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Last modified by Administrator on 2024/12/27 15:59
From version 6.1
edited by David De La Harpe Golden
on 2019/11/11 22:33
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To version 8.1
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1 1  [[XWiki>>https://www.xwiki.org]] is a powerful Java-based programmable wiki system, more of a hybrid wiki/cms. To be honest, in an ideal world I'd rather have continued to custom-implement my site in Lisp, but I had to balance that against time available, and after evaluating several options I ended up going with XWiki for now.
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3 -Installation is straightforward on Debian, just following the relevant XWiki docs. The most involved part was setting up "short URLs" - losing the odd javatastic ##/xwiki/bin/view## url prefix - but again, no real issues there. 
3 +Installation is straightforward on Debian, just following the relevant XWiki docs. The most involved part was setting up [["short URLs">>https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/AdminGuide/ShortURLs/]] - losing the odd javatastic ##/xwiki/bin/view## url prefix. Note from time to time xwiki versions have introduced new url segments for special purposes (e.g. asyncrenderer), keep an eye on the path exclusions as documented upstream.
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6 6  == Syntax Highlighting ==
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14 14  == Java Compatibility ==
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16 -At time of writing (2019), XWiki LTS [[is not yet compatible>>https://forum.xwiki.org/t/error-number-4001-in-4-error-while-evaluating-velocity-template-colorthemeinit-vm/4323/5]] with Java 11 / post- Java 8. It's straightforward to use Java 8 for now while Java 8 itself is still supported of course, just worth keeping an eye on.
16 +At time of writing (2024), XWiki LTS 16.x IS compatible with Java 17. Yay.
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18 +== XWiki and Underlining ==
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20 +Following upgrade to 16 you may find XWiki defaulting to Underlining links. This is for accessibility reasons. Setting a global default of no underlining is involved but possible, see
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22 +* https://forum.xwiki.org/t/16-3-how-to-change-default-link-underline-style/14543/7 - set global preferences object property (ui hidden by default, edit URL)
23 +* https://forum.xwiki.org/t/unable-to-change-default-underline-links-after-upgrade/15277/2 - add extra property to class if missing on upgrade