MediaWiki requires a MySQL backend, but it runs quite well and has a fairly decent set of design templates included with it. (It's what powers Wikipedia, among others.)
A wiki is, by its very nature, a multi-page, document-hotlink system. This makes distilling it down for a paper publication much more difficult, but it also makes for the ability for multiple authors to edit different pages simultaneously. It also allows cross-referencing much more easy. And, if you're familiar with LaTeX, you're much more likely to understand Wiki markup than HTML -- HTML is (loosely) based on SGML; Wiki markup is more based on [[tag this]] going to a new page called 'tag this', parsed dynamically on the server side. (Some Wikis use WikiMarkUpWithInternalCaps, but I can't stand that format, honestly.) I have not yet gotten the chance to look at the RTF attachment, but I will as soon as I catch up on other stuff. (There's a list of wiki hosts at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wiki_Science:How_to_start_a_Wiki#.22Hosted_wiki.22_and_Wiki_hosts -- I haven't looked at them, except to say that I don't believe wikicities would be a good choice for this project.) Cheers, -Kyle H On 2/22/06, Georg Lohrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Mi, 22 Feb 2006, Jeff Wiegley wrote: > > > Georg, I liked the idea for an advanced beginners HOWTO a lot. I > > am willing to organize or help with this. > > yes, me too. > > But - the idea now has a lot of strength and speed, but do the "old-men" > of > OpenSSL really want such a way? I don't know. > > > I haven't set up a wiki before. I'll look into later today or > > tomorrow afternoon. If anybody has suggestions for what wiki > > software to use I'd like to hear them. (My publication expertise > > is in the TeX/LaTeX arena, not so much wiki/HTML.) > > I have setup DokuWiki (run without backside-database system) for my own > purposes for documenting my affairs and experiences. Was about 3-4 hours > to > get it run. If you have low front-side expectations (no splendid design, > no extraordinary gimmicks, etc.) it's a piece of cake. > > Ciao, Georg > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
