Is there a good wiki software? (not an online version)

Joerg ha scritto:

You can install a local wiki.

Search wiki in a pendrive....

(i work with Wordpress in a usb pendrive)

Emanuele

There are plenty available, I have just started using one called dokuwiki which does all you ask for and more.

I use Amaya from

It's free and works well.

Hi Jörg,

we use MoinMoin WikiWiki

There is a desktop version available.

Marte

don't know but I guess so.

I guess these are all typical for wikis, isn't it?

Thanks, also to Emanuele and John B. I am not too Windows-savvy but at first glance this and other Wiki software appears to require a running web server system. Well, I don't have that. What I am looking for is something more simple. Basically a web editor that has browsing capabilities at the same time, in the same window. IOW just what MS-Word can do but without the frequent crashes ;-)

Checked it our but got the usual goose pimples when reading this: "Before you can integrate MoinMoin into your web environment, you have to install the MoinMoin source code and data files using the standard Python distutils mechanism (setup.py). This page explains the steps you usually need to take to do this. For more details on the distutils installation process, consult the Installing Python Modules document in your Python documentation set."

Why do they make all this so complicated? All I know about Python is that it is some type of powerful snake, one you don't want to mess with ;-)

IMHO that should be also what composers within browsers do. But they don't. MS-Word does but I found that to be a bit on the unreliable side. Works for a few weeks and then takes a hard dump, to the point where it sometimes needs a complete re-install. It rarely does that when creating or editing normal docs but when using it to jump hyperlinks it often fries itself.

Ok, folks, found one that works, kind of. NVU from:

At least you can click a link, then scroll a sub-menu and click "Edit Link in New Window". A bit clumsy but ok. No back button though :-(

I wonder why the creators of this (and many, many other programs) haven't chosen the obvious: Click on the link and it goes straight to that page, provide a back button to go back. Right-click if the link info needs editing.

Do You have tried OpenOffice?

Emanuele

Looks nothing like embedded computers to me ;-(

Because it is a web browser ?? Use the BackSpace button to go back then.

If you need MS word like you say in previous postings then just reinstall that, it is not that buggy.

Please use a group that is relevant to your subject

Looked at

"written in HTML, CSS and JavaScript to run on any modern browser without needing any ServerSide logic. It allows anyone to create personal SelfContained hypertext documents that can be posted to a WebServer, sent by email or kept on a USB thumb drive"

Yes, but that package is a monster. Rather slow.

Well yes, I suppose the whole idea of a wiki is that users can collaboratively create a central "repository" of knowledge. This requires a "server" of some kind.

Mozilla has a html editor within it.

Well, in this case it's me who represents the whole user group :-)

The knowledge repository is already there and works. But editing and browsing requires two different sets of programs right now. None of the editors I have except MS-Word allows hyperlink jumps.

But it isn't very good IMHO. I does not allow clicking on a hyperlink for a jump into that new target document. All it does is show a window to edit that hyperlink. Not very practical.

Amaya seems to do this nicely. But upon first try it does not display images correctly and the font rendering is a bit fuzzy for my taste. I like things crisp and clean, not fuzzied.

for technician, you should certainly take a look at TidllyWiki, or depending on you needs FreeMind (not a real wiki, but ..) Stef Mientki

Done that. Didn't fix it ;-)

Well, I figured that engineers are the right audience here because we all face the challenge of organizing knowledge as we gather it.

Yes, I guess I am going to try that as well since it looks like Amaya isn't handling images well. Found some notes about that problem from others via Google, so I am not the only one.

There's always *cough* frontpage *cough*.

Yeah, I know :-)

NVU does pretty much what frontpage does. So if I don't find anything better I'll use NVU.

Usually called *Groupware*. ("Wiki" is more specific.) John B gave you half the answer.

Here's the other half: http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:YnIBiKeqQigJ: