Author: emmiller
Description:
Vector Markup Language is a way to draw lines in a browser, similar to SVG,
except that it is available in Internet Explorer. VML is required, at least, by
my Google Maps Extension for MediaWiki.[1] However, as described on Microsoft's
site[2], VML must be explicitly enabled with an XML namespace in a page's <html>
tag in order to work in Internet Explorer. For example, a page needs all
instances of:
<html>
Changed to:
<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml">
Currently, MediaWiki does not have this namespace defined in any skins. I am
attaching a patch that fixes this for MonoBook and derivatives of Skin.php. This
change is non-intrusive to other browsers.
As a side note, right now I have my users hacking the template files themselves,
and this patch will save them a lot of trouble!
Version: 1.9.x
Severity: minor