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i'm not so fond of using my web browser as an editor, so i looked for tools to
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I'm not so fond of using my web browser as an editor, so I looked for tools to download wiki pages and edit them with my preferred editor, [http://www.vim.org vim]. I grabbed [http://search.cpan.org/~markj/WWW-Mediawiki-Client/ WWW::Mediawiki::Client], and built a debian package out of it. and now, years later, through no work of my own, it's part of debian etch: http://packages.debian.org/libwww-mediawiki-client-perl
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download wiki pages and edit them with my preferred editor.
 
  
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i grabbed [http://search.cpan.org/~markj/WWW-Mediawiki-Client-0.27/
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==Installing==
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WWW::Mediawiki::Client], and built a debian package out of it.
 
  
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you can apt-get it by putting in your /etc/apt/sources.list:
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apt-get install libwww-mediawiki-client-perl
  
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deb http://sempai.fglan/~vagrant/debian unstable/
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== Usage ==
  
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apt-get update
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Basic Usage
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apt-get install libwww-mediawiki-client-perl
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mkdir ~/some_wiki_dir
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cd ~/some_wiki_dir
  
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from the package description:
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Log in:
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mvs login -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -d wiki.freegeek.org -w index.php
  
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  WWW::Mediawiki::Client provides a very simple cvs-like interface for
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Download a page (don't forget the .wiki part!):
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Mediawiki driven WikiWiki websites, such as
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  mvs up User\:USERNAME.wiki
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http://www.wikitravel.org|Wikitravel or
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  http://www.wikipedia.org|Wikipedia.
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If you get ? User\:USERNAME.wiki, then you must create the initial page with a
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web browser first and then try again.
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the mvs command (formerly known as wix), mimics the two most basic
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  cvs commands: update and commit with similarly named methods. Each
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Then, edit User\:USERNAME.wiki with your favorite editor.
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of these has a shorter alias, as in cvs.
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To commit:
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  mvs com -m 'some commit message about what i changed' User\:USERNAME.wiki
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Alternately, you can do a preview:
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  mvs preview -m 'some commit message about what i changed' User\:USERNAME.wiki
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And this will generate a preview.html file that you can view with your web-browser. If you like what you see, don't forget to do a "mvs com"
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Latest revision as of 01:13, 30 October 2007

I'm not so fond of using my web browser as an editor, so I looked for tools to download wiki pages and edit them with my preferred editor, vim. I grabbed WWW::Mediawiki::Client, and built a debian package out of it. and now, years later, through no work of my own, it's part of debian etch: http://packages.debian.org/libwww-mediawiki-client-perl

Installing

apt-get install libwww-mediawiki-client-perl

Usage

Basic Usage 

mkdir ~/some_wiki_dir
cd ~/some_wiki_dir

Log in: 

mvs login -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -d wiki.freegeek.org -w index.php

Download a page (don't forget the .wiki part!): 

mvs up User\:USERNAME.wiki

If you get ? User\:USERNAME.wiki, then you must create the initial page with a web browser first and then try again.

Then, edit User\:USERNAME.wiki with your favorite editor.

To commit: 

mvs com -m 'some commit message about what i changed' User\:USERNAME.wiki

Alternately, you can do a preview: 

mvs preview -m 'some commit message about what i changed' User\:USERNAME.wiki

And this will generate a preview.html file that you can view with your web-browser. If you like what you see, don't forget to do a "mvs com"

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