WikiSysop: imported from WiKit id 1

2004-10-07T19:27:48Z

imported from WiKit id 1

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The name "WiKit" can be interpreted in two ways:

1. An implementation of [[Wiki]] in Tcl [http://www.tcl.tk/]
2. An implementation of [[Wiki]] using MetaKit [http://www.equi4.com/metakit/]

Both are accurate.

WiKit can be used as a CGI process (see [[WiKit under CGI]]), in which case it becomes a part of your web server, and it can be used standalone, running locally with a Tcl/Tk graphical front end (see [[WiKit in local mode]]). The former makes ''collaborative editing'' possible, the latter includes a high-performance search facility and makes it very easy to browse and edit information off-line.

Right now (early March), these two mechanisms do not mix.

What you ''can'' do, however, is download a copy of an active web-based WiKit (such as this one, [[The Tcl'ers Wiki]]), and keep it around as reference to what that snapshot contains. WiKit is fully self contained in a single platform-independent file, called a [[scripted document]]. It requires a platform-dependent runtime called [[TclKit]], which is basically a static build of Tcl, Tk, and MetaKit. There are currently runtimes for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Alpha Unix, Windows, and Macintosh (see [http://www.equi4.com/tclkit/]).

-- JC

15nov02 - There's a new version of Wikit out, which supports CSS. It runs as a starkit nowadays (separate from wikit.tkd), and requires tclkit 8.4.x probably. Conversion from older wikits is automatic (but irreversible). See the Tclers' Wiki for more details, or [http://www.equi4.com/wikit]).

15nov02 [[Dossy]] - Thanks. Just upgraded to TclKit 8.4.1-38 and the new Starkit wikit.kit and moved my customizations over into it. Much easier to administrate multiple WiKit-based wiki's now.

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