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We have written a simple command-line tool that makes it possible to edit wiki pages using your favorite text editor instead of within a browser text box.  The tool provides a CVS/SVN-like command-line interface that can be used to update local copies of files from the web and to commit local modifications to the web. <p>
The tool is written in SML (of course) and is [<a href="http://mlton.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/mlton/wiki/"><img src="moin-www.png" alt="[WWW]" height="11" width="11">http://mlton.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/mlton/wiki/</a> available in the MLton CVS].  To compile it, you need to have the latest SVN of the MLton library sources, and point the MLB path variable <tt>MLTON_SRC_LIB</tt> at the <tt>lib/mlton</tt> dir in the sources. 
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Here's a quick tutorial on how to use the tool 
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Create a new directory for your local copy of the wiki files. 
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In that directory, login.  
<pre> wiki login http://mlton.org StephenWeeks &lt;my password&gt;</pre>
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Checkout (the raw wiki markup) files with commands like:  
<pre> wiki checkout Home
 wiki checkout Index Documentation</pre>
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Edit the files using your favorite text editor.  
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Commit your changes with a command like   
<pre> wiki commit UserGuide</pre>
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Logout.  
<pre> wiki logout</pre>
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That's it for the simple use.  There are also other commands like cvs. 
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 Download the new version of a file from the web if there is one.  
<pre> wiki update UserGuide</pre>
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 Schedule a new file to be added (must be later committed, just like  CVS) .  
<pre> wiki add NewFile</pre>
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 Rename a page  
<pre> wiki rename OldFile NewFile</pre>
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 Remove a page  
<pre> wiki remove DeletedFile</pre>
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 Attach files to a page  
<pre> wiki attach &lt;file&gt; &lt;attachment&gt;</pre>
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 Detach files to a page  
<pre> wiki detach &lt;file&gt; &lt;attachment&gt;</pre>
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<tt>rename</tt> and <tt>remove</tt> shouldn't work for most people on <tt>mlton.org</tt> because of the way our <a href="AccessControl">AccessControl</a> is set up. 
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This code is a two-day hack and is not widely used.  But we've found it useful.  Please send bug reports to <a class="external" href="mailto:MLton@mlton.org"><img src="moin-email.png" alt="[MAILTO]" height="10" width="14">MLton@mlton.org</a>. 
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Last edited on 2005-12-02 03:21:22 by <span title="ppp-71-139-183-221.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net"><a href="StephenWeeks">StephenWeeks</a></span>.
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