>>> Javascript might do the trick, but if it's getting so complicated, I'll
>>> just style my parentlinks another way.
+>>>> Perhaps I misunderstood what `is_grand_mother` is supposed to do. The
+>>>> docs were not very clear to me. If it's supposed to be 2 down from
+>>>> the page, (and not from the root), this could be achieved by reversing
+>>>> the `depth_n` variables. So the page gets `depth_1` set, its parent gets
+>>>> `depth_2` set, etc. If you want to be able to include/exclude
+>>>> from both ends, you could also have a `height_n` that is 1 for the
+>>>> root, and counts upwards. --[[Joey]]
+
>>> In my understanding, your suggestion gives us little more than can already
>>> be achieved anyway with `HTML::Template`'s `loop_context_vars` (i.e.
>>> `__first__`, `__last__` and `__counter__`). The only added bonus is doing
>>> bare minimum. Let's say it is my up-to-date proposal. (Well, if the various
>>> shortcuts don't really annoy you, I'd be glad to keep them ;)
+>>>> This sounds fairly similar to what I just described above. (I called
+>>>> DISTANCE "height".) I don't know about the CSS tricks; seems like if
+>>>> `DEPTH_n` and `DISTANCE_n` are provided, you can test for them inside
+>>>> 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...)
>> 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]]