From bdec9d5e5fbfc513ec2a04f3affb60ccf7e3ac8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fr33domlover Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 07:15:27 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] --- .../MUA-like_access_to_forum__47__blog.mdwn | 38 ------------------- 1 file changed, 38 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/todo/MUA-like_access_to_forum__47__blog.mdwn b/doc/todo/MUA-like_access_to_forum__47__blog.mdwn index 54cc8e888..8d11a5504 100644 --- a/doc/todo/MUA-like_access_to_forum__47__blog.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/MUA-like_access_to_forum__47__blog.mdwn @@ -33,41 +33,3 @@ done with mailing lists? (I don't mind a hacked solution that solves the problem for me, but if it's not just me being crazy, I prefer a general-purpose solution that helps everyone) - - - -[[!tag wishlist]] - -Maybe I'm not using ikiwiki right, and I'll appreciate any advice on this, but -it seems to me that using ikiwiki instead of a mailing lists has some major -weaknesses which I fail to overcome, but which may be possible to fix, maybe -using some client-side software. - -The problem: Mailing lists give me things I need but can't find here, so I'm -failing to track the [[/forum]], [[/todo]] and so on: - -- With MLs I can easily see what I read, to what I replied, mark things with - colors and labels if my MUA supports it -- With MLs I can easily send a reply, without going through git. Reading and - writing happen together in the same dedicated UI - -I know I can subscribe to [[forum]] and to individual posts' comment feeds, but -it's not the same - I don't see the tree of comments like in e-mail. Either I -sort by creation time (not seeing evidence of more recent replies) or by -last-edited time, or perhaps by last comment (then busy pages cause less busy -ones quickly go deep into the list and are never seen by the user). - -Is there an existing solution to this? - -Random ideas, maybe direction for a solution: - -- Make client software which takes a local git clone of a wiki and operates on - it, while the user sees an MUA-like interface -- Add some plugin to ikiwiki that can cooperate with an MTA: listen to e-mail - on a mailing list with specific formatting and put the content into a wiki. - -What do you think? How do you keep track of the forum etc. in the same way it's -done with mailing lists? - -(I don't mind a hacked solution that solves the problem for me, but if it's not just -me being crazy, I prefer a general-purpose solution that helps everyone) -- 2.44.0