https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23693
Summary: The syntax of the {{{info}}} field is 'fragile'
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: any
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: SemanticForms
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
I'm using the {{{info}}} form field to specify a page name so that I can use
the #forminput; parser function. However, I find that the syntax of the field
is incredibly 'fragile', which really hampers my 'debugging' process (using
forminput can be confusing, especially if it requires a complex 'query
strying').
For example, this fails to correctly start the page name unique number at 0:
{{{info | page name=Dummy page <unique number; start = 0>}}}
But this works (no spaces between the final equals sign):
{{{info | page name=Dummy page <unique number; start=0>}}}
Similarly, this fails to correctly set the page name at all:
{{{info | page name = Dummy page <unique number; start=0>}}}
But this works (no space between the first equals sign):
{{{info | page name=Dummy page <unique number; start=0>}}}
Finally, this fails to correctly set the page name at all:
{{{info
| page name=Dummy page <unique number; start=0>
}}}
All of the above attempts around the correct syntax were tried in a effort to
make the form tags more readable, making the overall form easier to understand
(especially for beginners). I think white space, including newlines, is
generally accepted to improve readability, and should be encouraged.
The failure of these syntax variants is inconsistent with the way templates
(and often parser functions) work in MW.
Similar problems may affect the other form tags, but this has not been
investigated.
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