> On 6 Apr 2017, at 11:57, Eduard Moraru <enygma2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Maybe you`re mixing things a bit. A WYSIWYG (in this case, CKEditor) exists > so that you don`t have to enter raw syntax (in this case, XWiki syntax, > i.e. link syntax) in the editor. Anything the user enters in the editor > needs to look the same it was entered, but, when it is saved, needs to be > safe and escaped so that the document structure will not break. If you > insist on entering raw syntax, I again direct you to use the "Source" > tab/button and do the needed change, assuming that you take responsibility > for the consequences (i.e. that your change does not break the underlying > document and that CKEditor will still be able to display it nicely in > WYSIWYG mode). > > Now, what you might actually want, is a typing shortcut inside CK to be > able to start writing "[[" and then get an autosuggest dropdown with page > titles that you could quickly link to. Once you select a page, CK would > show the title of the selected page and it should be a link to the selected > page (but it should not display war syntax "[[page]]", since that`s what is > going on in the background and does not concern the user). The same idea > was for easily linking to users (i.e. referencing/mentioning) by typing "@" > and then getting an autosuggest to link to a user's profile. These usecases > are shortcuts that require some customization of XWIki`s CK in order to be > supported and have nothing to do with the default CKEditor`s features or > preferences. These usecases would be really nice to have, but > unfortunatelly are not yet supported by XWiki, even if we`ve discussed > about them in the past (I am unable to find the jira issue right now, not > sure there is one). > > Note: After talking with Marius about this, he`s reminded me that the above > usecase is much more well suited for the wiki syntax editor (and for power > users), since regular users might have problems when actually trying to > type in "[[" or "@", so this should not be a WYSIWYG (CK) feature. I agree > with his point of view and kept the 2nd paragraph above, just for putting > things into perspective.
Haven’t followed the topic but it’s something that exists in Confluence and we have a very old issue related to this fromJan 2006: http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-206 Thanks -Vincent > > Thanks, > Eduard > > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 3:04 AM, wprussell <wpruss...@eimexperts.com> wrote: > >> Sorry - that doesn't help. CKEditor is a wysiwyg editor and syntax >> interpreter. Just like its possible to turn off HTML tagging with: >> >> config.basicEntities : Boolean >> Whether to escape basic HTML entities in the document, including: >> >> >> > >> < >> & >> >> See: http://docs.ckeditor.com/#!/api/CKEDITOR.config-cfg- >> image2_altRequired >> >> *The question is there a setting to turn off escaping [[* >> >> >> >> Bill Russell >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: http://xwiki.475771.n2.nabble. >> com/Need-to-allow-users-to-type-in-link-in-CKEditor- >> using-double-brackets-link-tp7603393p7603397.html >> Sent from the XWiki- Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>
