[Haskell-cafe] Editing Haskell wiki pages

Alexander Dunlap alexander.dunlap at gmail.com
Fri Mar 20 10:59:19 EDT 2009


On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Colin Paul Adams
<colin at colina.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander Dunlap <alexander.dunlap at gmail.com> writes:
>
>    Alexander> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:24 AM, Colin Paul Adams
>    Alexander> <colin at colina.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>    >>>>>>> "Bulat" == Bulat Ziganshin <bulat.ziganshin at gmail.com>
>    >>>>>>> writes:
>    >>
>    >>    Bulat> Hello Colin,
>    >>    Bulat> Friday, March 20, 2009, 9:18:59 AM, you wrote:
>    >>
>    >>> How am I supposed to edit a page on the Haskell wiki?
>    >>
>    >>    >> If I click on an "Edit this page" link, then Firefox
>    >> prompts me    >> to choose a tool to open an
>    >> application/x-external-editor. When    >> i just
>    >>
>    >>    Bulat> it should be a problem with your config, i just tried
>    >> with    Bulat> ff 3.0.7/win32 - it edits fine. nothing was
>    >> specially    Bulat> configured for this behaviour
>    >>
>    >> I haven't configured anything special either.  ff 3.0.7/Linux
>    >> x64
>    >>
>
> Go to your preferences page. Under the "Editing" tab, the field "Use
>    Alexander> external editor by default" is probably
>    Alexander> checked. Uncheck it, and you will be able to edit the
>    Alexander> pages directly in Firefox.
>
> What Editing tab?
> --
> Colin Adams
> Preston Lancashire
>

It's on the left-hand side of the page, at least on my screen. I guess
it doesn't really look like a tab, but there's a link that says
"Editing" on the Preferences page.

Alex


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