Hi
I have been tearing my hair all of today trying to create a lengthy document
in the WYSIWYG editor, so i totally agree :) 
Here is one way to improve the WYSIWYG stability:
http://www.nabble.com/wysiwyg-editor-is-lame-tp16787052p16787052.html
http://www.nabble.com/wysiwyg-editor-is-lame-tp16787052p16787052.html 
However, i was thinking, until the new GWT editor is ready, would the bugs
in the current editor be patched? I guess not but I could be wrong. This
leaves "corporate users" with no choice till the GWT editor is ready, maybe
end of the year.
A great option would be to improve the end user experience in the Wiki
editor, IF the effort is not significant. Something on the lines of
Dokuwiki, which has a toolbar for most Wiki editing functions so that the
end user need not necessarily remember the Wiki syntax. (Image attached).

I dont really understand the complexity of implementing this though.
Shiva


goldring, richard wrote:
> 
> James,
> 
> I too have issues with the WYSIWYG editor messing up pages. When it works
> -
> its great, but when it seems to randomly mess you edits up - ahhh! It
> doesn't seem to translate to wiki markup very well sometimes. I understand
> there might be a new better WYSIWYG editor being developed perhaps maybe
> available this September. Meantime I'd suggest using the wiki editor -
> it's
> quite good when you get used to it and it doesn't mess up your pages
> although it doesn't quite have all the features available that the WYSIWYG
> editor.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Richard
> 
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> Subject: [xwiki-users] Editing with Wysiwyg
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> 
> 
> I am having major difficulties with the Wysiwyg editor in both 1.3.2 and
> 1.4.
> If I use Wysiwyg, the text font displayed while in the editor is not the
> same as the final wiki page. Often I have several lines that are in a
> different font, even though they looked the same while using Wysiwyg. I am
> also finding random issues. For example, today I changed the font colour
> of
> an index page and lost all of the links. I am using a standard Toucan
> skin.
> 
> Is it common to have problems with the Wysiwg editor, or is there a fix I
> haven't found? I am finding I am spending as much time fixing the
> appearance
> of pages as writing them. Alternatively, is there another wiki with better
> editing.
> 
> Thanks
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