[darcs-users] Gitit on test.darcs.net: document which markup syntax on the "edit" page

[John MacFarlane]

+++ Max Battcher [May 13 09 02:03 ]:
>>> Great! Thanks. Here's another specific feedback point.
>>>
>>> On the edit screen, it should explain *which* wiki syntax is in use, and
>>> provide some immediate examples and a link to further documentation
>>> about the formatting.
>>>
>>> Here's an example wiki page that does this decently well. (It will ask
>>> you sign in first, which merely involves typing in any username that you
>>> make up).
>>>
>>> http://www.cgi-app.org/index.cgi?action=edit&page_name=Plugins
>> ...

I've modified gitit to make use of the left sidebar for markup help
when you are editing a page.  For an example, see
http://gitit.johnmacfarlane.net/Sandbox?edit

The markup help is sensitive to your configured default-page-type
(markdown, markdown+lhs, rst, rst+lhs, latex, latex+lhs, html).

John