One man wiki?

[SuAside]

I'm looking for a program (or website) which would allow me to make a something that has the form of wiki. You know the easy and basic linkage between articles. That's most important, the search function is not really necessary, but it would be a plus.
It is only for personal use, no need to be able to publish it in any form. So no webserver, exportcapability, database backend or other stuff needed.

Jotspot seems sufficient for what I'd want to use it, but their free webbased try-out is restricted to a grand total of 10 pages, which doesnt make for much of a wiki really.

On the other edge of the spectrum, there are programs like LaTeX (and other -TeX dirivatives), but they don't seem to be very user friendly. Due to their syntax, you'd feel more like coding than writing a wiki, so it kinda beats the purpose. Not to mention they weigh about 415mb, which isn't exactly small for such a program.

Of course, there are the 'real' freeware wiki programs, but those require server backends & i'm not going to run an MySQL/MSSQL server to power my tiny lil' wiki.

I know that you can do similar stuff in Word (or other text programs) by inserting hyperlinks linking within the documents, but it's not entirely the same & quite honnestly, it isn't really what I'm looking for. (although it's possible the newer Word programs have easier & more extensive use of this, I don't know)

And no, I'm not willing to hand code it in html...

 

[Zaij]

Actually, this sounds quite useful as a study aid so if anyone knows, please speak up.

 

[Sander]

Ehm, LaTeX as a wiki replacement? LaTeX is only good if you're looking at making one big document with scientific notation. Using it for most anything else would really be overkill, because all you'll be using would be its auto-numbering and section linking.

Anyway, a Content Management System would probably fit best, but if you're not willing to run a small SQL server that can't be done either.

One thing you could do is go with a WYSIWYG LaTeX editor like Lyx. This would essentially give you LaTeX's power with a much more user-friendly interface.

 

[SuAside]

Ehm, LaTeX as a wiki replacement? LaTeX is only good if you're looking at making one big document with scientific notation. Using it for most anything else would really be overkill, because all you'll be using would be its auto-numbering and section linking.

i dunno, someone brought it up & it could indeed integrate all the linkage & stuff, but it was more like coding than anything else.

One thing you could do is go with a WYSIWYG LaTeX editor like Lyx. This would essentially give you LaTeX's power with a much more user-friendly interface.

i'll check it out. thanks.