From 8f8d8ec00570fefd3ea600d087b9a02713f46e43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://kerravonsen.dreamwidth.org/" Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 21:14:39 -0400 Subject: --- doc/todo/pagespec_aliases/discussion.mdwn | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/pagespec_aliases/discussion.mdwn (limited to 'doc/todo') diff --git a/doc/todo/pagespec_aliases/discussion.mdwn b/doc/todo/pagespec_aliases/discussion.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2c51b415a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/pagespec_aliases/discussion.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Something which is similar to aliases is the "trail" concept I use in the [[plugins/contrib/report]] plugin. (Also my "pmap" plugin, but that's only in my "experimental" branch on github). One can define a "trail" by making a report with the "doscan" option (I should probably change the name of that) and then that page has a "trail" which matches the pagespec in that report. +Then one can reference that page as a "trail" without having to reuse that pagespec. +(It's also very useful in speeding up the processing, because the matching pages have been remembered, and one doesn't have to search for them again). + +So, for example, one could make a page "all_images" and have a report (or pmap, which is simpler) like so: + -- cgit v1.2.3