Last modified: 2014-08-21 15:55:13 UTC
After a fresh installation of MW 1.23 (from the tarball), adding VisualEditor and configuring parsoid, the "Edit" (or "Create") link of any page is not working. I am not the only one having this problem: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:VisualEditor#Can_not_get_VisualEditor_extension_for_MediaWiki_REL1_23_working_on_freshly_installed_system_44018 What I saw when I checked with FireBug: * In an old (1.22) installation clicking "Edit" results in a POST-request with action=visualeditor&paction=parse&page=Main_Page&format=json as its content. * In the new installation no request is visible in FireBug when clicking on "Edit". One more finding: It seems to work in 1.23alpha. I used wikiapiary to search for sites using VisualEditor and found e.g. this one: http://techwiki.umbel.org/index.php/Special:Version where it works... Some more investigation: using the Poster-extension of Firefox to manually POST "action=visualeditor&paction=parse&page=Main_Page&format=json" (application/x-www-form-urlencoded) to .../api.php returns good looking content of type "application/json; charset=utf-8" (see attachment "visualeditor_postresponse.json"). But the JS-compoments of VisualEditor are not displaying anything!
Created attachment 15635 [details] Response of POST to api.php
I can confirm this bug. It is throwing the following JS exception: Exception thrown by ext.visualEditor.core Error: constructor must be a function, cannot be a undefined The exception gets throwing trying to call: ve.ui.windowFactory.register( OO.ui.ConfirmationDialog ); From line 22 of lib/modules/ve/ui/ve.ui.js The problem goes away if I switch from branch REL1_23 to wmf/1.23wmf22 (and run git submodule update).
Hello Kevin, thank you for the confirmation and the additional information! Switching to the git-Version of VisualEditor and using branch wmf/1.23wmf22 did indeed make it work for me as well! But I do not want to use this work-around in a production environment without anyone in the know confirming it's the way to go...
Relevant commits that were in wmf/1.23wmf22 but not in REL1_23 yet: https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-VisualEditor/compare/REL1_23...wmf/1.23wmf22 https://github.com/wikimedia/VisualEditor/compare/55a5cdc047...b3e5759654 I reckon one or more of those should be backported.
I've updated REL1_23 to just simply use 1.23wmf22 instead, which should fix the incompatibility. Sorry about this.
I have a similar (same?) problem: VisualEditor does not load when clicking on the "edit" tab. This is the setup I use: - Windows 7 - XAMPP win32-1.8.3-4-VC11 - MediaWiki (tried both REL1_23 and 1.24wmf17) - VisualEditor (tried 1.23wmf22, 1.23wmf21, 1.24wmf17) I tried it both with Firefox 31 and Google Chrome 36 - in both, the VisualEditor does not load from my server. (VisualEditor loads fine for example from wikimedia.org in both browsers) I think my Parsoid is running fine. When I access port 8000, I get access to my parsoid installation, and it seems to parse html and wikicode just fine. I tried using VisualEditor-refs_heads_wmf_1.23wmf22 and VisualEditor-refs_heads_wmf_1.23wmf21 - no change, VisualEditor does not load. I tried using Mediawiki core-refs_heads_wmf_1.24wmf17 with VisualEditor refs_heads_wmf_1.24wmf17 - no change, VisualEditor does not load. I do not get any error message. The access log does not show much. Loading the main page: 127.0.0.1 - - [21/Aug/2014:12:11:24 +0200] "GET /mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page HTTP/1.1" 304 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0" 127.0.0.1 - - [21/Aug/2014:12:11:25 +0200] "GET /mediawiki/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=ext.visualEditor.viewPageTarget.noscript%7Cmediawiki.legacy.commonPrint%2Cshared%7Cmediawiki.skinning.interface%7Cmediawiki.ui.button%7Cskins.vector.styles&only=styles&skin=vector&* HTTP/1.1" 304 - "http://127.0.0.1/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0" 127.0.0.1 - - [21/Aug/2014:12:11:25 +0200] "GET /mediawiki/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&skin=vector&* HTTP/1.1" 304 - "http://127.0.0.1/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0" Then pressing on the edit tab: 127.0.0.1 - - [21/Aug/2014:12:12:19 +0200] "GET /mediawiki/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=ext.visualEditor.base%2Ccore%2Cmediawiki%2CviewPageTarget%7Cext.visualEditor.core.desktop%7Cjquery.visibleText%7Cmediawiki.api.edit%7Cmediawiki.feedback%7Coojs%2Coojs-ui%2Crangy%7Cunicodejs.wordbreak&skin=vector&version=20140820T142325Z&* HTTP/1.1" 304 - "http://127.0.0.1/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0" Are there any debug-output, logfiles, or something like that I can access or activate? I have no idea why VisualEditor does not load, and I do not know where to look. Can this be a firewall problem? Has anybody any idea?
