Thanks. Somehow, i currently use the same trick since, with the creole markup, i can use \\ to mean "new line". However, i would like the user to just write some text without caring about staying on a single line.
Ciao, Thierry On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 12:38:57PM +1300, John Rankin wrote: > This may not be a good answer, but it may be an answer. > > In the wikiform entry screen, try using the following markup in the > Abstract field: > > The first line of the abstract. :+ The second line of the abstract. :+ The > third line of the abstract. > > In the view template, this should produce the following HTML: > > <dt>Abstract</dt><dd>The first line of the abstract</dd><dd>The second > line of the abstract.</dd><dd>The third line of the abstract.</dd> > > That is, each line should present as a separate paragraph in the display. > > Then, the pagelist template should correctly pick up the whole field for > the ptv. > > The code to interpret :+ in this way is part of the markup extensions recipe. > > Hope this helps. > > JR > > > Thanks for your answer. The problem with the solutions discussed in the > > 2006 thread is that i have to stick to the WikiForm syntax to define page > > text variables, in particular, the (:...:) way seems not possible. > > > > Ciao, > > Thierry > > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 10:25:51PM +0200, ABClf wrote: > >> To my knowledge, this :ptv: is not multiline > >> (see > >> http://pmichaud.com/pipermail/pmwiki-users/2006-September/033404.html) > >> > >> It might be possible (not by me though) to rewrite the :ptv: regex to > >> get the result you are expecting (but, how to treat the last > >> occurence, when there is not anymore :ptv: ?) > >> > >> > >> > >> 2015-10-03 21:06 GMT+02:00 Thierry <[email protected]>: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > i am using pmwiki to manage various things for a while now and, well, > >> > thanks a lot for this great tool! > >> > > >> > I encountered a problem that i was not able to fix by myself: i am > >> using > >> > WikiForm to let the users create pages that define some page text > >> > variables automatically. In particular, one of the variables is named > >> > 'Abstract', and the corresponding entry in the FormTemplate is > >> > > >> > :Abstract:abstract (text=10*62) > >> > > >> > so that the user can enter a small multi-lines text, not a single line > >> > (and the ViewTemplate understands that well). > >> > > >> > In my PageList template, i want to list those pages according to some > >> > variables (e.g. "Date", "Room", ...) and also print the content of the > >> > "Abstract" variable, so i am using "{=$:Abstract}" in the > >> > PageListTemplates. > >> > > >> > The problem is that, PageList only prints the first line of the > >> abstract, > >> > since, unlike WikiForm, it probably considers that only what is on the > >> > same line that "^:Abstract:" is the content of the "Abstract" > >> variable, > >> > not the following lines. > >> > > >> > My question is: how to let PageList understand that the content of the > >> > "Abstract" field is all the lines that appear between ":Abstract:" and > >> the > >> > definition of the next variable in the page ? > >> > > >> > Ciao, > >> > Thierry > >> > > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pmwiki-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users > > > > > -- > John Rankin _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
