From 9f79264f89af3f812f828ae9cdeb330e9a452a8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:24:54 -0400 Subject: web commit by intrigeri: amend previous answer --- doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/todo') diff --git a/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn b/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn index 8214385d2..e6e0021fe 100644 --- a/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Seems there is also a [gitweb](http://repo.or.cz/w/ikiwiki/intrigeri.git). >> I did not. The main ikiwiki repo on repo.or.cz seems to have been >> been setup by johannes.schindelin@gmx.de ; mine is what they call ->> a "fork" (but it's not, obviously). +>> a "fork" (but it's not, obviously). -- intrigeri Any opinions on the idea/design/implementation? @@ -74,3 +74,7 @@ default templates do use parentlinks ;). > --[[Joey]] >> Agreed. -- intrigeri + +>> Just commited a testsuite for this plugin, BTW. It's nearly twice +>> big as the plugin itself, I'm wondering... -- intrigeri + -- cgit v1.2.3 From 024d66bb31d1fb19bc70165410c46304819f7618 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:05:43 -0400 Subject: web commit by http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/: ikiwiki-transition aggregateinternal $srcdir $htmlext --- doc/todo/aggregate_to_internal_pages.mdwn | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/todo') diff --git a/doc/todo/aggregate_to_internal_pages.mdwn b/doc/todo/aggregate_to_internal_pages.mdwn index 90b6e5f09..017ca242b 100644 --- a/doc/todo/aggregate_to_internal_pages.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/aggregate_to_internal_pages.mdwn @@ -51,4 +51,9 @@ change their pagespecs to use `internal()`. > to move the pages, and even, possibly update the pagespecs (not sure how > it could figure out which ones tho). --[[Joey]] +> I've patched ikiwiki-transition to have an aggregateinternal mode. +> See my aggregateinternal branch, again. +> "ikiwiki-transition aggregateinternal $srcdir $htmlext" moves the pages around, +> although it doesn't update the pagespecs (I wouldn't know how...) --[[smcv]] + [[patch]] -- cgit v1.2.3 From b41cc4b15bc096f00791afc2c7dca95adc1cce77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:22:16 -0400 Subject: web commit by intrigeri: pedigree: answer + updated design proposal --- doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/todo') diff --git a/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn b/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn index e6e0021fe..d1eb6fdf9 100644 --- a/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn @@ -58,6 +58,68 @@ Any opinions on the idea/design/implementation? >> online costs bucks to me, my old modem gently weeps, >> and I hate webbrowsers.) -- intrigeri +>>> Well, I maybe didn't get your idea properly; I may be missing +>>> something obvious, but: + +>>> * I don't understand how this would replace `is_grand_mother`. As a template +>>> writer, I don't know, given an absolute array index (and this is the only +>>> piece of data your solution gives me), if it will be e.g. the before-last +>>> (how do I say this in correct English?) element of an array whose +>>> (variable) size is unknown to me. +>>> * Knowing that `reldepth`'s value is, in a given loop, always equal to +>>> `absdepth - 1` is of little use to me (as a template writer): how do I use +>>> this piece of information programmatically in my templates, if I want all +>>> links with `reldepth==2` to be given the same style? I guess some bits of +>>> Javascript might do the trick, but if it's getting so complicated, I'll +>>> just style my parentlinks another way. + +>>> In my understanding, your suggestion gives us little more than can already +>>> be achieved anyway with `HTML::Template`'s `loop_context_vars` (i.e. +>>> `__first__`, `__last__` and `__counter__`). The only added bonus is doing +>>> custom stuff for an arbitrary element in the loop, chosen by its absolute +>>> depth. Please correct me if needed. + +>>> (Intermezzo: in the meantime, to suit my personal real-world needs, I added +>>> a `DISTANCE` loop-variable. Quoting the documentation, it's "thedistance, +>>> expressed in path elements, from the current page to the current path +>>> element; e.g. this is 1 for the current page's mother, 2 for its +>>> grand-mother, etc.".) + +>>> Anyway, your comments have made me think of other ways to simplify a bit +>>> this plugin, which admittedly provides too much overlapping functionality. +>>> Bellow is my reasoning. + +>>> In one of my own real world examples, my two main use cases are : + +>>> * the "full-blown example" provided in the documentation (i.e. +>>> displaying every parent but mother and grand'ma as a group, and giving +>>> every of these two last ones their dedicated div); +>>> * skipping the two oldest parents, and inside what's left, displaying the +>>> three youngest parents (i.e. mother, grand'ma and grand'grand'ma), each +>>> one with a dedicated style; + +>>> Both of these can be achieved by combining `PEDIGREE`, `DISTANCE`, and some +>>> CSS tricks to hide some parts of the list. `IS_MOTHER` and +>>> `IS_GRAND_MOTHER`, as well as `PEDIGREE_BUT_TWO_OLDEST`, would be convenient +>>> shortcuts, but I do not formally need them. + +>>> So... it seems things can be simplified greatly: + +>>> * I initially added `RELDEPTH` for completeness, but I'm not sure anyone +>>> would use it. Let's give it up. +>>> * Once `RELDEPTH` is lost (modulo Git tendencies to preserve history), the +>>> known bug is gone as well, and `PEDIGREE_BUT_ROOT` and +>>> `PEDIGREE_BUT_TWO_OLDEST` are now only convenient shortcuts functions; +>>> they could as well disappear, if you prefer to. + +>>> It appears then that I'd be personally happy with the single `PEDIGREE` loop +>>> (renamed to `PARENTLINKS`), providing only `PAGE`, `URL`, `ABSDEPTH` (maybe +>>> renamed to `DEPTH`), and `DISTANCE`. This would make my templates a bit more +>>> complicated to write and read, but would also keep the plugin's code to the +>>> bare minimum. Let's say it is my up-to-date proposal. (Well, if the various +>>> shortcuts don't really annoy you, I'd be glad to keep them ;) + + (I'll try never to rebase this branch, but writing this plugin has been a pretext for me to start learning Git, so...) -- cgit v1.2.3