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The visual editor uses a new parser, Parsoid, which has been implemented separately in node.js (iirc). That may be the answer...
by tommorris 13y ago
The visual editor uses a new parser, Parsoid, which has been implemented separately in node.js (iirc). That may be the answer...
- gnosygnu 13y agoYup. It also has its own DOM, rather than continuously adding to one string and repeatedly running regex's on it (which is what MediaWiki does today). I was already pretty far along with my own parser before Parsoid was usable though. (and my parser has its own DOM / hooks)
- tommorris 13y agoMediaWiki is such an astoundingly fugly piece of software.