Tiddlywiki type project in Python?

[R. P. Dillon]

That should have said "Since Python _isn't_ embedded in browsers"!

Rick

R. P. Dillon wrote:
> I've been doing some work on a didiwiki-like program written in Python. 
>  Since Python is embedded in browsers, the didwiki approach make sense: 
> write the server in your language of choice (didwiki uses C), and lay 
> the necessary (simple) wiki code on top of the server.  Roll the entire 
> thing into a single executable, and you have a personal wiki.  The catch 
> is that you must run the executable before you can access your wiki, but 
> it is a small price to pay IMHO.
> 
> Anyway, I'll either GPL or public-domain my code when I'm finished with 
> it and I'll post it here.  My hope is it will be as fast on a reasonably 
> modern computer as didiwiki is.
> 
> Rick
> 
> jkn wrote:
>> Hi Bruno
>>
>> [...]
>>>> I don't know Javascript (although it looks moderately simple from a
>>>> brief peruse,
>>> It's not as simple as it may seem at first look. There are some real
>>> gotchas. But if you want a more pythonic javascript, you should have a
>>> look at mochikit.
>>
>> OK, thanks for the pointer
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>>> and I know enough languages to know I'll be able to pick
>>>> it up); however I do know and use Python, although not nuch in a
>>>> web-oriented way. Since unlike JS, python is at least pre-compiled, I
>>>> have hopes that this would make things quicker. I do appreciate that JS
>>>> is built into the browser, which might make my Python approach slower.
>>>> I'm not sure of the 'architectural' approach to this; any suggestions,
>>>> and maybe pointers to previous work?
>>> I don't really understand what you're after here, since TiddlyWikiLikes
>>> can *not* work without javascript.
>>
>> Well, that may be an/the answer, since another form of my question
>> would be 'how can I write a TiddlyWikiLike using Python instead of JS'
>> ;-). I appreciate that it might involve, for instance, a local server.
>> Does the idea of embedding python in a browser instead of Javascript
>> make any sense at all?
>>
>>> Anyway, there's at least a Zope-based TiddlyWikiLike, so you may want to
>>> have a look here:
>>> http://ziddlywiki.org/
>>>
>>
>> Thanks again
>>
>>     jon N
>>
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