https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41770
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Bug #: 41770
Summary: Highlighting syntax within editing window by default
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Page editing
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: ijethro...@gmail.com
Classification: Unclassified
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Having read <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16268> and
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11627>, this enhancement
proposal is sufficiently different and is based on different discussion.
There is a wide consensus of editors who would like to see syntax highlighting
in the standard editing window turned on by default, particularly for
references, for wiki markup. This consensus has been reached in two
discussions on en.wiki, one at the Village Pump
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28proposals%29/Archive_92#Differentiating_reference_syntax_in_the_editing_window.>
and one in a Request For Comments that was a part of Centralized Discussion for
30 days:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Syntax_differentiation_in_editing_window>.
Given the course of the discussion, and the overwhelming support for this
functionality, I decided to submit this proposal to bugzilla.
Many participants in the above discussions expressed that adding a syntax
highlighter would make editing a more accessible experience for newer users.
In fact, direct feedback from new editors has suggested that this has been a
problem (e.g. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedbackDashboard/46104>).
They are also unsatisfied with
Previous proposals have stated that implementing this internally is not
possible. However, this is incorrect; there are at least some examples of
non-external editors that work or could work reasonably well:
- jsfiddle: <http://jsfiddle.net/> (with implementation:
<http://doc.jsfiddle.net/>)
- AceWikiEditor: <http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjelp:AceWikiEditor>
- en.wikipedia user RememberTheDot's syntax highlighter:
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Remember_the_dot/Syntax_highlighter>
(which I use).
The only thing I would have liked to see more of in the above discussions were
persons who might be able to discuss a specific implementation. Some
discussion of that is here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Syntax_differentiation_in_editing_window#Implementation>.
Such discussion would be helpful here, given the above information on how it
may be viable to implement this internally.
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