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diff --git a/doc/todo/matching_different_kinds_of_links.mdwn b/doc/todo/matching_different_kinds_of_links.mdwn index 2cd484852..c4383c0b7 100644 --- a/doc/todo/matching_different_kinds_of_links.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/matching_different_kinds_of_links.mdwn @@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ Some code refers to `oldtypedlinks`, and other to `oldlinktypes`. --[[Joey]] >> A test suite for the dependency resolver *would* be nice. --[[Joey]] +>>> Bug fixed, I think. A test suite for the dependency resolver seems +>>> more ambitious than I want to get into right now, but I added a +>>> unit test for this part of it... --s + I'm curious what your reasoning was for adding a new variable rather than using `pagestate`. Was it only because you needed the `old` version to detect change, or was there other complexity? @@ -120,6 +124,17 @@ the `old` version to detect change, or was there other complexity? > my docs for `%typedlinks`, so I'll try to write docs for it as > `pagestate` and see if they work any better. --s +>> On reflection, I don't think it's any better as a pagestate, and +>> the contents of pagestates (so far) aren't documented for other +>> plugins' consumption, so I'm inclined to leave it as-is, unless +>> you want to veto that. Loose rationale: it needs special handling +>> in the core to be a dependency type (I re-used the existing link +>> type), it's API beyond a single plugin, and it's really part of +>> the core parallel to pagestate rather than being tied to a +>> specific plugin. Also, I'd need to special-case it to have +>> ikiwiki not delete it from the index, unless I introduced a +>> dummy typedlinks plugin (or just hook) that did nothing... --s + I have not convinced myself this is a real problem, but.. If a page has a typed link, there seems to be no way to tell if it also has a separate, regular link. `add_link` will add @@ -145,6 +160,8 @@ without too much transitional trouble. --[[Joey]] > on the current semantics, on one of the pages requesting this > change. --s +>> Removed in a newer version of the branch. --s + I might have been wrong to introduce `typedlink(tag foo)`. It's not very user-friendly, and is more useful as a backend for other plugins that as a feature in its own right - any plugin introducing a link @@ -156,3 +173,6 @@ though... --[[smcv]] > I agree, per-type matchers are more friendly and I'm not enamored of the > multi-parameter pagespec syntax. --[[Joey]] + +>> Removed in a newer version of the branch. I re-introduced it as a +>> plugin in `smcv/typedlink`, but I don't think we really need it. --s |