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diff --git a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn index c522eaec3..ce0c684e7 100644 --- a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +[[!toc levels=2]] + Mediawiki is a dynamically-generated wiki which stores it's data in a relational database. Pages are marked up using a proprietary markup. It is possible to import the contents of a Mediawiki site into an ikiwiki, @@ -85,7 +87,23 @@ The next step is to convert Mediawiki conventions into Ikiwiki ones. These include * convert Categories into tags - * ... + + import sys, re + pattern = r'\[\[Category:([^\]]+)\]\]' + + def manglecat(mo): + return '[[!tag %s]]' % mo.group(1).strip().replace(' ','_') + + for line in sys.stdin.readlines(): + res = re.match(pattern, line) + if res: + sys.stdout.write(re.sub(pattern, manglecat, line)) + else: sys.stdout.write(line) + +## Step 3: Mediawiki plugin + +The [[plugins/contrib/mediawiki]] plugin can be used by ikiwiki to interpret +most of the Mediawiki syntax. ## External links @@ -93,5 +111,3 @@ include git](http://u32.net/Mediawiki_Conversion/index.html?updated), including full edit history, but as of 2009/10/16 that site is not available. -The [[plugins/contrib/mediawiki]] plugin can then be used by ikiwiki to build -the wiki. |