <rst> ... </rst> >> tags >> > is stripped out... >> >> ok, well, Kevin, you might guess, what I would like to ask you >> now??? :))) >> > > I was fearing this ... which I didn't volunteer the code earlier. > > >> <scent of roses> Would you like to make your extension available to >> the public? </scent of roses> >> > > No problem. It will take a bit of work to strip out the parts of the code > containing usernames and passwords, and code that is specific to my case. I > will try to make it more general and aim to have it posted on BitBucket by > early next week. > > >> >> > That same RST code is used to compile (LaTeX) PDF documents for the >> students >> >> *very* nice! What about tables? I see you are using images for the >> nice table data. >> Would it be possible to have the tables edited with the wiki and >> scaled automatically to fit on the pdf page? >> What if I would like to rotate the table 90 degree for the pdf? >> > > That image of a table was a screenshot of a software package. I usually > add tables using the regular RST syntax (as much as I dislike that syntax - > it's clumsy to edit a table e.g. to add a column. I would really like a > Sphinx extension that does tables in the way that LaTeX code does it - but > that's a small issue) > > Regarding the PDF: I don't currently generate the PDF from the wiki page in > an automated way. Right now I just copy and paste the markup out of the > wiki, generate the PDF with Sphinx and upload the PDF back to the wiki. > It's tedious, I know, but for my teaching purposes I don't make frequent > changes to the PDF files once I post them online - the students tend to hate > that. However, I see the advantage of automating the PDF creation in many > other cases - and it can be done. Perhaps we can add that to the code once > I post it next week? >
Hi everyone, The code is available now. Please see this new thread: http://groups.google.com/group/sphinx-dev/browse_thread/thread/f6024d55373db749 Kevin > > Kevin > > >> >> Thank you very much for your attention! >> Snaky >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sphinx-dev" group. >> To post to this group, send email to sphinx-...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> sphinx-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<sphinx-dev%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/sphinx-dev?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sphinx-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to sphinx-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sphinx-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sphinx-dev?hl=en.
