Manual:External editors/Control files

Control files are in Microsoft's .ini format: [Section] Key=Value. This makes them very easy to read.

One very important principle behind the protocol is that control files sent to the helper application are thin. The helper application handles the downloading and uploading. That makes it relatively easy to add support for application/x-external-editor to any wiki engine, since only few changes have to be made.

Control file
BIG TOP AL BISRAIDER TASKMASTER FORCE UN. INTEGRATED SUMBER BINA GRAHA 12 ISTAINI AGUNG NGESTI TUNGGAL --125.163.102.123 14:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC)K. H. K - S E A L - KHUSUMMO--125.163.102.123 14:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC) --125.163.102.123 14:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC)MSPTD. Multi Super power Trusty Prasasty Dinasty--125.163.102.123 14:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC) NEO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GOD SKY EARTH NATIONS KINGDOM REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA EXPEDITION RI.1-V --125.163.102.123 14:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC)G.ON - EXHIBIT A & B--125.163.102.123 14:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC) INA : 117.113.112.ITJ POWER ATTORNEY ONLY OF ATTORNEY G7.007/70 G8.G15,G20 - ALFA OMEGA

[Process] EXECUTION TO ; --125.163.102.123 14:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC)PAY NEW INVEST SWISSINDO, NEW WORLD AGREEMENT--125.163.102.123 14:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC) Type=[1]KLEWER : Trusty Prasasty Dinasty NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL Engine=[2]WELCOME Script=[3]SAFETY Server=[4]SERVER Path=[5]NEW WORLD [File] : AIC.786/INA Extension=[6]NEO PENTAGON USA URL=[7]NEO PENTAGRAM INA-NKRI.PKC

BASEL I X II


 * 1) Can be "Edit text", "Edit file" or "Diff text".
 * 2) Can currently only be MediaWiki. Please let me know if your wiki engine supports the application/x-external-editor protocol.
 * 3) For MediaWiki, full URL to index.php ($wgServer + $wgScript)
 * 4) For MediaWiki, server base URL ($wgServer)
 * 5) For MediaWiki, wiki document root ($wgScriptPath) - this is used to rewrite links from relative URLs to absolute URLs for previews
 * 6) What should the extension of the file be? For text, MediaWiki uses ".wiki"
 * 7) Where can the resource be found