WikiText mode

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On 10/22/2013 04:47 PM, Mick Jordan wrote:
> On 10/22/13 3:42 PM, Georges Saab wrote:
>> Or perhaps this?
>>
>> https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF43/Quick+Reference+Guide+for+the+Confluence+Editor
>>
>>
> That was helpful but I don't seem to be able to get the editor to do 
> what I want.  So I have this big chunk of marked up text which I have 
> converted to the Confluence format as far as I can given the rather 
> lame documentation on the editor. For example, there is nothing about 
> blocks of pre-formatted text, of which I have many.
>
> It says that it doesn't store Wiki markup, viz:
>
> *Note: You cannot edit content in wiki markup.* Confluence does not 
> store page content in wiki markup. Although you can enter wiki markup 
> into the editor, Confluence will convert it to the rich text editor 
> format immediately. You will not be able to edit the wiki markup after 
> initial entry.
>
> However, it let me insert my existing markup using the Insert->Wiki 
> Markup menu. This previews fine, apart from the bugs. But when I edit 
> it again it takes me back to the box containing the inserted Wiki 
> Markup. I can see that I could use the buttons to add content to the 
> space above the Wiki markup box but I don't seem to be able to convert 
> the inserted text so that it appears as if I had typed it in by hand. 
> And since I don't know how to do some things via markup, I'm stuck.
>
> Please tell me I am missing something simple and I don't have to 
> re-create the entire document and all the formatting by using the GUI 
> and cutting an pasting input from my marked up text (without the markup).
>
> Mick
>

:-( 
https://blogs.atlassian.com/2011/11/why-we-removed-wiki-markup-editor-in-confluence-4/ 
:-(

-- Jon
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