Oh, one more thing I just found, when I manually do the GET /mediawiki/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=ext.visualEditor.base%2Ccore%2Cmediawiki%2CviewPageTarget%7Cext.visualEditor.core.desktop%7Cjquery.visibleText%7Cmediawiki.api.edit%7Cmediawiki.feedback%7Coojs%2Coojs-ui%2Crangy%7Cunicodejs.wordbreak&skin=vector&version=20140820T142325Z&* then I get the following (snipped at the end): /* exception 'MWException' with message 'ResourceLoaderFileModule::readScriptFiles: script file not found: "D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\extensions\VisualEditor/lib/ve/modules/ve/ve.js"' in D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoaderFileModule.php:658 Stack trace: #0 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoaderFileModule.php(277): ResourceLoaderFileModule->readScriptFiles(Array) #1 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoader.php(797): ResourceLoaderFileModule->getScript(Object(ResourceLoaderContext)) #2 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoader.php(546): ResourceLoader->makeModuleResponse(Object(ResourceLoaderContext), Array, Array) #3 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\load.php(43): ResourceLoader->respond(Object(ResourceLoaderContext)) #4 {main} */ /* exception 'MWException' with message 'ResourceLoaderFileModule::readScriptFiles: script file not found: "D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\extensions\VisualEditor/lib/ve/modules/ve/ve.Range.js"' in D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoaderFileModule.php:658 Stack trace: #0 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoaderFileModule.php(277): ResourceLoaderFileModule->readScriptFiles(Array) #1 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoader.php(797): ResourceLoaderFileModule->getScript(Object(ResourceLoaderContext)) #2 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoader.php(546): ResourceLoader->makeModuleResponse(Object(ResourceLoaderContext), Array, Array) #3 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\load.php(43): ResourceLoader->respond(Object(ResourceLoaderContext)) #4 {main} */ /* exception 'MWException' with message 'ResourceLoaderFileModule::readScriptFiles: script file not found: "D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\extensions\VisualEditor/lib/ve/modules/ve/ui/ve.ui.DesktopSurface.js"' in D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoaderFileModule.php:658 Stack trace: #0 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoaderFileModule.php(277): ResourceLoaderFileModule->readScriptFiles(Array) #1 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoader.php(797): ResourceLoaderFileModule->getScript(Object(ResourceLoaderContext)) #2 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoader.php(546): ResourceLoader->makeModuleResponse(Object(ResourceLoaderContext), Array, Array) #3 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\load.php(43): ResourceLoader->respond(Object(ResourceLoaderContext)) #4 {main} */ /* exception 'MWException' with message 'ResourceLoaderFileModule::readScriptFiles: script file not found: "D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\extensions\VisualEditor/lib/ve/lib/jquery/jquery.visibleText.js"' in D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoaderFileModule.php:658 Stack trace: #0 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoaderFileModule.php(277): ResourceLoaderFileModule->readScriptFiles(Array) #1 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoader.php(797): ResourceLoaderFileModule->getScript(Object(ResourceLoaderContext)) #2 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoader.php(546): ResourceLoader->makeModuleResponse(Object(ResourceLoaderContext), Array, Array) #3 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\load.php(43): ResourceLoader->respond(Object(ResourceLoaderContext)) #4 {main} */ /* exception 'MWException' with message 'ResourceLoaderFileModule::readScriptFiles: script file not found: "D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\extensions\VisualEditor/lib/ve/lib/rangy/rangy-core-1.3.js"' in D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoaderFileModule.php:658 Stack trace: #0 