On Tue, 8 May 2007, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
(:pagelist link={*$FullName} list=normal "[[!{*$Name}" :)
For which of the following cases will the above work:
* [[!SomeCategory]]
* [[!Some Category]]
* [[!Some category]]
* [[!Some (category)]]
Oops, you're right -- it only works for the first case. Sorry about
that.
So, I'd go back to recommending
(:pagelist link={*$FullName} list=normal "[[!" :)
Also, the solutions that Petko offered are excellent. [1]
Hmm... I've tried those workarounds[1], but they really are workarounds.
Regarding the workarounds:
1) My pages in a category are often spread out over several groups.
2) This requires extra work, and you have to spell the keyword correctly
(I've used this method, and I relatively often have typo problems)
3) Not sure what this means, unless it's simply embedding the search
for the keyword inside a predefined list.
I think it should be possible to use separate methods depending on what
you want to do, e.g. like this:
Markup Marks page as Links to: Prints as:
in category:
* [[!CatA]] CatA Category/CatA CatA
* [[!Cat A]] CatA Category/CatA Cat A
* (:category CatA:) CatA - -
* {$Category} - - CatA
* {$CategorySpaced} - - Cat A
This would for instance allow the author to place the category instruction
anywhere on the page, and let the group header print {$Category}. (See
caveat below).
As for searching, I'd basically like:
* (:pagelist category=CatA :)
And then some method (we've discussed this earlier) to include/exclude
other categories and/or searches.
The caveat: There is a simplification in the model above. A page can
belong to several categories, so {$Category} is poorly defined. Maybe a
directive with the ability to accept formatting parameters would be better
(when the page belongs to multiple categories). Alternatively, if it's now
possible to deal with variables that are arrays?
I don't know how/if this can be implented, but that's the kind of API I'd
like.
/Christia
[1] http://www.pmichaud.com/pipermail/pmwiki-users/2007-May/042793.html
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