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[mylar-dev] wiki editing in task editor

Hi,
 
I'm a student working on a Google Summer of Code project on Mylar. I've started working on the project and have been learning the Eclipse PDE and Mylar. From the discussion with Greg Wilson and Mik, the first step is to provide wiki editing facilities in task editor ( https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=184904). I am going to work on the Trac connector with the xml-rpc accessing mode. It looks to me what I need to do is to extend the description and comments sections in Trac tickets so that their content can be displayed with wiki-formatting. I want to confirm whether this is what's expected.
 
As Steffen pointed out, there is an Eclipse plugin (http://www.trac-hacks.org/wiki/EclipseTracPlugin) that provides Trac wiki interface within Eclipse. It contains a  wiki page editor, which has a source pane where one can edit the plain text and a preview pane that renders the wiki page. The EclipseTracPlugin retrieves only wiki pages but not tickets from a trac server, so it seems to complement the functions provided by the Trac connector. 
 
I noticed that there was a request (http://www.trac-hacks.org/ticket/1349) to the EclipseTracPlugin project for integrating its wiki editor with Mylar. This seems to be exactly what I shall do. I want to check if this is the correct direction to go. Greg has a concern why EclipseTracPlugin doesn't already use Mylar and whether extending it is the best way to move ahead.
 
I wish to hear opinions on how I should go forward.
 
Regards,
Xiaoyang

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