How do you post on the forum and edit the wiki?
I'm interested in efficient ways of posting and editing the wiki. Do you know / use any?
I'm currently using firefox + pentadactyl. Pressing Ctrl+i in a text area opens vim
set editor='st -e vim'
and I'm all set :-)
Over two years ago, /dev/zero posted this interesting piece: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143444
And this thread got me searching for "vim bbcode", and immediately, something interesting:
Use Markdown Instead Of BBCode With Vimperator
looks like a good idea. Or maybe just use something that makes editing bbcode easier (e.g. vim-surround rule, wait, I'll look that one up.)
... OK I'm done looking it up; here is one:
let g:surround_{char2nr("c")} = "<code>\r</code>"
let g:surround_{char2nr("u")} = "<url\1url: \r..*\r=&\1>\r</url>"
The first one's basic; surrounds the target with code tags with the "c" replacement.
This will prompt for URL and surround the target with proper URL bbcode if you use the "u" replacement.
Combine such rules with autocmd and some bbcode syntax highlighting, it would make life easier with bbcode.
Note I've used '<>' instead of '[]' to not confuse bbcode.
As for the topic question, I use Firefox with pentadactyl in a tabbed container in i3. When I press Ctrl-i in a textarea, a VIM editor opens in a new i3 tab, at full size. This makes editing focused. When I need to look at the original web page, I just switch to the previous i3 tab and take a peek.
Last edited by lolilolicon (2014-08-03 14:48:46)
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