po plugin: todo++ : security note about system()

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

diff --git a/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn b/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn
index d1eb6fdf9c35b7cfc4faeac1c5c3f2a3657a6923..1977c3d4dc1b9dc4a2caa6feabe531c40ed1e8b2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/pedigree_plugin.mdwn
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ Any opinions on the idea/design/implementation?
 >>>   Javascript might do the trick, but if it's getting so complicated, I'll
 >>>   just style my parentlinks another way.
 
 >>>   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
 >>> 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


@@ -119,6 +127,38 @@ Any opinions on the idea/design/implementation?
 >>> 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 ;)
 
 >>> 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...)
 
 (I'll try never to rebase this branch, but writing this plugin has
 been a pretext for me to start learning Git, so...)


@@ -140,3 +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]]