Can't a [[plugins/conditional]] be for this? --[[Joey]]

Hmmm, what do you mean? Adding a syntax such as the one below? Or something else?

    \[[!if test="map(" then="..." else="..."]]

What would you write in the then clause? I'm not opposed at all to rewrite my two-liner, but I don't understand. --[[intrigeri]]

\[[!if  test="foo/*" then="""
[[!map pages="foo/*"]]
""" else="no pages"]]

--[[Joey]]

I'm not convinced: the syntax you're proposing implies to duplicate the pagespec (once in the test clause, and once in the map query), which I find not only inelegant, which I can live with, but also tiring and unpractical: my else suggestion finds its roots in map queries with rather long pagespecs. On the other hand, if I'm the only one using map in such a way, I can live with this heavy duplicated syntax without bloating the map plugin with features no-one but me needs. On the other other hand, the patch is a 3-liner. I'm not fixed yet, I'll think about it. --[[intrigeri]]

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