Zwiki

Last updated
Zwiki
Stable release
0.61 / 28 October 2008;10 years ago (2008-10-28)
Preview release
2.0b1 / 23 October 2009;9 years ago (2009-10-23)
Repository
OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Written in Python
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Wiki software
License GPL
Website www.zwiki.org

Zwiki is a wiki engine written in Python and based on the Zope web application server, that was under development from 1999 to 2009. It was developed by Joyful Systems and contributors from around the world, and is free software released under the GNU General Public License.

Wiki type of website that visitors can edit

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Contents

Zwiki supports a number of wiki markup styles out of the box, including MoinMoin, Structured text, reStructuredText, but allows also to edit pages in LaTeX or wysiwyg HTML. Zwiki can also co-exist with the Plone content management system. [1] The Zope 2 and Zope 3 projects use Zwiki for part of their documentation. [2] [3]

MoinMoin wiki software

MoinMoin is a wiki engine implemented in Python, initially based on the PikiPiki wiki engine. Its name is a play on the North German greeting Moin, repeated as in WikiWiki. The MoinMoin code is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2, or any later version.

Structured text, abbreviated as ST or STX, is one of the five languages supported by the IEC 61131-3 standard, designed for programmable logic controllers (PLCs). It is a high level language that is block structured and syntactically resembles Pascal, on which it is based. All of the languages share IEC61131 Common Elements. The variables and function calls are defined by the common elements so different languages within the IEC 61131-3 standard can be used in the same program.

reStructuredText is a file format for textual data used primarily in the Python programming language community for technical documentation.

Zwiki also offers email-integrated discussion, an integrated issue tracker, internationalization support, precise access control (using the Zope Application Server's ACL functionality), and many more optional features such as fuzzy urls, automatic page hierarchy, use of external editors, embedded DTML scripts, and RSS feeds for changed and newly created pages.

Storage backend

Due to the use of the Zope application server, Zwiki pages are by default stored in the ZODB object oriented database backend.

An application server is a software framework that provides both facilities to create web applications and a server environment to run them.

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