The idea is that it could be convenient to write new topics on a WikiWiki? using the BloggerApi? , thus using any of the many BloggerApi? compatible writing tools available, including RadioUserland and even Jabber. As an XmlRpc interface, posting and editing WikiWiki? topics via BloggerApi? could even be done automatically as a reporting mechanism by other systems.

Besides, it would just be nice to use a nice editor versus the browser's textarea sometimes. (Though EmacsWiki? , WikiMode? , and WikiRemote? can help in this regard.)

-- LesOrchard - 20 Jan 2002

I agree that would be nice, we've discussed replacement editors all over the place. There is growing consensus that having blogger style input would be useful.

As XmlRpc is the old name for SOAP, it looks like this might be another place to use the WebServicesAddOn.

• Actually, XML-RPC is still around, SOAP is a different protocol not just a new name -- RichardDonkin

There is a appendContent routine (http://twiki.org/p/pub/Plugins/MailInAddOn/MailIn.pm, search for appendContent) in the MailInAddOn that adds a block of text to a topic. I suggest something like it be used for all the SubmitTopic? * routines. Perhaps it can be added to TWiki::Func and exposed through the WebServicesAddOn?

-- MartinCleaver - 20 Jan 2002