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author | Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> | 2010-08-27 10:01:58 +0200 |
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committer | Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> | 2010-08-27 10:01:58 +0200 |
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diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/getfield/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/getfield/discussion.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5f7fffead --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/getfield/discussion.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +## Templating, and other uses + +Like you mentioned in [[ftemplate]] IIRC, it'll only work on the same page. If it can be made to work anywhere, or from a specific place in the wiki - configurable, possibly - you'll have something very similar to mediawiki's templates. I can already think of a few uses for this combined with [[template]] ;) . --[[SR|users/simonraven]] + +> Yes, I mentioned "only current page" in the "LIMITATIONS" section. + +> What do you think would be a good syntax for querying other pages? +> It needs to resolve to a single page, though I guess using "bestlink" to find the closest page would mean that one didn't have to spell out the whole page. + +>> I don't know the internals very well, I think that's how other plugins do it. *goes to check* Usually it's a `foreach` loop, and use a `pagestate{foo}` to check the page's status/state. There's also some stuff like 'pagespec_match_list($params{page}` ... they do slightly different thing depending on need. --[[SR|users/simonraven]] + +>>> No, I meant what markup I should use; the actual implementation probably wouldn't be too difficult. + +>>> The current markup is {{$*fieldname*}}; what you're wanting, perhaps it should be represented like {{$*pagename*:*fieldname*}}, or {{$*pagename*::*fieldname*}} or something else... +>>> -- [[KathrynAndersen]] + +>>>> Oh. Hmm. I like your idea actually, or alternately, in keeping more with other plugins, doing it like {{pagename/fieldname}}. The meaning of the separator is less clear with /, but avoids potential issues with filename clashes that have a colon in them. It also keeps a certain logic - at least to me. Either way, I think both are good choices. [[SR|users/simonraven]] + +>>>>> What about using {{pagename#fieldname}}? The meaning of the hash in URLs sort of fits with what is needed here (reference to a 'named' thing within the page) and it won't conflict with actual hash usages (unless we expect different named parts of pages to define different values for the same field ...) +>>>>> -- [[Oblomov]] +>>>>>> That's a good one too. --[[simonraven]] +>>>>>>> Done! I used {{$*pagename*#*fieldname*}} for the format. -- [[users/KathrynAndersen]] + + +> I'm also working on a "report" plugin, which will basically apply a template like [[ftemplate]] does, but to a list of pages given from a pagespec, rather than the current page. + +> -- [[users/KathrynAndersen]] + +>> Ooh, sounds nice :) . --[[SR|users/simonraven]] + +>>> I've now released the [[plugins/contrib/report]] plugin. I've been using it on my site; the holdup on releasing was because I hadn't yet written the docs for it. I hope you find it useful. +>>> -- [[users/KathrynAndersen]] |