Talk:Tools/en

Hey, I'm pretty new to programming but I like your project, and I thought I might try to create a zim file. I was thinking of using the "Subjects Taught in Medical School" category from wikipedia and making a special zim file for med students. Will I be able to do that if I review my Perl and hack away at the scripts posted here? Ab1 00:45, 31 August 2011 (CEST)
 * Yes, you would, and we are happy to help. (Please sign your comments on talk pages by typing the tilde (~) sign four times consecutively at the end of your comment). Ijon 00:34, 31 August 2011 (CEST)
 * Yes, you can, but this is not easy. Come on IRC #kiwix channel if you need help. Kelson 16:57, 31 August 2011 (CEST)

Convert xml dump into zim
The present method of generating an zim file is insanely time-consuming and complicated: Setting up an local media wiki and x hours of converting back and forth just for the one zim file? Isn't (or won't) be there a way of just converting an xml dump straight into the zim format? That would be much easier and less hassle. --Arisboch 18:02, 20 June 2012 (CEST)


 * This is not possible for now because the XML dump content is wikitext and the ZIM file content is HTML. Kelson 21:06, 20 June 2012 (CEST)


 * So won't be there some ingenous programmes who let ... some kinda programm handle all this converting form xml into html and then into zim without this whole installing of a mediawiki?--Arisboch 21:44, 20 June 2012 (CEST)


 * This program is a wikitext parser... and for now, we only have one good, this is the Mediawiki one. But we will generate soon ZIM file for all projects... so just be a little bit patient. Kelson 21:47, 20 June 2012 (CEST)


 * I'm not talking only about mediawiki, I'm talking about any wiki (wikis from wikia or any other)... The current moethod is simply too complicated!--Arisboch 23:22, 20 June 2012 (CEST)


 * I agree, but xmltozim is not the solution. We work to improve that point... Kelson 09:16, 21 June 2012 (CEST)