On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 01:03:19PM +1100, Kathryn Andersen wrote: > > If we're to change the default to "first wins", I need > > a really strong case for doing so. I don't necessarily > > agree that "first wins" is automatically more intuitive -- > > it's not more intuitive to me. > > I think there's a difference between the naieve expectations (what is > "intuitive") for PTVs and for the (:title :) directive. > The case can be made either way for PTVs; "last wins" matches the > expectations in procedural programming, "first wins" seems more natural > to others, as has already been said here. > > However, I do think that (:title :) is a different case entirely. > [...]
I agree -- in my messages in this thread I've really only been focusing on PTVs. > So whether or not PTVs should be "first wins" or "last wins" I STRONGLY > support the idea of making the (:title :) directive "first wins". I think I prefer Oliver Betz' suggestion that a title in a page always wins out over any titles coming from included pages. I suspect that if this is the case then order doesn't matter nearly as much. > I also am really reluctant for (:title :) to be replaced by a Title: PTV > for several reasons: > [...] Noted, and these are good reasons. Pm _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
