Forgot to add in the URL for a wget formula I've used before: http://yoush.homelinux.org:8079/tech/download-mediawiki-content-for-offline-browsing
---- Mika A Epstein (aka Ipstenu) http://ipstenu.org On 18 Sep 2011, at 3:47:10PM, Mika A Epstein wrote: > Understanding the why and wherefore of a question helps the people answering > it find the best answer possible. Many times, the best answer that satisfies > as much as possible, can only be found with a complete understanding. > > In that specific situation, people who need to access it while working > offline, I would consider spinning up my own, localhost version of MediaWiki > (make it read only), running an export of the WordPress content, and copying > it all up. Sync it once or twice a week, and Bob's your uncle. Keeps it > both readable AND in a familiar format/layout. > > ---- > Mika A Epstein (aka Ipstenu) > http://ipstenu.org > > On 18 Sep 2011, at 2:38:35PM, Mike Little wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 20:10, BUGHUNTER <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello Mike, >> >> >> You have yet to explain why you need this. What giant leap for the community >> will you having a private copy of the codex provide? >> >> >> Hmmm, it was written before: there are people still offline a lot! >> >> >> Actually what you wrote was "is there a codex git repo for offline >> processing / viewing?" >> >> >> I do not feel that your question is legitimate or could not be answered by >> yourself, but why not just answer it - I will work on a project in asia for >> a few months and, well, you might imagine that there are still places on >> this planet where there is no internet 24/7 - really! Especially in an >> educational context it might be good to have codex offline with rsyncable >> and therefor efficient updates. >> >> Now, that I answered your question, I wold like you to answer mine: >> >> >>> You have yet to explain why you need this. >> >> Why do feel like I have to explain this? >> >> >> I don't feel like you have to explain it, I simply asked the question. >> >> You seem to be very insistent asking for something there seems little >> enthusiasm to do, and then you declared that it would be good for the >> community, but I didn't understand from your earlier posts in this thread >> why it would be good. >> >> >> >> Really, is it so uncommon that people read documentation offline? >> >> >> As I mention above, you specifically referred to "processing" >> >> >> BTW I did not think that this is a problem or anything that an experienced >> developer had to think more than 10 minutes about or that it might be >> becoming an issue discussed so much. In the time we are discussing this, >> dumps could have been configured many times... >> >> >> It has been explained in this thread and the other referred thread that the >> codex is not a standard codex and has modified code, and for all I know >> modified data structure too. >> >> And as I have already pointed out in my previous email, you could have >> spidered the whole codex many times over during the course of this thread. >> >> Why would a spidered copy of the site not be suitable for off line reading? >> >> >> Another question: your mediawiki is so special that mysql dumps do not work >> anymore? Seriously? And you can not solve it? >> >> >> Firstly, it's not my MediaWiki, secondly, you seem to be making the mistake >> that what you think is desirable and easy, is desirable and easy for anyone >> else. It seems to me that there is no great desire to provide this service. >> >> >> >> Mike >> -- >> Mike Little >> http://zed1.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> wp-docs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-docs > > _______________________________________________ > wp-docs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-docs _______________________________________________ wp-docs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-docs