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoaderFileModule.php(277): ResourceLoaderFileModule->readScriptFiles(Array) #1 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoader.php(797): ResourceLoaderFileModule->getScript(Object(ResourceLoaderContext)) #2 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoader.php(546): ResourceLoader->makeModuleResponse(Object(ResourceLoaderContext), Array, Array) #3 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\load.php(43): ResourceLoader->respond(Object(ResourceLoaderContext)) #4 {main} */ /* exception 'MWException' with message 'ResourceLoaderFileModule::readScriptFiles: script file not found: "D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\extensions\VisualEditor/lib/ve/modules/unicodejs/unicodejs.js"' in D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoaderFileModule.php:658 Stack trace: #0 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoaderFileModule.php(277): ResourceLoaderFileModule->readScriptFiles(Array) #1 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoader.php(797): ResourceLoaderFileModule->getScript(Object(ResourceLoaderContext)) #2 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\includes\resourceloader\ResourceLoader.php(546): ResourceLoader->makeModuleResponse(Object(ResourceLoaderContext), Array, Array) #3 D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\load.php(43): ResourceLoader->respond(Object(ResourceLoaderContext)) #4 {main} */ mw.loader.implement("ext.visualEditor.mediawiki",function($,jQuery){ve.init.mw={'targets':[]};(function() ...
D:\xampp\apps\mediawiki\htdocs\extensions\VisualEditor/lib/ve/ is missing on my system!!! There is only jquery.uls ... Where do I get the ve lib? Why don't I have the ve lib?
Please explain how you installed VE and its dependencies and which exact guide you followed; might be better to ask/discuss on IRC in #mediawiki-visualeditor or https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:VisualEditor or https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:VisualEditor
Ok, VisualEditor is now running on my system! And I found the problem: If you download the VisualEditor via the web-interface at http://git.wikimedia.org/branches/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FVisualEditor.git then you will *NOT* get any submodules, like e.g. lib/ve/. The problem is, that web-interface for git at git.wikimedia.org can not handle git submodules. If you download an archive of VisualEditor (e.g. REL1_23) then lib/ve will be missing. If you try to access a submodule like lib/ve, then the web-interface will give you an error message. If you download VisualEditor via https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor/VisualEditor then everything is fine. If you manually download VisualEditor via git commandline, and do a "git submodule update --init" afterwards, then everything is fine. What is really annoying was the lack or error-messages.
(In reply to Tony Mach from comment #10) > Ok, VisualEditor is now running on my system! > > And I found the problem: > > If you download the VisualEditor via the web-interface at > http://git.wikimedia.org/branches/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FVisualEditor.git > then you will *NOT* get any submodules, like e.g. lib/ve/. > > The problem is, that web-interface for git at git.wikimedia.org can not > handle git submodules. If you download an archive of VisualEditor (e.g. > REL1_23) then lib/ve will be missing. If you try to access a submodule like > lib/ve, then the web-interface will give you an error message. > > If you download VisualEditor via > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor/VisualEditor > then everything is fine. > > If you manually download VisualEditor via git commandline, and do a "git > submodule update --init" afterwards, then everything is fine. Yeah, the instructions say this pretty clearly, though I see you've now gone rather over-board in saying this several times in big boxes. :-) > What is really annoying was the lack or error-messages. Yeah; we should raise an issue with MediaWiki core about the lack of user-visible errors, though Gerrit change #155177 will at least make it more obvious for VisualEditor users in future.
