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[Rui Nibau <rui.nibau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everybody.

I worked a couple of hours on Zim code source to deal with a new wiki
syntax Parser / Dumper. 

The Dokuwiki syntax (used in Zim) is quite good, but i have tons of
texts written with my own wiki syntax (inspired by other syntaxes - you
can see what it does here -
http://omacronides.com/projets/syntaxe-wiki/) and i wanted to use Zim to
edit / view those texts.

I already have a PHP code that parse and write this kind of syntax, and
i adapted it a bit to support some Zim format features (like headers at
the beginning of a file). So i was at a point where i can edit a zim
notebook with those php tools. The next step was to adapt Zim to be able
to deal with files written with my own wiki syntax.

My PHP Reader / Writer work quite differently than the wiki Parser and
Dumper in Zim  ; i didn't try to translate this behavior in python
(maybe I'll do that when i have more than a few hours), so i just took
the native code (zim.formats.wiki.py) and adapt it with a couple of new
regex.

So Jaap, my question is : **how can i tell Zim to use my wiki format to
read / write notebook files** ? Well, i understand how to do it, as my
(local) branch of Zim now works with the new wiki syntax ; the real
question is : **which is - in your opinion - the best way to do it** ? 

By now, i run Zim with a command line argument, i.e :

	./zim.py --wiki-syntax=mywiki
	
The default syntax still 'wiki', and the value is stored in a
WIKI_SYNTAX property in zim module ; next, i clear the 'optsdict' in the
main method if the argument is present, update the WIKI_SYNTAX property
and use it everywhere in the code where there is a call for the format -
i.e.  get_format('wiki') became get_format(zim.WIKI_SYNTAX).

I read the related bugs / evolutions in launchpad :

https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/338030
https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/495898
https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/526034

I saw that maybe alternative syntaxes could be a new feature.  So, if
you ever think about this evolution, did you think of a way to do it ?
Is my way a valid solution ? Or this feature should be managed in a
plugin, or with a field in the preference dialog ?

As I said, my code is now working, and i could create a branch in
launchpad to share the code once a valuable implementation solution is
defined.

Thanks.


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Rui Nibau
Développeur web, rédacteur scientifique
email : rui.nibau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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