<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>WikiCourse/07 The text editor</title></articleinfo><section><title>The text editor</title><para>We just met it while creating your own homepage: the text-based editor of <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/WikiCourse/07%20The%20text%20editor/MoinMoin#">MoinMoin</ulink>. You are, of course, not limited to only using it for that, because you can also use it to change any other page in the wiki. </para><para>You can do that simply by clicking on <emphasis role="strong">edit</emphasis> or <emphasis role="strong">edit (text)</emphasis> in the navigation area and <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/WikiCourse/07%20The%20text%20editor/MoinMoin#">MoinMoin</ulink> will bring you to the text editor for the current page. </para><para><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata depth="16" fileref="https://wiki.hcoop.net/moin_static1911/moniker_bt/img/idea.png" width="16"/></imageobject><textobject><phrase>(!)</phrase></textobject></inlinemediaobject> You can't mess anything up, because the previous version of the page is always saved and can be restored if needed. </para><para>It is important to frequently use the <emphasis role="strong">preview</emphasis> function while editing a page, since using it will tell <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/WikiCourse/07%20The%20text%20editor/MoinMoin#">MoinMoin</ulink> to create a backup of the editor's current content. </para><para>When you're done, you should enter an appropriate comment (which will then appear on <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/WikiCourse/07%20The%20text%20editor/RecentChanges#">RecentChanges</ulink> and in the history of the page) and click <emphasis role="strong">save</emphasis>. </para><para>Should there be two people editing a page at the same time, the first person can save without problems. The second person will get a warning and should merge the first person's changes with his own. If you want to edit a page on your own, you should state that on the top of the page. </para><para><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata depth="16" fileref="https://wiki.hcoop.net/moin_static1911/moniker_bt/img/idea.png" width="16"/></imageobject><textobject><phrase>(!)</phrase></textobject></inlinemediaobject> You should <emphasis>not</emphasis> go back to the editor page with the &quot;back&quot; button of the browser after editing, because this can lead to strange editing conflicts. Just use <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/WikiCourse/07%20The%20text%20editor/MoinMoin#">MoinMoin</ulink>'s <emphasis>edit</emphasis> button again. </para><para>If you do not want to save, but instead discard the changes, you should click <emphasis role="strong">cancel</emphasis>, so that <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/WikiCourse/07%20The%20text%20editor/MoinMoin#">MoinMoin</ulink> knows that you are done editing the page. </para><para>Further information can be found at <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/WikiCourse/07%20The%20text%20editor/HelpOnEditing#">HelpOnEditing</ulink>. </para></section></article>