VisualEditor/Newsletter/2015/Oktoro
Legu tion alilingve • Aligxa listo por tiu plurilingva novajxletero
Cxu vi scias?
Klaku la krajona piktogramo por malfermi la redaktilon por pagxo. En tio, uzu la dentradan menuon en la dekstrsupra angulo por Switch to visual editing'.
La redaktila butono memoros kiun redaktilo vi uzis lastatempe, kaj malfermos la saman venontfoje. La labortabla retpagxaro adoptos similan sistemon en la venontaj monatoj.
Vi povas legi kaj helpi traduki la gvidlibron, kiu enhavas pli da informoj pri kiel uzi la pervidan redaktilonn.
Post la antauxa novajxletero, la VisualEditor teamo riparis multajn cimojn, aldonis novajn funkciojn, kaj faris kelkajn etajn sxangxojn en la dizajno. Ili publikigas semajnajn situaciajn raportojn en mediawiki.org. La listo de iliaj laboroj estas disponebla en Phabricator. Iliaj nunaj prioritatoj estas plibonigi la uzeblecon por lingvoj kiel la Japana kaj la Araba, fari gxin pli facile uzebla kun la porteblaj aparatoj, kaj ankaux disponebligi iloj por formuloj, grafikajxoj, galerioj kaj alsxuto.
Recaj plibonigoj
Educational features: The first time ever you use the visual editor, it now draws your attention to the Link and ⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽ tools. When you click on the tools, it explains why you should use them.(T108620) Alongside this, the welcome message for new users has been simplified to make editing more welcoming. (T112354) More in-software educational features are planned.
Links: It is now easier to understand when you are adding text to a link and when you are typing plain text next to it. (T74108, T91285) The editor now fully supports ISBN, PMID or RFC numbers. (T109498, T110347, T63558) These "magic links" use a custom link editing tool.
Uploads: Registered editors can now upload images and other media to Commons while editing. Click the new tab in the "Insert Images and media" tool. You will be guided through the process without having to leave your edit. At the end, the image will be inserted. This tool is limited to one file at a time, owned by the user, and licensed under Commons's standard license. For more complex situations, the tool links to more advanced upload tools. You can also drag the image into the editor. This will be available in the wikitext editor later.
Mobile: Previously, the visual editor was available on the mobile Wikipedia site only on tablets. Now, editors can use it on all devices regardless of size if they wish. (T85630) Edit conflicts were previously broken on the mobile website. Edit conflicts can now be resolved in both wikitext and visual editors. (T111894) Sometimes templates and similar items could not be deleted on the mobile website. Selecting them caused the on-screen keyboard to hide with some browsers. Now there is a new "Delete" button, so that these things can be removed if the keyboard hides. (T62110) You can also edit table cells in mobile now.
Rich editing tools: You can now add and edit sheet music in the visual editor.(T112925) There are separate tabs for advanced options, such as MIDI and Ogg audio files. (T114227, T113354)
When editing formulæ and other blocks, errors are shown as you edit. It is also possible to edit some types of graphs; adding new ones, and support for new types, will be coming.
On the English Wikipedia, the visual editor is now automatically available to anyone who creates an account. The preference switch was moved to the normal location, under Special:Preferences.
Future changes
You will soon be able to switch from the wikitext to the visual editor after you start editing. (T49779) Previously, you could only switch from the visual editor to the wikitext editor. Bi-directional switching will make possible a single edit tab. (T102398) This project will combine the "Edit" and "Edit source" tabs into a single "Edit" tab, similar to the system already used on the mobile website. The "Edit" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time.
Let's work together
- Share your ideas and ask questions at VisualEditor/Feedback. This feedback page uses Flow for discussions.
- Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at What to test if you can help, and report it on Phabricator (Korean - Japanese) or on Wikipedia (Korean - Japanese).
- Local admins can set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki. If you need help, then please post a request in the Citoid project on Phabricator. Include links to the TemplateData for the most important citation templates on your wiki.
- The weekly task triage meetings are open to volunteers. Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration, though. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the main VisualEditor project with the bug.
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