[[!template id=plugin name=sar author="[[VictorMoral]]"]]
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The sar plugin is useful to make global or local search and replace operations
using common or specific terms.
The characteristics are:
- Support for a global dictionary page (optional but recommended).
- Is possible to replace the first appearance with a text and the rest with
other.
The global dictionary page is like this:
## Sites and projects
- [[!sar search="ikiwiki" first="[IkiWiki](http://ikiwiki.info)" next="_IkiWiki_"]]
- [[!sar search="debian" first="[Debian](http://debian.org)" next="_Debian_"]]
- [[!sar search="perl" first="[Perl](http://perl.org)" next="_Perl_"]]
- [[!sar search="linux" replace="GNU/Linux"]]
## Persons
- [[!sar search="joey" first="[Joey Hess](http://ikiwiki.info/users/joey]]" next="_Joey_" ]]
- [[!sar search="angel" first="[Angel](http://triptico.com)" next="Angel"]]
## Technical terms
- [[!sar search="smtp" first="\[[!wp SMTP]]" next="‘SMTP‘"]]
- [[!sar search="pop3" first="\[[!wp POP3]]" next="’POP3’"]]
The search expressions must be surrounded by double dashes in a source ikiwiki
page, like this:
Mis programas están escritos en lenguaje --perl--, funcionando con el
sistema --debian--, y mis páginas web funcionan con --ikiwiki-- cuyo autor
es --joey--.
--ikiwiki-- es un buen software.
After a filter operation the content is:
Mis programas están escritos en lenguaje [Perl](http://perl.org),
funcionando con el sistema [Debian](http://debian.org), y mis páginas web
funcionan con [IkiWiki](http://ikiwiki.info) cuyo autor es [Joey
Hess](http://ikiwiki.info/users/joey).
_IkiWiki_ es un buen software.
Note: I chose this syntax because don't clashes with markdown and it is easy to write.
A search and replace directive has the following parameters:
search: define the text to search.first: define the replace text in the first match.next: define the replace text in all matches except the first.replace: define the replace text in all matches.
Now the code is used at my site without problems, and the author will
appreciate any help with his development or his english.
Configuration
The plugin need the following global values:
sar_mainpage: define the global dictionary page. The default value is sar.sar_pagespec: enable the plugin with a selection of pages. The default
value is *, but a recommended value is link(tag/sar).
Synopsis
In a ikiwiki source page we can write this
\[[!sar search=debian replace="__Debian__"]]
for define a global replace for the term --debian-- or
\[[!sar search=ibm first=’[IBM](http://www.ibm.com)’
next="_IBM_"]]
to define a replace for the first match of the string --ibm-- and a different
replace for the rest.
Changelog
version 0.8
- First functional version with the new sar expressions.
version 0.7
- New design for the search expressions.
version 0.6
- Minor bugfixes in the pages selection.
- Call to add_depends() for every page filtered
version 0.5
- This is the first functional version.
Download
The module can be downloaded from:
