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| author | joey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071> | 2007-02-10 21:14:31 +0000 |
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| committer | joey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071> | 2007-02-10 21:14:31 +0000 |
| commit | 8648169e959b6975e5c4ef3eaa279717df320272 (patch) | |
| tree | 1ab3cbfe967609caf886bff68252255f5c03db76 /doc/todo/shortcut_optional_parameters.mdwn | |
| parent | 97622e5aa8e9fb938bce191d320a9b698e55902c (diff) | |
web commit by JoshTriplett: Optional parameters for shortcuts.
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diff --git a/doc/todo/shortcut_optional_parameters.mdwn b/doc/todo/shortcut_optional_parameters.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..494aac98a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/shortcut_optional_parameters.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Consider the "All files in this package search" on +<http://packages.debian.org>. The URL for such a search looks like this: + + http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=packagename&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=unstable&arch=i386 + +To create a "debfiles" [[shortcut|shortcuts]] that takes a package name, you +could just hardcode the architecture and distribution: + + \[[shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=%s&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=unstable&arch=i386"]] + \[[debfiles ikiwiki]] + +But what if you could have them as optional parameters instead? The syntax +for the invocation should look like this: + + \[[debfiles ikiwiki dist=testing]] + +Some possible syntax choices for the shortcut definition: + + \[[shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=%s&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=%(dist)s&arch=%(arch)s" dist="unstable" arch="i386"]] + \[[shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=%s&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=%(dist=unstable)s&arch=%(arch=i386)s"]] + \[[shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=%s&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=%{dist=unstable}&arch=%{arch=i386}"]] + \[[shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=$*&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=${dist=unstable}&arch=${arch=i386}"]] + +--[[JoshTriplett]] |