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diff --git a/doc/bugs/pagetitle_function_does_not_respect_meta_titles.mdwn b/doc/bugs/pagetitle_function_does_not_respect_meta_titles.mdwn index 86a72a4e2..bf30fba4e 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/pagetitle_function_does_not_respect_meta_titles.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/pagetitle_function_does_not_respect_meta_titles.mdwn @@ -197,8 +197,18 @@ So, looking at your meta branch: --[[Joey]] > [tbm](http://www.cyrius.com/) expressed a similar opinion when I was discussing > ikiwiki with him at the weekend. > +> It's a matter of taste whether wikilinks are "like a parentlink" or "like a +> `<title>`"; I could be persuaded either way on that one. +> +> An example from my site: [this page](http://www.pseudorandom.co.uk/2004/debian/ipsec/) +> is the parent of [this page](http://www.pseudorandom.co.uk/2004/debian/ipsec/wifi/) +> with a title too long to use in the latter's parentlinks; I think the titles of +> both those pages are too long to use as wikilink text too. Similarly, tbm's page +> about [Debian on Orion devices from Buffalo](http://www.cyrius.com/debian/orion/buffalo/) +> can simply be called "Buffalo" in context. +> > Having a `\[[!meta abbrev="..."]]` that took precedence over title -> in such contexts might be a good way to fix this? Or if your preference goes -> the other way, perhaps a `\[[!meta longtitle=""]]` could take precedence -> when generating the `<title>` and the title that comes after the parentlinks. -> --[[smcv]] +> in parentlinks and possibly wikilinks might be a good way to fix this? Or if your +> preference goes the other way, perhaps a `\[[!meta longtitle=""]]` could take +> precedence when generating the `<title>` and the title that comes after the +> parentlinks. --[[smcv]] |