WikklyText 1.5.0 is released. This is somewhat of a cleanup release with a reorganization of the caching architecture, parsing cleanups and XHTML compliance fixes.

Major changes

• Caching is now done at the wikitext->XML layer, instead of wikitext->HTML. This has several benefits including:
  • Macros are now evaluated every time, instead of just the first time the wikitext is parsed (no more need for the -cache tag; you can safely remove it).
  • Auto-links to unknown CamelWords or links like [[My new word]] now work with caching turned on.
  • Bottom line: You can safely turn caching back on for all cases now.
• API Change: Keyword parameter plugin_dir changed to plugin_dirs in several places to reflect the lower level semantics. Old keyword still accepted for now.
• Can specify extra paths to look for plugins on wiki admin page. This is convenient when you want to have several wikis yet keep your plugins in a single location.
• Fix macro parsing for nested calls like <<aaa<<bbb
• Cleanups for XHTML conformance — now passes tests @ http://validator.w3.org/ in strict mode
• Links (both [[..]] and [img[..]]) can no longer have inner markup. Allowing inner markup was occasionally useful but caused too many problems with TiddlyWiki compatibility. Although this is a markup change, it is compatible with TiddlyWiki so hopefully won't cause too many problems. Please double-check your links after updating.
• Fixed CamelWord parsing so that abcDefGhi is not seen as abc[[DefGhi]]
• rendercache entries now expire to keep cache from growing indefinitely (parameters set through wiki admin page)
• Turn off browser caching of command responses
• [[/my/path]] will now make a file:/// link if /my/path is a valid path
• Rendering time limit now configurable on admin page. Fixed bug in time limit handling.
• Speedups in rendering for all store types; text stores benefit the most from these changes.
  
  

Downloads and more information at the WikklyText home page

The major new feature in this release is the addition of a GUI "control center" for managing local wikis. Not only does this make WikklyText easier for new users, but it removes the tedium of starting/stopping wikis by hand. Especially useful when you run multiple local wikis. This should make WikklyText easier to integrate into environments such as PortableApps and U3.

This release also adds some new options for more "USB-friendly" usage. These options (on the admin page) allow you to turn off most disk writes, to help preserve USB life.

Changes:

• New GUI "control center" for managing wikis. It is particularly useful if you are running several local wikis and don't want to keep starting/stopping them by hand. This is now the default command if you simply run wik.exe or wikgui.exe.
• SiteTitle and SiteSubtitle are now rendered correctly.
• Fixed handling of embedded Python code (<?py) so that globals are visible.
• Added CherryPy to auto dependencies.
• Allow turning on/off metadb usage in wiki admin page (will enable/disable logging.)
• Allow turning on/off caching in wiki admin page.
• Added --no-respawn command-line option to prevent wiki from doing an auto-restart on exit. (Primarily for use by wik and wikgui.)
• Create rss.xml when running "wik render"
• RSS feed now validates with no warnings at http://feedvalidator.org/
  
  

More information and downloads at wikklytext.com