I totally agree with Andreas. I also use this feature from time to time and I think it's quite useful.
Marco Cevoli On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 7:40 AM, WEHLER Andreas < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Martin. > > The local Web-Server is an additional nifty feature. > > We are using zim books heavily for cooperation. We often copy / paste / > merge > zim contents around between different personal and shared zim books. > > But there are also workmates that don't (yet) use zim books. In situations > where those people temporarily need actual infos from my local zim books > in a read only manner (think of remote support use case) I just give them > access > to the local zim book via the built in WEB Server facility. Exporting a > snapshot > version access via some html-server on some other host is tedious in this > case. > > This exception proves the rule that by definition - as you have correctly > stated - > there is NO ACCESS to my local desktop wiki. > > So, please, just ignore features that you for yourself are probably > not going to use. > > Best regards, > > Andreas > > > > On 04.01.2015 00:44, Martin Vegter wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am starting to use Zim as my personal wiki. I have chosen Zim after a > > long and painful selection process, because Zim fit best my idea of a > > personal wiki, and it seemed to be lightweight and minimalistic. > > > > Now when I am getting to know Zim better, I am a bit > > surprised/disapointed that Zim comes with a build-in webserver. > > > > I know that the webserver is not running by default. But the sole > > existence of the webserver makes me question the underlying philosophy > > of zim development. > > > > A personal wiki is by definition personal, not public. There are plenty > > of collaborative, web-server based wikis for shared content editing. > > > > I see a dividing line between a personal wiki and public wiki. Both have > > their applications and uses, but should be kept separate. > > > > I find it alarming that there is a button in the menu, which when > > clicked, publishes my personal wiki on 0.0.0.0:8080. It is unlikely that > > I would click it by mistake, and even then, I still have 8080 blocked by > > firewall. But nevertheless there is something in me that does not like > > this idea even in theory. > > > > I would like to kindly suggest to re-evaluate the decision of whether it > > is a good idea to integrate a webserver into Zim. > > > > In the meantime, what would be the best way for me to disable the > > webserver on my machine? > > > > remove zim/gui/server.py and delete the following line from > > zim/gui/__init__.py ? > > ('show_server_gui', None, _('Start _Web Server'), '', '', True), # T: > > Menu item > > > > > > I hope you appreciate my feedback > > > > regards, > > Martin Vegter > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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