I've been doing some work on a didiwiki-like program written in Python. Since Python is embedded in browsers, the didwiki approach make sense: write the server in your language of choice (didwiki uses C), and lay the necessary (simple) wiki code on top of the server. Roll the entire thing into a single executable, and you have a personal wiki. The catch is that you must run the executable before you can access your wiki, but it is a small price to pay IMHO.
Anyway, I'll either GPL or public-domain my code when I'm finished with it and I'll post it here. My hope is it will be as fast on a reasonably modern computer as didiwiki is. Rick jkn wrote: > Hi Bruno > > [...] >>> I don't know Javascript (although it looks moderately simple from a >>> brief peruse, >> It's not as simple as it may seem at first look. There are some real >> gotchas. But if you want a more pythonic javascript, you should have a >> look at mochikit. > > OK, thanks for the pointer > > [...] > >>> and I know enough languages to know I'll be able to pick >>> it up); however I do know and use Python, although not nuch in a >>> web-oriented way. Since unlike JS, python is at least pre-compiled, I >>> have hopes that this would make things quicker. I do appreciate that JS >>> is built into the browser, which might make my Python approach slower. >>> I'm not sure of the 'architectural' approach to this; any suggestions, >>> and maybe pointers to previous work? >> I don't really understand what you're after here, since TiddlyWikiLikes >> can *not* work without javascript. > > Well, that may be an/the answer, since another form of my question > would be 'how can I write a TiddlyWikiLike using Python instead of JS' > ;-). I appreciate that it might involve, for instance, a local server. > Does the idea of embedding python in a browser instead of Javascript > make any sense at all? > >> Anyway, there's at least a Zope-based TiddlyWikiLike, so you may want to >> have a look here: >> http://ziddlywiki.org/ >> > > Thanks again > > jon N > ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
