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diff --git a/doc/todo/transient_in-memory_pages.mdwn b/doc/todo/transient_in-memory_pages.mdwn index edf056e4a..9c1be7362 100644 --- a/doc/todo/transient_in-memory_pages.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/transient_in-memory_pages.mdwn @@ -64,3 +64,11 @@ Refinements that could be made if this approach seems reasonable: >>> >>> Do you think this approach has enough potential that I should >>> continue to hack on it? Any thoughts on the implementation? --[[smcv]] + +>>>> Ah, now I understand what you're getting at. Yes, it makes sense to put transient pages under `.ikiwiki`. +>>>> I haven't looked at the code, but I'd be interested in seeing whether it's generic enough to be used by other plugins (such as `album`) without too much fuss. +>>>> The idea of a transient underlay gives us a desirable feature for free: that if someone edits the transient page, it is made permanent and added to the repository. +>>>> +>>>> I think the tricky thing with removing these transient underlay pages is the question of how to prevent whatever auto-generated the pages in the first place from generating them again - or, conversely, how to force whatever auto-generated those pages to regenerate them if you've changed your mind. +>>>> I think you'd need something similar to `will_render` so that transient pages would be automatically removed if whatever auto-generated them is no longer around. +>>>> -- [[KathrynAndersen]] |