Extension talk:AlternateSyntaxParser

Questions
Does specifying a site-wide default alternate syntax reset all articles to be viewed in that syntax? I.e. if we already have a bunch of pages in the standard mediawiki syntax, will setting the site-wide default change these pages over to the new default?

Bug fix
There's a small bug which causes extraneous error_log output, at least with PHP 5.1.6 and MW1.12. It's fixed with the following patch: --otheus 08:31, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

MediaWiki 1.19.1 Compatibility
The extension does not work out-of-the-box for MW 1.19.1, but it turns out just a few changes are necessary.

This is in addition to the fact that classTextile is not included in the plugin code AND the fact that the original textile parser mentioned in the code is no longer accessible.

Anyway, download the AlternateSyntaxParser.php and classTextile.php. Name classTextile.php textile.php (or change the include line in the AlternateSyntaxParser.php).

Of course, I only tested textile having had to convert from Redmine.

Note that redmine supports an URL syntax classTextile.php doesn't handle (plain http://... form). You need to specify url at least as "$":http://... in order for this plugin to recognize it.

-- velis74 2012-08-23

Wikidot syntax?
I'm wondering if this extension could be used to change a MediaWiki's syntax to Wikidot syntax. Since Wikidot's open source project is essentially obsolete and utterly dead, I've been trying to find a way to host a wiki environment that would support Wikidot's syntax so that my users don't have to learn new markup and so I have a place to fully backup my own Wikidot sites. Has anyone done this, or would anyone have an idea as to how it could be done? Should I go through the effort of writing the markup myself? NotGaryStu (talk) 22:02, 15 January 2013 (UTC)