On 2/2/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 11:00:10AM -0500, The Editor wrote:
> > >> I am sure PmWiki could be made to convert a url to Group-Group.Name
> > >> from whatever syntax was chosen, though that might require a core
> > >> change or two (how does cleanurls do it?).
> > >
> > >It doesn't require a core change at all. Simply write a function
> > >that does the equivalent of what ResolvePageName() does now,
> > >which is to take whatever is given in the url and convert it into
> > >a PmWiki-standard pagename.
> >
> > Easy enough... I could do that... Is that what cleanurls does?
> >
> > How do you get your custom function called instead of ResolvePageName?
> > That is if someone typed in index.php?n=Animal.Canine.Dog, how do I
> > get it to use my function and not the default one?
>
> You don't have to take out the default one (ResolvePageName) --
> if the pagename is already a PmWiki-standard pagename, then
> ResolvePageName leaves it alone.
Sorry to be dense, but if I type index.php?n=Animal/Canine/Dog into my
browser, do I just put something like $pagename =
MySpecialResolveFunction($n) into Hg to get PmWiki to load
Animal-Canine.Dog?
> > >The problem with using a closing / or . at the end to indicate the
> > >group is that many people won't see them there, or recognize that
> > >they're a required part of the url.
> >
> > Yes that crossed my mind too. Do you have a suggestion? I suppose if
> > we just require them to manually enter Homepage, and get [[Group.]] to
> > go to Homepage, that would solve the problem, wouldn't it?
>
> While it's one approach, I don't think it "solves the problem", since
> the end result is to shift the work away from the computer and
> onto people (and add some surprises/frustration in the process).
> But that's just my opinion, specific sites might see this as
> being an acceptable approach.
What exactly is the problem? I thought it was related to pages not
being both groups and pages simultaneously. It would largely solve
that... Specifying a Homepage is not that much extra work. And I'm
not sure where the surprise might be. It seems like it would work...
On 2/2/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 10:54:25AM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 11:00:10AM -0500, The Editor wrote:
> > > >> I am sure PmWiki could be made to convert a url to Group-Group.Name
> > > >> from whatever syntax was chosen, though that might require a core
> > > >> change or two (how does cleanurls do it?).
> > > >
> > > >It doesn't require a core change at all. Simply write a function
> > > >that does the equivalent of what ResolvePageName() does now...
>
> Oh, and we'd also have to adjust the code for {$PageUrl} so that
> it converts hyphens-to-slashes when generating page urls. But
> that one isn't nearly as difficult (and probably not worth worrying
> about until the other issues are decided first).
What is this variable used for--creating links? It can be defined
according to a custom function I suppose?
And what issues specifically still should to be decided? It would be
nice to get up at least one good option...
Sorry for begin so persistent. Somehow I feel we are just on the
brink of fuller solution. I'd like to get there while the code is all
fresh in my mind.
Cheers,
Dan
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