I drafted my proposal for the Math equations for VisualEditor Plugin, please have a read and help pointing me a right direction. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jiabao_wu/GSoC_2013_Application
I have not put a bug report link yet, since I wonder if I shall just use the exsiting link or create a new one. Thanks! :D On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Quim Gil <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/24/2013 08:16 AM, Jiabao Wu wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Thanks for your friendly replies. >> >> I am interested in the awesome Visual Editor and would like to take the >> plugins project idea. I would like to focus on adding support for editing >> equations and also insertion of images. >> > > If you are interested in support for mathematical equations then this is > an interesting area where improvements are welcome. > > See > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.**org/show_bug.cgi?id=43058<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43058>- > we know the situation isn't ideal (and not even well documented) but > James Forrester (VisualEditor product manager and volunteer mentor) can > help pointing to possible directions. > > An alternative idea is to leave VisualEditor aside and work on features to > improve the current Math support. You should take into consideration how > equations are currently rendered in MediaWiki by default with the Math > extension and with the opt-in MathJax support. > > Coincidentally, today we had lunch with James Forrester (VisualEditor > product manager) and a member of the MathJax team, and the interest shown > by a student (you) came to the conversation. We might get him as co-mentor > from MathJax if your present a proposal and it's selected. > > But there is a lot of definition work that needs to be done and there are > not many days left. In addition to this, OPW requires a small contribution > related to your proposal. I'm not the best person to recommend a small task > in this area, but there is no lack of open Bugzilla reports under the Math > extension... > > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.**org/buglist.cgi?list_id=** > 197627&resolution=---&query_**format=advanced&component=** > Math&product=MediaWiki%**20extensions<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=197627&resolution=---&query_format=advanced&component=Math&product=MediaWiki%20extensions> > > >> These are common and useful functions, what are your opinions on the value >> of this proposal to mediawiki? >> >> Google docs handles these two quite nicely with their editor. Though we >> can't see the language they represent it with I would like to accomplish >> something similar for visual editor. >> > > -- > Quim Gil > Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
