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Re:Program above and beyond your actual ability by using Fre... by robomartin on Thursday September 27, 2012 @07:11PM (#4583404)

Didn't know about WikidPad. I downloaded it and will be playing with it. Of course, MediaWiki and XAMPP (or a server) is an interesting possibility for other reasons.

I also came across this: http://tiddlywiki.com/

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Re:Program above and beyond your actual ability by using Fre... by fsavard on Thursday September 27, 2012 @07:28PM (#4583464)

If you want your wiki to be public, or accessible from multiple computers, MediaWiki (along with dozens of other web-based wikis) is a good alternative, sure.

I like WikidPad because it's _fast_ in Edit mode (on-the-fly text formatting, like code highlighting), and it turns out to be a killer feature for me: without this speed I probably wouldn't be using it as much. With almost all other wikis I know, you need to switch back and forth between edit mode and preview mode, or they have a WYSIWYG editor mode (and I avoid that as much as possible -- just a programmer's obsession... I like to deal with the source).

I haven't used TiddlyWiki much, but I loved the concept when I first heard of it (self-modifying single file). It sure is a good way to get started fast.

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Re:Program above and beyond your actual ability by using Fre... by b_emery on Thursday September 27, 2012 @08:02PM (#4583578)

I'm a heavy user of tiddlywiki. I originally liked the portability of it, but now it lives in my Dropbox folder which has been an awesome combination.

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