Interesting idea - you may want to file it against our support issue tracker: http://support.googlecode.com/
Something similar is possible using gadgets, albeit pushing more of the work to the client and restricting content to the gadget's dimensions. That may cover some of the use cases for including documentation on wiki pages. Daniel On Jan 11, 12:14 pm, Thanasis <[email protected]> wrote: > I really like the idea of configurable wiki paths, but my fear is that > comments may/would be lost this way (would they?) > > Wouldn't it be easier to just add support for some sort of "include" > wiki command? This way, we would have persistent wiki pages (and > comments) but we could switch the content easily by "including" data > saved on other svn paths. > > On Jan 7, 12:21 am, "Daniel O'Brien" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > At present it doesn't (or at least shouldn't) have any effect, since > > the wiki system itself doesn't current seem to support externals. > > > Daniel > > > On Jan 6, 1:54 pm, "Thomas Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That's an interesting approach. I'd always thought of externals as > > > being for "external" things, rather than for pointing elsewhere inside > > > the repository. > > > > Flipping the idea around a little, what would be the effect of > > > specifying the Wiki as the external? > > > > svn propset svn:externals > > > "wikihttp://yourproject.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/wiki"; . > > > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Daniel O'Brien <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > For including wiki pages in trunk, something like svn:externals should > > > > do the trick, e.g. > > > > > svn propset svn:externals > > > > "docshttp://yourproject.googlecode.com/svn/wiki"; > > > > trunk > > > > > Having a configurable wiki path may be a worthwhile feature request on > > > > its own, though, particularly in the case of synced projects that > > > > aren't designed around our standard repository layout. > > > > > Daniel > > > > > On Jan 6, 1:44 am, "Thomas Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> From a quick bit of experimenting, SVN supports soft linking. Syminks > > > >> are stored as plain text files with the svn:special property set to * > > > >> and the file contents listing the path to the target file. > > > > >> As an aside, this would be a neat RFE. If we could have the entire > > > >> wiki directory symlinked to something in trunk, it would be possible > > > >> to maintain the wiki as regular documentation. This would be > > > >> beneficial for writing new docs inside a feature branch while the > > > >> feature is developing, then having the changes automatically added to > > > >> the public wiki at Merge time. > > > > >> As an alternative, perhaps a configurable "wiki path" variable for the > > > >> project (defaulting to /wiki), allowing users to choose where they > > > >> want to host their files? > > > > >> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Daniel O'Brien <[email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > > > > >> > Nope. > > > > >> > Subversion doesn't share the same notion of soft linking as your > > > >> > local > > > >> > filesystem, which is likely why you're seeing the output that you've > > > >> > encountered. There isn't (as far as I know) any equivalent that works > > > >> > with our wiki system. > > > > >> > Daniel > > > > >> > On Jan 1, 9:33 pm, tim menzies <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> >> i love the wiki system in google code but i'd rather keep wiki pages > > > >> >> in branches, trunk, etc. > > > > >> >> but if i do this... > > > > >> >> cd wiki > > > >> >> ln -sf ../trunk/lib/maths/aboutmaths.wiki aboutmaths.wiki > > > > >> >> then when i display wiki/aboutmaths.wiki all i see is > > > > >> >> link ./trunk/lib/maths/aboutmaths.wiki > > > > >> >> can wiki browse soft linked files? > > > > >> >> thanks! > > > >> >> tim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
