On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 11:42:47PM +0100, Hans wrote: > Monday, April 2, 2007, 11:32:30 PM, The wrote: > > > I'm not too familiar with Pagelistcount, but I think that is only for > > use in pagelist templates, correct? I use this in various situations > > outside of pagelists. For example, I use it to tell how many comments > > are posted on a certain topic, or whatever. Can Pagelistcount do > > anything like that? > > Yes PagelistCount i.e. using fmt=count in a pagelist directive will > just output the number of pages pagelist finds, as per parameters set > in (:pagelist ...:) like group= or list= or name=-blabla. So it gives > precise results, and only a number. Plus it can be used inline, as the > fmt is not based on a fmt template, but through its own function. > And it can also be used inside fmt templates (LocalTemplates), i.e. > a pagelist will be used inside a pagelist. > > It is really very good and totally flexible, even though the markup is > just standard pagelist markup. Well because of.
If people think that fmt=count is generally useful enough, I can certainly add it to the core instead of leaving it as a recipe. Pm _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
