On Wed, 2013-10-23 at 18:35 -0400, Mark A. Hershberger wrote:
> On 10/23/2013 11:51 AM, John W. Foster wrote:
> > My understanding is that it is developed for using Lua in
> > embedded scripts & as I don't have that anywhere & don't plan to, whats
> > the best choice for my needs.
>
> Lua binaries are bundled with Scribunto, so most people don't need to
> have a separate version of Lua installed.
>
> I agree that not enough thought has been put into using Scribunto on
> non-WMF installations of MediaWiki, but if you want to continue
> importing templates from Wikipedia, you'll probably need to have it.
>
> If you do decide you want to completely remove all vestiges of
> Scribunto, then you'll need to remove pages in the "Module:" namespace
> as that is where the Lua scripts are stored. You'll also need to look
> for and remove calls to "{{#invoke" from your wiki pages.
>
> HTH,
>
> Mark.
Well I don't mind a little trouble getting stuff to work, but, I do
object to spending time getting a function to work that I do not
require. Well I didn't, I may need to rethink that position as I do need
to be able to import pages & templates from other wikis, esp. Wikipedia.
That said there is little real help available for this new extension. I
have followed the installation instructions EXACTLY, but when i try to
import pages & templates, I get several errors, & all seem related to
Lua, also the PHP relationship to Lua, & the general relationships of
all these bits of software. The whole system is poorly arranged, with
too many dependencies that are not documented. This is not a rant, just
what I see as an end user with a bit of experience. Currently I'm
getting the 'Format "text/plain" is not supported for content model
Scribunto' error message. Now why in the world would that occur. & How
is it fixed. So far the only thing I find is a way to 'edit' out the
'text/plain' & replace it with format-content something or other. Just
seems wrong to have to edit functioning pages.
Thanks
john
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