Yesterday on the IRC chat, there was a question about automatically generating/updating wiki content based upon the .tdb files.
I think I could fairly easily create a (php) script which would parse the XML and spit out a result in some sort of predefined format.
However, before I start writing such a script, I would like to know:
- Which type(s) need to be parsed (<ItemType />, <StationType />, <ShipClass />)?
- Which tags and/or attributes of these types needs to be exported to the wiki (for <ItemType />, this would differ from type to type: shields != weapons)?
- What format should the output be? should it be HTML, wiki-syntax or something else*?
Also, let's not get overly enthusiastic and come up with a requirements list which includes each and every type in Transcendence. Instead, let's start with the highest priority types first: the bigger this idea grows, the less chance I have time to complete it as something reasonably user-friendly.
Let's work out this idea in this topic and see if we can create something constructive.
Cheers,
Pixelfck