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about vcki
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**vcki** is a **v**ersion-**c**ontrolled wi<strong>ki</strong>-ish tool for **minimalists**. It was designed to use **[Mercurial][1]**, but could theoretically use any version-control backend.

[1]: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/Mercurial

It's written in **[Ruby][2]** (plain-old Ruby, none of that _Rails_ malarky) and uses **XML/XSLT** extensively. Currently, it is quite alpha, but quickly getting better. One of the goals is to keep [SLOC][3] to a minimum. All in all, it's nothing fancy &#8212; and that's the idea.

> _**Concession:** [SLOC][3] is a crappy metric, especially when working with powerful languages such as Ruby. I use it here merely as a euphemism for efficient, elegant code._

[2]: http://ruby-lang.org/
[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_lines_of_code

The logical way to pronounce 'vcki' would be **'Vicky'**, but **'vee-cee-kee'** is a(n) (un-)reasonable alternate.

Feature List Summary
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* version-controlled backend storage _(currently via [Mercurial][1] &#8212; introducing some interesting possibilities for distributed wiki-ish sites)_
* simplicity _(both visual and technical)_
* flexibility _(use as wiki, blog, bulletin board, etc.)_
* lightweight code _(ideally fewer than 1 KSLOC &#8212; or maybe an even lower limit)_

Oh yeah, inspiration for vcki comes mostly from Anselm R. Garbe's **[diri][4]** &#8212; though vcki commits (no pun intended) various object-oriented and XML-related sins that are fundamentally incompatible with diri's purely spartan (read: UNIX) philosophy.

[4]: http://www.suckless.org/wiki/tools/diri

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projects/vcki/about ShowHistoryRemove about vcki ========== You're looking at it. vcki is a version-controlled wi<strong>ki</strong>-ish tool for minimalists. It was designed to use [Mercurial][1], but could theoretically use any version-control backend. [1]: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/Mercurial It's written in [Ruby][2] (plain-old Ruby, none of that _Rails_ malarky) and uses XML/XSLT extensively. Currently, it is quite alpha, but quickly getting better. One of the goals is to keep [SLOC][3] to a minimum. All in all, it's nothing fancy — and that's the idea. > _Concession: [SLOC][3] is a crappy metric, especially when working with powerful languages such as Ruby. I use it here merely as a euphemism for efficient, elegant code._ [2]: http://ruby-lang.org/ [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_lines_of_code The logical way to pronounce 'vcki' would be 'Vicky', but 'vee-cee-kee' is a(n) (un-)reasonable alternate. Feature List Summary -------------------- * version-controlled backend storage _(currently via [Mercurial][1] — introducing some interesting possibilities for distributed wiki-ish sites)_ * simplicity _(both visual and technical)_ * flexibility _(use as wiki, blog, bulletin board, etc.)_ * lightweight code _(ideally fewer than 1 KSLOC — or maybe an even lower limit)_ Oh yeah, inspiration for vcki comes mostly from Anselm R. Garbe's [diri][4] — though vcki commits (no pun intended) various object-oriented and XML-related sins that are fundamentally incompatible with diri's purely spartan (read: UNIX) philosophy. [4]: http://www.suckless.org/wiki/tools/diri use Markdown syntax Comment: Password:
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