On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:10:35 +0100 Sol?ne Rapenne <solene at perso.pw> wrote: > On 23/02/2021 11:56, Sandra Snan wrote: > > avr wrote: > >> a client that allows for normal edits but translates those into sed > >> commands when updating the page > > > > These kinds of suggestions are along the line of having a client > > that supports translating *asterisks* to emphasis, translating > > <font family="foo"> to a specific font family, and so on. > > > > There's nothing stopping anyone from implementing that kind of > > thing at any moment and if it's gets traction it'll get traction. > > We're in a similar situation as what broke the pre-standards web. > > > > There's not a lot me or anyone else can do about that so I don't > > worry too much about it?? > > > > However, for sending text I recommend email. > > > > Here's an idea for how a wiki in a world where spam didn't exist > > could work: > > > > You send email to an address. The text of the page at the path that > > matches the subject of that email is then set to the body of the > > email. > > > > Whether that subject is "nice/orderly/unixy/path" or "Completely > > bonkers with spaces that'll need to get percent-encoded and trunced > > to match the 1024 limit." > > > > If people want to edit they can paste the old text into their new > > email. > > > > This is just from the top of my head and not something I'd put into > > production any time soon. > > > > there is nothing preventing users to publish markdown files instead > of gemini files. On gemini, it's not mandatory to have everything as > gemtext which would be reducing Gemini potential. > > Like it is often done in gopher, people can have gemtext files as > menus with their texts files in markdown that could be opened with a > nice markdown viewer program, and links with gemini:// scheme from > the markdown file would be opened using the gemini client. That would > be like using opening a PDF from a website and clicking on a link in > the PDF :) > > The workflow may not seem optimal but it's perfectly doable with the > current state of the protocol. Could also just use a different protocol for (complex) editing. Maybe export the source files over 9P.
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