From 82c3f6d7f4c8dd00589ba3c039856d6620ec2456 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chrysn Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:33:00 +0200 Subject: clarification on autotitle (todo title seems unclear in retrospect) --- doc/todo/inline_postform_autotitles.mdwn | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/inline_postform_autotitles.mdwn (limited to 'doc/todo/inline_postform_autotitles.mdwn') diff --git a/doc/todo/inline_postform_autotitles.mdwn b/doc/todo/inline_postform_autotitles.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5005208be --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/inline_postform_autotitles.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +[[!tag wishlist]] +[[!tag patch]] + +for postforms in inlines of pages which follow a certain scheme, it might not +be required to set the title for each individual post, but to automatically set +the title and show no input box prompting for it. +this can either be based on timestamp formatting, or use the already existing +munging mechanism, which appends numbers to page titles in case that page +already exists. + +two patches ([1], [2]) set inline up for that, adding an additional `autotitle` +parameter. if that is given, the regular input of the inline postform will be +replaced with a hidden input of that text. in addition, the empty title is +permitted (both for autotitle and regular titles, as they go in the same GET +parameter, `title`). as the empty page title is illegal, munging is used, +resulting in ascending numeric page titles to be created. + +the second patch is actually a one-liner, filtering the title through strftime. + +### potential user interaction issues + +this has two side effects which have to be considered: first, the empty page +title is accepted also in normal postforms (previously, this resulted in a "bad +page name" error); second, entering a percent sign in that field might result +in unexpexted strftime substitution (strftime might not even substitute for +common uses of percent as in "reach 10% market share", but might in others as +in "the 10%-rule"). + +both can be circumvented by using another GET parameter for autotexts, as +implemented in [3]. +> this patch still does not work perfectly; especially, it should make a +> distinction between "autotitle is set but equal ''" (in which case it +> should create a page named `1.mdwn`, and "autotitle is not set, and title is +> equal ''" (in which case it should display the old error message) --[[chrysn]] + +### potential security issues + +* the autotitle's value is directly output through the template (but that's + done in other places as well, so i assume it's safe) +* i don't know if anything bad can happen if unfiltered content is passed to + POSIX::strftime. + +### further extension + +having a pre-filled input field instead of an unchangable hidden input might be +cool (eg for creating an entry with yesterday's date), but would be a bit of a +problem with static pages. javascript could help with the date part, but name +munging would be yet another thing. + +[1]: http://github.com/github076986099/ikiwiki/commit/b568eb257a3ef5ff49a84ac00a3a7465b643c1e1 +[2]: http://github.com/github076986099/ikiwiki/commit/34bc82f232be141edf036d35e8ef5aa289415072 +[3]: http://github.com/github076986099/ikiwiki/commit/40dc10a4ec7809e401b4497c2abccfba30f7a2af -- cgit v1.2.3