X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/2c2c537dd521bbc659f0499af72ca70078d97d50..0b53772b99248d2868fac688cdaa227ad61ac08e:/doc/todo/pagespec_aliases.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/pagespec_aliases.mdwn b/doc/todo/pagespec_aliases.mdwn index afb655bc2..396a93c0f 100644 --- a/doc/todo/pagespec_aliases.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/pagespec_aliases.mdwn @@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ however, to add ' or internal()' to `boring`, for some reason. >>> implementing support for more nested datatypes in [[plugins/websetup]]. — >>> [[Jon]] +>>>> Well, it's a difficult problem. websetup builds a form using +>>>> CGI::FormBuilder, which makes it easy to build the simple UI we have +>>>> now, but sorta precludes anything more complicated. And anything with +>>>> a nested datatype probably needs a customized UI for users to be able +>>>> to deal with it. I don't think websetupability need be a deal-breaker +>>>> for this patch. I personally like special pages like Kathryn is doing +>>>> more than complex setup files. --[[Joey]] + +>>>>> I've ran out of time to keep working on this, so I'm just going to +>>>>> submit it as a 'contrib' plugin and leave things at that for now. +>>>>> — [[Jon]] + --------------------------- Based on the above, I have written an experimental plugin called "subset". @@ -154,3 +166,12 @@ Unfortunately I haven't figured out how to do the dependencies - I'd really appr >>>>> I'm a bit confused by your statement "having the aliases/subsets/"things" work in any pagespec (inside map, or inline) is a deal-breaker for me". >>>>> Do you mean that you want them to work in any pagespec, or that you *don't* want them to work in any pagespec? -- [[KathrynAndersen]] +>>>>>> I mean I would want them to work in any pagespec. — [[Jon]] + +---- + +Hi, it's been 7 years since I last looked at this, and I'm surprised to find +that I'd got it up to a merge-request state; I've dusted it off and done some +clean up and testing, but it's working (albeit not via websetup). I've revamped +the docs and rebased the branch. Can someone please consider merging ([[joey]] +or [[smcv]]?) or otherwise feed back on this? Thanks! — [[Jon]] (2018-09-25)