From: David Heinemeier Hansson Date: 2004-04-20T06:59:50+09:00 Subject: [ANN] Instiki 0.7.0: Flavors of Expression What's new in Instiki 0.7.0? ============================ Instiki now speaks two additional markup languages: Markdown and RDoc. The default is still Textile, but by choice of the command-line settings, you can get it to speak the flavor of your liking. Besides the new languages, 0.7 is the release of the polish. There's a bunch of small tweaks, such as wanted/orphaned page lists, proper RSS feeds, bug fixes, and much, much more. Full change list: * Added Markdown (BlueCloth 0.2.0b) and RDoc [Mauricio Fern�ndez] as command-line markup choices * Added wanted and orphan page lists to All pages (only show up if there's actually orphan or wanted pages) * Added ISO-8859-1 as XML encoding in RSS feeds (makes FeedReader among others happy for special entities) * Added proper links in the RSS feed (but the body links are still relative, which NNW and others doesn't grok) * Added access keys: E => Edit, H => HomePage, A => All Pages, U => Recently Revised, X => Export * Added password-login through URL (so you can subscribe to feed on a protected web) * Added web passwords to the feed links for protected webs, so they work without manual login * Added the web name in small letters above all pages within a web * Polished authors and recently revised * Updated to RedCloth 2.0.6 * Changed content type for RSS feeds to text/xml (makes Mozilla Aggreg8 happy) * Changed searching to be case insensitive * Changed HomePage to display the name of the web instead * Changed exported HTML pages to be valid XHTML (which can be preprocessed by XSLT) * Fixed broken recently revised Instiki is running its official website on Instiki itself: http://instiki.nextangle.com *P.S.: The server running that website is down until tomorrow -- so is my ingoing email :(* 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) * Three markup choices: Textile (default / RedCloth), Markdown (BlueCloth), and RDoc * Embedded webserver: Through WEBrick Missing: * File attachments Command-line options: Run "ruby instiki.rb --help" History: * 0.7.0: Added Markdown (BlueCloth) and RDoc [Mauricio Fern�ndez] as command-line markup choices Added wanted and orphan page lists to All pages (only show up if there's actually orphan or wanted pages) Added ISO-8859-1 as XML encoding in RSS feeds (makes FeedReader among others happy for special entities) Added proper links in the RSS feed (but the body links are still relative, which NNW and others doesn't grok) Added access keys: E => Edit, H => HomePage, A => All Pages, U => Recently Revised, X => Export Added password-login through URL (so you can subscribe to feed on a protected web) Added web passwords to the feed links for protected webs, so they work without manual login Added the web name in small letters above all pages within a web Polished authors and recently revised Updated to RedCloth 2.0.6 Changed content type for RSS feeds to text/xml (makes Mozilla Aggreg8 happy) Changed searching to be case insensitive Changed HomePage to display the name of the web instead Changed exported HTML pages to be valid XHTML (which can be preprocessed by XSLT) Fixed broken recently revised * 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: http:// rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=186 Visit the official Instiki wiki: http://instiki.nextangle.com/ License is the same as Ruby's [1] http://c2.com/cgi/wiki? WikiWikiClones [2] Textile Syntax: http://www.textism.com/ tools/textile/ -- David Heinemeier Hansson, david@loudthinking.com http://www.loudthinking.com/