PmWiki | Cookbook / AnyWikiDraw

Summary:Java based drawing tool to replace PmWikiDraw eventually

Version: 0.15

Prerequisites: Java 6 Applet support (clientside)

Status:In development

Maintainer: Ciaran Jessup

Categories: Editing, Images

Questions answered by this recipe

Why isn't PmWikiDraw the greatest plugin in the world?

Description

PmWikiDraw has been in need of some tender loving care for a considerable amount of time. It has long been the intention to replace the existing PmWikiDraw plugins with a more modern (JHotdraw 7) based approach to editing, allowing the file format to be SVG or XML or some other file format rather than the previous non-standard file-format. AnyWikiDraw is an attempt to bring a uniform approach to drawing across all wikis, AnyWikiDraw currently supports TWiki, PmWiki and MediaWiki.

The intention of AnyWikiDraw is to encourage collaboration between team members when drawing in the same way the wiki encourages collaboration when writing. In the long term AnyWikiDraw will support visual merges, and visual change histories.

Notes

Please note this plugin is still in development and may not work as intended, the file format may change in the future and we cannot guarantee backward compatibility just yet. We will be providing a migration path from existing PmWikiDraw drawings, but that is currently not implemented.

Also the zip file at the current download doesn't yet contain a proper 'recipe', you may have to be experimental, I will make sure there is a proper recipe at the next release.

Release Notes

How to get it, Download Link

How to test it, Examples

Contributors

Developer, all round Hero - Werner Randelshofer
Maintenance monkey - Ciaran Jessup

Comments

Is AnyWikiDraw going to be compatible with MediaWiki 1.11? It gives an error when you try and view a photo and I would love to be able to use this program. Kelsey 12/18/07

AnyWikiDraw 0.11 runs now with MediaWiki 1.12. It might work with MediaWiki 1.11 too. -- Werner Randelshofer 2008-05-28

Comment: In AnyWikiDraw.php line 259 is

       $output .= 'archive="'.$CookbookDirURL.'/AnyWikiDraw/AppletPack200.php/AnyWikIDrawForPmWiki.jar" ';

where it should be

       $output .= 'archive="'.$CookbookDirURL.'/AnyWikiDraw/AppletPack200.php/AnyWikiDrawForPmWiki.jar" ';

i.e.: the second 'i' in the jar file's name is wrongly capitalized resulting in a broken applet error on case-sensitive file-systems. -- Leonard, 2008-01-24

Thanks. I have fixed this in AnyWikiDraw 0.11. -- Werner Randelshofer 2005-05-28

Will AnyWikiDraw support Wiki Farms sometime? -- Leonard, 2008-01-24

We would very much like to support WikiFarms. Unfortunately, I have very little experience with PmWiki server side programming. To make progress in this area, I need support by someone who is knowledgeable about server-side implications of a WikiFarm. -- Werner Randelshofer 2008-03-26

I would appreciate if you could specify the best java version needed (aka the one you are working with). I had jre1.5.0 installed, got a lot of errors, changed to 1.6.0-5 and now I don't get errors anymore but my browser just goes dead when trying to draw a new picture (java-vm loads up). If drawing refers to an already existing picture it is shown, but there is no edit option. peter 2008-03-05

I am currently developing with Java 1.5.0_13 on Mac OS X 10.5.2. In case you are working with Windows XP, there might be a stability issue with the pack200 transfer encoding of the Java Applet. - This has been resolved in AnyWikiDraw 0.11. -- Werner Randelshofer 2008-03-26

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