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suggested in two places =&gt; useful?<br />


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+On &#91;&#91;todo/auto-create_tag_pages_according_to_a_template&#93;&#93;, &#91;&#91;chrysn&#93;&#93;
+suggests:
+
+&gt; Instead of creating a file that gets checked in into the RCS, the
+&gt; source files could be left out and the output files be written as
+&gt; long as there is no physical source file (think of a virtual underlay).
+&gt; Something similar would be required to implement alias directive,
+&gt; which couldn&#39;t be easily done by writing to the RCS as the page&#39;s
+&gt; contents can change depending on which other pages claim it as an alias.
+
+`add_autofile` could be adapted to do this, or a similar API could be
+added.
+
+This would also be useful for autoindex, as suggested on
+&#91;&#91;plugins/autoindex/discussion&#93;&#93;. I&#39;d also like to use it for
+&#91;&#91;plugins/contrib/album&#93;&#93;.
+
+One refinement I&#39;d suggest is that if the transient page is edited,
+its transient contents are evaluated and used as the initial
+content for the edit box; after that, it&#39;d become a static page. --&#91;&#91;smcv&#93;&#93;

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