Excellent. Instiki is a truly awesome piece of software. Is there any chance of a feature being added whereby you wouldn't have to use WikiCase to make links? Something along the lines of what Wikipedia uses? Bill David Heinemeier Hansson <david / loudthinking.com> wrote in message news:<054669D2-8F29-11D8-9F32-000A958E6254 / loudthinking.com>... > What's new in Instiki 0.6.0? > ============================ > > Instiki is back on fork-challenged platforms (hello Windows!) after a > short hiatus in the 0.5 release. It now also properly snapshots the > Madeleine database when running in Daemon mode. So hopefully we should > be working all around. > > More interestingly, there's a bunch of cool new features in Instiki. > You can export the entire web to HTML files that come bundled in a > pkzip (thanks rubyzip!), which works great for taking backups or > distributing a wiki. It's also a half-decent CMS this way that you can > use to write documentation to all of those wonderful Ruby projects. > > There's also RSS feeds. Two flavors: Full content or just the > headlines. Unfortunately, there's a few problems with international > characters like æåthat'll render the XML invalid (so readers like > FeedReader chokes). Any help to get that working properly will be much > appriciated. > > And thanks a ton to both Florian for a bunch of great patches and to > Why The Lucky for keeping RedCloth running at full force. > > Full change list: > > * Fixed Windows compatibility [Florian] > * Fixed bug that would prevent Madeleine from taking snapshots in > Daemon mode > * Added export entire web as HTML in a zip file > * Added RSS feeds > * Added proper getops support for the growing number of options > [Florian] > * Added safe mode that forbids style options in RedCloth [Florian] > * Updated RedCloth to 2.0.5 > > Upcoming features (near- and far-future stuff mixed together): > > * Michael Granger is looking into getting Instiki running on BlueCloth > -- the Markdown syntax implementation for Ruby. > * Polish. Lots of stuff in the backlog that needs polish. > * Colors! Each web should get it's own color. > * More exporting features (fx: straight to FTP). > * Dual-view wikis where an admin team can edit and everyone else see > the export version with no edit links (but they can still search). This > will really turn Instiki into something that could be used as a quick > CMS. > * Download the entire app and database and work on an instiki at home > and then sync the changes back in. > > Instiki is running its official website on Instiki itself: > http://instiki.nextangle.com > > > What is Instiki? > ================ > > Admitted, it's Yet Another Wiki Clone[1], but with a strong focus > on simplicity of installation and running: > > Step 1. Download > Step 2. Run "instiki.rb" > Step 3. *Chuckle*... "There's no step three!" (TM) > > You're now running a perfectly suitable wiki on port 2500 > that'll present you with a textarea for the home page on > http://localhost:2500. > > Instiki lowers the barriers of interest for when you might consider > using a wiki. It's so simple to get running that you'll find yourself > using it for anything -- taking notes, brainstorming, organizing a > gathering. > > Instiki reserves a separate WikiSpace for each port number, so > you can run more than one wiki by keeping them on separate ports. > It also means that you can't access the same wiki on another port > than the one you started it on (unless you move the directory in > storage). > > Features: > * Regular expression search: Find deep stuff really fast > * Revisions: Follow the changes on every page from birth. Rollback to > an earlier rev > * Export to HTML in a zip: Take the entire wiki with you home or for > reference > * RSS feeds to track recently revised pages > * Multiple webs: Create separate wikis with their own namespace > * Password-protected webs: Keep it private > * Authors: Each revision is associated with an author, so you can see > who changed what > * Reference tracker: Which other pages are pointing to the current? > * Speed: Using Madelein for persistence (all pages are in memory) > * Textile formatting[2]: By ways of RedCloth > * Embedded webserver: Through WEBrick > > Missing: > * File attachments > > Command-line options: > Run "ruby instiki.rb --help" > > History: > * 0.6.0: Fixed Windows compatibility [Florian] > Fixed bug that would prevent Madeleine from taking snapshots > in Daemon mode > Added export entire web as HTML in a zip file > Added RSS feeds > Added proper getops support for the growing number of options > [Florian] > Added safe mode that forbids style options in RedCloth > [Florian] > Updated RedCloth to 2.0.5 > * 0.5.0: NOTE: 0.5.0 is NOT compatible with databases from earlier > versions > Added revisions > Added multiple webs > Added password protection for webs on multi-web setups > Added the notion of authors (that are saved in a cookie) > Added command-line option for not running as a Daemon on Unix > * 0.3.1: Added option to escape wiki words with \ > * 0.3.0: Brought all files into common style (including Textile help on > the edit page) > Added page locking (if someone already is editing a page > there's a warning) > Added daemon abilities on Unix (keep Instiki running after you > close the terminal) > Made port 2500 the default port, so Instiki can be launched by > dobbelt-click > Added Textile cache to speed-up rendering of large pages > Made WikiWords look like "Wiki Words" > Updated RedCloth to 2.0.4 > * 0.2.5: Upgraded to RedCloth 2.0.2 and Madeleine 0.6.1, which means the > Windows problems are gone. Also fixed a problem with wikiwords > that used part of other wikiwords. > * 0.2.0: First public release > > Download latest from: > <a > href="http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=186">http:// > rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=186</a> > > Visit the official Instiki wiki: > http://instiki.nextangle.com/ > > License is the same as Ruby's > > [1] <a > href="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiClones">http://c2.com/cgi/wiki? > WikiWikiClones</a> > [2] Textile Syntax: <a > href="http://www.textism.com/tools/textile/">http://www.textism.com/ > tools/textile/</a>