I bet they can understand <pre> then. :) On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:35 PM, John C Nash <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> wrote: > The wiki has been around for 5 years and has >1000 pages. All built by > simple volunteer > effort, no money at all. > > Thanks for volunteering to convert everything to WordPress! We expect it > all up and > running by tonight, of course, as there are folk going to use the > instructions tomorrow in > Iroquois. > > Beyond the tongue in cheek, the present issue arose because people who are > not computer > folk are interested in sharing information. They understand Wikipedia, so > know how to > "use" the resource, and now are wanting to contribute. Starting over, I > would do things > differently, but the present structure is, I am told, working quite well, > so it's now a > matter of making it easier for users. > > JN > > > On 10/07/2011 02:08 PM, Darcy Whyte wrote: > > Not sure I'd want them in a wiki then personally. > > > > I bet you'd get better mileage out of wordpress. > > > > There is probably a plugin where they could highlight text and mark it > for pre formatting. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:01 PM, John C Nash <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca <mailto: > nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>> > > wrote: > > > > HTML is a 4 letter word for my users. And I try to avoid mixing HTML > with the Mediawiki > > formatting. These are folk dancers, and computers are VERY foreign to > them. But they can > > understand the way typewriters work -- some of them still have > typewriters! > > > > JN > > > > > > On 10/07/2011 01:55 PM, Darcy Whyte wrote: > > > html pre? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:19 PM, John C Nash <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca > > <mailto:nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> <mailto:nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca <mailto: > nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > I have a wiki that has instructions for several hundreds of > folk dances. The > > simplest way > > > for folk to put these in is as plain text, then use the "grey > box" wiki feature to > > > maintain a monospaced font, as it helps to give the A, B and C > parts of the > > music and the > > > bar counts for each figure -- a very crude tabular format. For > those not > > familiar, putting > > > 2 spaces (some specs say 1 is enough) creates a typewriter like > text box on > > Mediawiki > > > (Wikipedia software). > > > > > > On my own machines, I have a command line tool in Perl that > does this job to all > > lines of > > > a file. However, for my wiki users, it would be nice to have a > link on the wiki > > that opens > > > a new tab with a text box and a button that will add the spaces > to the text in > > the box. > > > Then the material can be copied and used in the wiki page. I'm > sure someone must > > have done > > > this before, but finding such a beast (or even thinking of the > right search > > terms) is > > > non-trivial. I'd welcome pointers or some prototype > HTML/Javascript or whatever. > > I'm sure > > > it is not that difficult, but though I've done some php, I've > no expertise in > > Javascript. > > > > > > Best, JN > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Linux mailing list > > > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca <mailto:Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> > > <mailto:Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca <mailto:Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca>> > > > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux mailing list > > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca <mailto:Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> > > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >