Administrator Skills Assumptions For each of these, the requirement is either pre existing knowledge/skill, or the willingness to spend significant time (i.e. from ...
Appendix A: TWiki Filesystem #FileSystem Annotated directory and file listings, for the 01 Feb 2003 TWiki production release. Who and What is This Good For? Interested ...
FAQ: What are the common entry types in bibtex? What are the mandatpory and optional fields they need. Answer: Here's a list of some entry types: @Article{ author ...
BookView is an option available from the WebSearch topic. It allows you to display the result in "book view", that is, the whole content of topics is shown instead ...
FAQ: Changes are not visible. I've created and edited a new page but my changes are not visible. When I edit/preview them everything seems fine. Answer: The NatsWiki ...
FAQ: How do I get rid of my print jobs? I've sent a job to a printer but now I have no permissions to remove it from the printer queue any more. Why does'nt that ...
FAQ: How to print large A0 format posters? Answer: 1 Create your poster in OpenOffice version 1.1.x or higher 1 Export your poster to PDF. Make sure to use ...
FAQ: How do I create a new web for a project on the NatsWiki site? Answer: There are two answers: * user oriented: application for a new web at the NatsWiki ...
FAQ: How can I write fixed font text? Answer: The quickest way is to enclose the text in equal signs: * You enter: Proportional text, fixed font, proportional ...
FAQ: How do I create a heading? Answer: You can create six sizes of headings h1 ... h6 in HTML by typing, from the beginning of a line, three dashes ( ), from ...
FAQ: How to print large format postcript files on A4 printers? Answer: Goal: Create a A1 poster with TeX and print it as 8 A4 pages on our NatS printer Write the ...
FAQ: How do I change my password? What kind of passwords should I use? Answer: Changing your password is easy. Use the passwd command from your shell. prompt ...
FAQ: How do I create a screen shot? Answer: With xv 1. xv aufrufen. startet das programm das den screenshot macht. 1. Mausklick rechts öffnet Menü. 1 ...
FAQ: How do I make a separator? Answer: Create a separator a horizontal rule by entering three dashes at the beginning of a blank line: . You can enter more ...
FAQ: How do I create tables? Answer: There are three possibilities: 1 Use Wiki rule with " " vertical bars. 2 Use HTML tables with table , tr , td tags ...
FAQ: How do I delete or rename a topic? Answer: New to the 01 Sep 2001 version of TWiki, you can rename, move and delete topics directly from your browser (previously ...
Use the "Minor changes, don't notify" checkbox in preview in case you only make a minor change to a topic and you do not want to inform everybody who is on the WebNotify ...
FAQ: Why does the topic revision not increase when I edit a topic? Answer: The same topic revision will be used when you save a topic again within a certain time ...
TWiki Templates Definition of the templates used to render all HTML pages displayed in TWiki Overview The new modular template system offers flexible, easy control ...
File Attachments Each topic can have one or more files of any type attached to it by using the Attach screen to upload (or download) files from your local PC. Attachments ...
Each Support.FileAttachment in a Topic has an attribute string. At present only only the hidden attribute is supported. If the attribute includes h then the attachment ...
TWiki Formatted Search Results Inline search feature allows flexible formatting of search result The %SEARCH{...}% variable documented in TWikiVariables has a fixed ...
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) see the NatsFAQs for an overview of all hosted FAQs: * NatsWikiFAQ * SecurityFAQ * PrintingFAQ * LaTeXFAQ * SoundFAQ ...
FAQ: What do BTW, FAQ, FYI, IMHO, RTFM, and other acronyms mean? Answer: These are all abbreviations for specific phrases commonly used in informal written computer ...
FAQ: TWiki has a GPL (GNU General Public License). What is GPL? Answer: TWiki is distributed under the GNU General Public License, see TWikiDownload. GPL is one of ...
The box at the top of each page. Enter a topic name to quickly jump to the topic, for example: * WebNotify to jump to WebNotify in the current web * .WebNotify ...
nop / GoodStyle Collaboration Tips * TWiki has a very simple text formatting shorthand. In any case, you won't go wrong if you simply: * start each line ...
Hide/Unhide Attachments You can hide/unhide file attachments. * In the Support.FileAttachment table, click on an action link, * enable the Hide file checkbox ...
