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@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Is that possible?
 
 --Peter
 
+> the map directive could be made to use templates as the [[inline directive|ikiwiki/directive/inline]] does. (for the ambitious, the map functionality might even be special-cased into the inline plugin, i think) --[[chrysn]]
+
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 The site I'm trying to set up right now (not really a wiki - no public editing) is divided into topics.  Topics are pages that have `\[[!meta link="/topic"]]`.  Topic pages contain an index of their subpages (done with `\[[!inline]]`); the subpages are the real content.  I want a map in the sidebar that lists:
@@ -83,3 +85,15 @@ Is there any way to do that?  I don't mind mucking around with `\[[!meta]]` on e
 >>> I think that the ideas and code in
 >>> [[todo/tracking_bugs_with_dependencies]] might also handle this case.
 >>> --[[Joey]]
+
+----
+
+I feel like this should be obvious, but I can't figure out how to sort numerically. 
+
+I have `map pages="./* and !*/Discussion and !*/sidebar"`  and a bunch of pages with names like 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 1/1.1, 12/12.3 etc. I want to sort them numerically. I see lots of conversation implying there's a simple way to do it, but not how.
+
+> No, you can't: map can't currently use a non-default sort order. If it
+> could, then you could use [[plugins/sortnaturally]]. There's a
+> [[feature_request|todo/sort_parameter_for_map_plugin_and_directive]];
+> [[a_bug_references_it|bugs/map_sorts_by_pagename_and_not_title_when_show=title_is_used]].
+> --[[smcv]]