WiKit

The name "WiKit" can be interpreted in two ways:

  1. An implementation of Wiki in Tcl [1]
  2. An implementation of Wiki using MetaKit [2]

Both are accurate.

WiKit can be used as a CGI process (see WiKit under CGI), in which case it becomes a part of your web server, and it can be used standalone, running locally with a Tcl/Tk graphical front end (see WiKit in local mode). The former makes collaborative editing possible, the latter includes a high-performance search facility and makes it very easy to browse and edit information off-line.

Right now (early March), these two mechanisms do not mix.

What you can do, however, is download a copy of an active web-based WiKit (such as this one, The Tcl'ers Wiki), and keep it around as reference to what that snapshot contains. WiKit is fully self contained in a single platform-independent file, called a scripted document. It requires a platform-dependent runtime called TclKit, which is basically a static build of Tcl, Tk, and MetaKit. There are currently runtimes for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Alpha Unix, Windows, and Macintosh (see [3]).

-- JC

15nov02 - There's a new version of Wikit out, which supports CSS. It runs as a starkit nowadays (separate from wikit.tkd), and requires tclkit 8.4.x probably. Conversion from older wikits is automatic (but irreversible). See the Tclers' Wiki for more details, or [4]).

15nov02 Dossy - Thanks. Just upgraded to TclKit 8.4.1-38 and the new Starkit wikit.kit and moved my customizations over into it. Much easier to administrate multiple WiKit-based wiki's now.