Include Topics and Web Pages Using %INCLUDE{...}% Variable Use the %INCLUDE{...}% variable to embed the content of another topic or web page inside a Foswiki topic ...
FAQ: Can I include images on a page? Answer: Yes. The easiest way is to attach a GIF, JPG or PNG file to a topic and then to place it with: %ATTACHURL%/myImage.gif ...
Instant TWiki Site Enhancements These quick enhancements are aimed at improving TWiki's ease of use. New TWiki site administrators are especially encouraged to review ...
KthtmlPreBug Version Konqueror 2.9.9, KDE 2.99 (3.0 rc3) Description There's a space at each end of line in the pre environment which enlarges the content area ...
Main Features of TWiki * Any web browser: Edit existing pages or create new pages by using any web browser. There is no need to upload pages. * Edit link: To ...
Managing Topics Browser based rename, move, and delete for individual topics Overview You can use browser based controls to change a topic's name, move it to another ...
Managing Webs Adding webs is a web based operation; renaming and deleting webs are manual operations done directly on the server Overview A Support.TWikiSite is divided ...
## Meta Data Rendering Various meta data can be stored in topics MetaDataDefinition This is rendered using the %META% variable. This is mostly used in the view ...
FAQ: How can I access the NATS cluster from the internet? I want to TELNET to a NATS computer and don't know how. Hey, FTP used to work but not any longer! Answer ...
Frequently Asked Questions at the Natural Language Systems Divison The FAQ at NATS is a collection of problems (and solutions to these problems) that may be interesting ...
A Bibliographic Web, implementing a BibPlugin (done) * A collection of papers. * create forms for every type of publication. see Sandbox.ArticleBibForm, Sandbox ...
NetscapeCascadingStyleSheets Version 4.xxx Description Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are "implemented" very rudimentary if at all. The NatsWiki isn't rendered as ...
Version 4.xx Description Netscape ignores = div = elements or at least ignores some of its attributes. With is calculated too wide. This browser does not implement ...
OperaDoubledEmptyLines Version Opera 5.0 Description Edit a NatsWikiTopic and save it. Each empty line gets multiplied. Things get worse the more often you edit ...
Peter Thoeny is the author of TWiki and therefore a TWiki:Codev/CoreTeam member and a TWikiContributor. See home page at TWiki:Main/PeterThoeny and .PeterThoeny
FAQ: Why are the system administrators so picky about passwords? My data isn't that secret anyway! Answer: This is a kind of test to check if you are smart enuf ...
FAQ: What is the POP3 protocol? How can I improve the security while still using the POP3 protocol? What is APOP? I want to use Eudora, Netscape etc. to read my mail ...
FAQ: Text I enter gets wrapped around. How can I keep the formatting as it is? Answer: TWiki interprets text as HTML, so you can use the preformatted HTML option ...
FAQ: How can I print buffers from XEmacs without a header? Answer: Using the menu item File::Print in XEmacs invokes a2ps to print the file with a header showing ...
FAQ: I want my documents (e. g. slides) printed single sided! And I want to use the manual feed! Answer: We use the LPRng printing system which is supposed to be ...
FAQ: How to print from applications (eg. netscape) in KDE? Answer: Well, that's pretty easy. Just use the command kprinter where you used lpr before: prompt$ kprinter ...
FAQ: Who can read my files? Who can write them? How do I allow another user to access my files? Answer: to be written Back to: SecurityFAQ MichaelDaum 08 Sep ...
Regular Expressions Introduction Regular expressions (REs), unlike simple queries, allow you to search for text which matches a particular pattern. REs are similar ...
FAQ: I've problems with the WebSearch. There is no Search Result on any inquiry. By clicking the Index topic it's the same problem. Answer: That is an indication ...
FAQ: What happens if two of us try to edit the same topic simultaneously? Answer: The second person gets a warning that the topic is currently being edited by another ...
## Site Usage Statistics * You can automatically generate usage statistics for all webs. To enable this: * Make sure variable $doLogTopicView, $doLogTopicSave ...
The 256 Standard Colors This table can be used to choose a color in of each web. #000000 #000033 #000066 #000099 #0000CC #0000FF #003300 #003333 #003366 ...
FAQ: What's the difference between subversion and CVS? Answer: (from TWiki:Codev/SubversionChangesFromCVS) Subversion is designed as a drop in replacement for CVS ...
