update for rename of ikiwikiusers.mdwn to jasatamanjogja.mdwn

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / todo / pedigree_plugin.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn b/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn
index 120820d033eae1c04cb2490663f6172f547b2368..1977c3d4dc1b9dc4a2caa6feabe531c40ed1e8b2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn
@@ -133,6 +133,33 @@ Any opinions on the idea/design/implementation?
 >>>> the loop using HTML::Template's lame testing, and isolate any page or
 >>>> range of pages. --[[Joey]]
 
 >>>> the loop using HTML::Template's lame testing, and isolate any page or
 >>>> range of pages. --[[Joey]]
 

+>>>>> Ok, I definitely like this idea, as an effective and generic
+>>>>> page-range selection tool; this seems the way to go to me.
+
+>>>>> But if you discard the `DEPTH` and `HEIGHT`
+>>>>> counters, we lack a way to **style**, for example, every parent link
+>>>>> depending on its depth or height; one can do this for arbitrary
+>>>>> parents (chosen by their height or depth), but *not* for *any* parent,
+>>>>> since there is no way to express, with HTML::Template, something like
+>>>>> "display the name of the only `DEPTH_n` variable that is currently
+>>>>> true". So I am in favor of keeping the `DEPTH` and `HEIGHT` counters,
+>>>>> to allow constructs like:
+
+       <TMPL_LOOP NAME="PARENTLINKS">
+       <a href="<TMPL_VAR NAME="URL">" class="parentdistance<TMPL_VAR NAME="DISTANCE">">
+         <TMPL_VAR NAME="PAGE">
+       </a> / 
+       </TMPL_LOOP>
+
+>>>>> This seems to me a nice functionality bonus, and should not
+>>>>> imply too bloated code. I'm thus going to rewrite the plugin
+>>>>> with only `PEDIGREE`, `DEPTH`, `HEIGHT`, `DEPTH_n` and
+>>>>> `HEIGHT_n`. -- intrigeri
+
+>>>>>> Done, and pushed in my pedigree branch. Update: I've also done and
+>>>>>> pushed two commits that rename the plugin and replace 
+>>>>>> the core parentlinks with this one. --[[intrigeri]]
+

 (I'll try never to rebase this branch, but writing this plugin has
 been a pretext for me to start learning Git, so...)
 
 (I'll try never to rebase this branch, but writing this plugin has
 been a pretext for me to start learning Git, so...)
 


@@ -153,3 +180,15 @@ default templates do use parentlinks ;).
 >> Just commited a testsuite for this plugin, BTW. It's nearly twice 
 >> big as the plugin itself, I'm wondering... -- intrigeri
 
 >> Just commited a testsuite for this plugin, BTW. It's nearly twice 
 >> big as the plugin itself, I'm wondering... -- intrigeri
 

+Merged, nice work. (Overkill having a test suite. ;-) --[[Joey]] 
+
+> Thanks. If the testsuite reveals itself to be harder to maintain than
+> the plugin, my ego won't be offended to see it removed. It's been
+> nice to find a way, step by step, to work with you on this small
+> plugin thing. I'm starting to feel a bit at home in ikiwiki
+> sourcetree, which is great since I may have to start working on some
+> more ambitious ikiwiki stuff, such as the ~multilingual wiki
+> (master language + translations) support. Expect news from me on
+> this front in the next weeks. --[[intrigeri]]
+
+[[!tag patch done]]