reviewed, not merged

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

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@@ -182,3 +182,15 @@ Here is a [[patch]] that adds an option `disp` for the [[ikiwiki/directive/pages
 
 Regards,  
 -- [[Louis|spalax]]
+
+> Saved to my git repository as `contrib/spalax/pagestats-disp`.
+> I'd rather find a better name than `disp` for the parameter.
+> I think `display` would be an improvement, but that doesn't solve the
+> problem of "it's a synonym for show, and non-obvious which is which".
+> Maybe `linktext`?
+> 
+> It's unfortunate that `map` and `pagestats` have different meanings for
+> the `show` parameter. I'm tempted to propose a patch that adds something
+> like `limit` (by analogy with SQL) or `max` as the canonical name for the
+> "number of things to match" parameter, at which point a non-numeric
+> `show` could mean this thing. --[[smcv]]