TWiki Access Control Restricting read and write access to topics and webs, by Users and groups TWikiAccessControl allows you restrict access to single topics and entire ...
TWiki Admin Cook Book This page has many tips and tricks, particularly useful when you're installing TWiki for the first time. This guide is most useful before or ...
TWiki Contributor A TWiki contributor is a person devoting his/her time to contribute on the development of the Open Source project TWiki, hosted at http://TWiki.org ...
TWiki Reference Manual () Note: Read the most up to date version of this document at http://TWiki.org/cgi bin/view/TWiki/TWikiDocumentation * Installation ...
FAQ: I would like to install TWiki on my server. Can I get the source? Answer: TWiki is distributed under the GnuGeneralPublicLicense. You can request the source ...
* Please bring your enhancement requests to TWiki:Codev.FeatureEnhancementRequest Related Topics * TWikiHistory has a list of added features in TWiki. * TWikiPlannedFeatures ...
TWikiErrors Bug Reports 1 *some_bold_text*sometimes does not work in buletlists 1 some_fixwidth_text needs a blank before and after the =. 1 When you ...
TWiki Forms Form based input in topics, with name/value pairs stored as Meta Data variables; choose one of multiple forms per web topic Overview By adding form ...
TWiki::Func Module Documentation Official list of stable TWiki functions for Plugin developers Description This module defines official funtions that Plugins and ...
# TWiki Glossary Simple glossary of TWiki terms Term Definition Attachment: Any type of file that is uploaded via browser and attached to a topic, where ...
Appendix B: TWiki Development Timeline 01 Feb 2003 Release (Beijing) * 18 Jan 2003 PeterThoeny * Support for /bin/view/Web.TopicName topic view URL (besides ...
TWiki Installation Guide Installation instructions for the TWiki 01 Feb 2003 production release. Update notes for the new RCS configuration are marked Dataframework ...
TWiki Meta Data #MetaDataDefinition Additional topic data, program generated or from TWikiForms, is stored in META variable name/value pairs Overview TWikiMetaData ...
* Features requested, planned or under construction are listed at the TWiki development home TWiki:Codev.WebHome Related Topics * TWikiHistory has a list of added ...
TWiki Plugins Plug in enhanced feature add ons, with a Plugin API for developers Overview You can add Plugins to extend TWiki's functionality, without altering the ...
TWiki is a Web based collaboration platform * A TWiki site is an easy to use, full featured open communications environment: * people anywhere on the Web ...
TWiki Site Tools Utilities for searching, navigation, and monitoring site activity TWikiSiteTools include utilities for navigating, searching and keeping up with site ...
TWiki Skins Skins overlay regular templates with alternate header/footer layouts; topic text is not affected Overview Skins are customized TWikiTemplates files. You ...
TWiki System Requirements Server and client requirements for TWiki 01 Feb 2003 Low client and server requirements are core features that keep TWiki widely deployable ...
# TWiki Templates Definition of the templates used to render all HTML pages displayed in TWiki Overview The new modular template system offers flexible, easy control ...
TWiki Topics The basic building block of a TWiki site is called a topic, identified by a unique, hopefully descriptive, WikiWord title. It may seem easier just to ...
20 Minutes TWiki Tutorial This step by step, hands on tutorial gets you up to speed with all the TWikiSite basics, in mere minutes... 1. Get set... Open two browser ...
TWiki Upgrade Guide Upgrade from the previous TWiki 01 Dec 2001 production release to TWiki 01 Feb 2003 Overview This guide describes how to upgrade from TWiki 01 ...
## TWiki Upgrade Notes for Version 01 May 2000 If you are coming from a version earlier than the 01 May 2000 production release, please see TWikiUpgradeTo01May2000 ...
# TWiki Upgrade Guide Upgrade from TWiki 01 Dec 2000 or TWiki 01 Sep 2001 to TWiki 01 Dec 2001 (previous to new full release) This guide describes how to upgrade either ...
To upgrade an earlier TWiki version like 01 Sep 1999 to version 01 May 2000 you should do the following things: * Back up your system. * Update the templates ...
TWiki User Authentication TWiki site access control and user activity tracking options TWiki does not authenticate users internally, it depends on the REMOTE_USER ...
## TWiki Username vs. Login Username This section applies only if your Foswiki is installed on a server that is both authenticated and on an intranet. Foswiki internally ...
