WikiMarkupConversion

Summary: How to convert other wiki markups for PmWiki

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Question

How to convert other wiki markups for PmWiki. This cookbook does not interpret other markups, it is a framework to translate them to PmWiki markup instantly.

Answer

download wikimarkupconversion.php Δ and put it into your cookbook folder
include include("cookbook/wikimarkupconversion.php"); in your config.php
choose your wikilanguage in config.php with $WikiMarkupExtensions = array("wikitype1","wikitype2",...);. At the moment there is only one wikitype MediaWiki
Write the alien wikimarkup in an edit field and hit preview or save for immediate conversion.

Notes and Comments

I can remember that there was a feature plan in PmWiki devel for markups from other wikis. But i can't find anything through search and because i need some functionality i wrote this little script.
You can try this script ~~[[http://schlaefer.macbay.de/index.php/Main/WikiMarkupSandbox|here]]~~ (dead link)
You can easely add another conversion. There are two arrays for each wikitype
- Simple -> for easy conversion via regex
- Functions -> for complex conversions which need a subfunction

SteveAgl April 10, 2005, at 08:52 AM : I tried to write a regex for another conversion for mediawiki but without succes. Maybe you can help me. I wanna connvert the follwing example:

 ;Title : a long sentence

into:

 '''Title'''/n->a long sentence

Any help? Thanks in advance.

I changed it to the PmWiki syntax: :'''Title''':a long sentence.

SteveAgl April 11, 2005, at 10:57 AM Thanks, i addedd a couple of reg to html like tags section but not sure if it's a mediawiki standard
"#<strong>(.*?)</strong>#" => "$1", "#<code>(.*?)</code>#" => "$1",

Anonymous Coward, September 29, 2005, at 10:22 AM : I've got a bunch of JSPWiki pages to convert, I might give this a try. If anyone has worked in that direction I would appreciate it posted here, even if unfinished

Anonymous Coward, September 29, 2005, at 10:23 AM : A cleaner option would be import from some common denominator, like a wiki interchange format. After all, the semantics are the same for basic markup

Known limitations/bugs

no way to outcomment other markups with [@ or [=

current wikitypes contain

MediaWiki

Headings ==,=== ...
[http:... name],[http:...]
<small>, <tt>, <br>, <pre>, <!--, <nowiki>
__TOC__, [Bild/Image:name], <--
simple tables {| format | text to PmWiki/AdvancedTables (:table:)
definition lists ; Definition list : list of definitions

Contributors

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