Nathan Hartman wrote on Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:31 +00:00: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 12:03 AM Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> > wrote: > > Nathan Hartman wrote on Wed, 11 Dec 2019 04:44 +00:00: > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 9:22 PM Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> > > wrote: > > > > I wanted to update the Python 3 page on the wiki, but I'm given a > > choice > > > > between a in-browser WYSIWYG editor and editing raw HTML. Neither of > > > > these is very user-friendly to me (the default editor doesn't even > > > > render correctly; the raw HTML editor puts the whole list of bullets in > > > > one long source line — without LF characters after the <br/> tags). Is > > > > there any way to get something that I can copy to $EDITOR, edit, and > > > > copy back? > > > > > > Did you solve it? > > > > I haven't. > > > > I ended up copying the HTML to $EDITOR, added a line break in every > > «<br/>» between the «r» and the «/», and made the edit this way. It > > seems to have worked, but when I opened the edit window again > > afterwards it was again all one long line, so I'll have the problem again > > next time. > > From my reading of some Confluence docs and questions/answers, it > appears that Confluence does not store HTML or Markdown, but rather > generates that from whatever internal format it uses when request it. > So, unfortunately, any HTML formatting changes won't round-trip through > the wiki.
Thanks for looking into that, Nathan. > > I'm hoping I won't have to do such search-and-replace hacks every time; > > it's as user-friendly as a steering wheel that does CAPTCHAs during > > red lights. > > Don't give them any ideas, they might do that on self driving cars. "Install breathalyzers in the driver's sun visor." Sorry, but I needed those $0.0083 :P > Thanks for triaging scripts and finding those that weren't on the list. You're welcome. To be clear, I just happened to run across one script that wasn't in the list, but I have not checked whether any other scripts are missing from the list. Cheers, Daniel