TWiki Variables Special text strings expand on the fly to display user data or system info TWikiVariables are text strings %VARIABLE% that expand into content ...
Template Web Purpose Template webs were created to act as templates in creating webs. It is now possible to creation webs via the ManagingWebs topic. In the not ...
Text Editor A text editor, or text processor, handles plain text only, different from a word processor because it doesn't do display formatting like bold type, or ...
TWiki Text Formatting Working in TWiki is as easy as typing in text exactly like email. You don't need to know HTML, though you can use it if you prefer. Links to ...
FAQ: Text enclosed in angle brackets like filename is not displayed. How can I show it as it is? Answer: TWiki interprets text as HTML, and the ' ' and ' ' characters ...
Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web while working at CERN in 1989. See his biography at http://www.w3.org/People/Berners Lee/ .PeterThoeny 12 Jan 2003 ...
Topics get locked for some time (default is one hour) whenever a user edits, previews or saves a topic. This is to prevent simultaneous topic updates. There is a lock ...
User's Guide Welcome to Foswiki. This page assumes that you are a new user to Foswiki, and that you've never heard of Wiki before. Here are the most important pages ...
FAQ: How do i use DMalloc? Answer: 1.dmalloc installieren zb im Home Verzeichis 1.im Source Code des Programms inkludieren. #include "dmalloc.h" ACHTUNG ...
FAQ: How do I use GPG? Answer: This is just to encrypt files for yourself. If you also want to use gpg to send/receive encrypted files/mails, everything becomes more ...
Since wabi sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic system, it is difficult to explain precisely in western terms. According to Leonard Koren ...
Web Changes Notification Service Each Foswiki web has an automatic email notification service that sends you an email with links to all of the topics modified since ...
Welcome to the Support Web Welcome to TWiki: a flexible, powerful, secure, yet simple web based collaboration platform. Use TWiki to run a project development space ...
WebMenu format %WEB{name="..." home="..." popup="..." expand="always or never" }% entry for Web %ITEM{name="..." popup="..." topic="..." }% topic in Web ...
This is a subscription service to be automatically notified by e mail when topics change in this Support web. This is a convenient service, so you do not have to come ...
Foswiki.Support Web Preferences * Set SITEMAPLIST = on * Set SITEMAPWHAT = Help, FAQs, Tutorials, Bugreports on the Foswiki * Set SITEMAPUSETO = Help, FAQs ...
Welcome, ! Welcome to Foswiki! This is a TWikiSite (pronounced twee kee site), a meeting place to work on common interests. Anyone can contribute using any web browser ...
FAQ: So what is this WikiWiki thing exactly? Answer: A set of pages of information that are open and free for anyone to edit as they wish. They are stored in a server ...
FAQ: Everybody can edit any page, this is scary. Doesn't that lead to chaos? Answer: Foswiki is one of many WikiWikiClones, the first one was built by Ward Cunningham ...
... is usualy your name, your first and last name connected without a space. For example, Tim Berners Lee's WikiName is TimBernersLee. Your name is also a potentially ...
References on Wiki and Collaboration Some useful articles and books around collaboration and the Wiki technology in particular. Wiki Technology and TWiki * Book ...
FAQ: What is WikiSpam? Answer: As Wiki grants write access to its visitors, some think that it is great to delete content. But as long as there's a version control ...
# Wiki syntax: all shorthand basics If you can enter text, you're ready for TWiki. With a few simple, intuitive TextFormattingRules, you'll be able to use plain text ...
A WikiTopic is one unit of information in a T/Wiki web. It is more or less a universal term in the world of Wikis. Each WikiTopic is displayed as one Web page in your ...
TWiki is a Wiki Wiki clone and has its root in JOS Wiki. * TWiki's home is at http://TWiki.org/ * TWiki takes a lot of ideas from Ward Cunningham's remarkable ...
What is a WikiWord? A WikiWord consists of two or more words with initial capitals, run together. When you type a WikiWord, you establish a hyperlink. It's as easy ...
Windows Install Cookbook Introduction This cookbook is intended to get you up and running with TWiki on Windows quickly, with as few problems as possible. The ...
FAQ: Some words appear highlighted, with a "?" link at the end. How can I prevent that? Answer: A question mark after a word is a link to a topic that doesn't yet ...