X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/82c3f6d7f4c8dd00589ba3c039856d6620ec2456..4729ff0812c1f3d06d98524e2fec232d3bf90513:/doc/todo/inline_postform_autotitles.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/inline_postform_autotitles.mdwn b/doc/todo/inline_postform_autotitles.mdwn index 5005208be..3767631f7 100644 --- a/doc/todo/inline_postform_autotitles.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/inline_postform_autotitles.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -[[!tag wishlist]] -[[!tag patch]] +[[!tag wishlist patch plugins/inline]] +[[!template id=gitbranch branch=chrysn/inlineautotitles author="[[chrysn]]"]] for postforms in inlines of pages which follow a certain scheme, it might not be required to set the title for each individual post, but to automatically set @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ this can either be based on timestamp formatting, or use the already existing munging mechanism, which appends numbers to page titles in case that page already exists. -two patches ([1], [2]) set inline up for that, adding an additional `autotitle` +two patches (b568eb25, 34bc82f2) set inline up for that, adding an additional `autotitle` parameter. if that is given, the regular input of the inline postform will be replaced with a hidden input of that text. in addition, the empty title is permitted (both for autotitle and regular titles, as they go in the same GET @@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ resulting in ascending numeric page titles to be created. the second patch is actually a one-liner, filtering the title through strftime. +> Something similar was requested in [[todo/more_customisable_titlepage_function]], +> in which [[Joey]] outlined a similar solution. +> +> What's your use-case for not prompting for the title at all? I can see +> [[madduck]]'s requirement for the title he typed in (say, "foo") +> being transformed into 2009/07/26/foo or something (I name blog posts +> like that myself), but I can't quite see the use for *entirely* automatic +> titles. +> +> However, if that's really what you want, I suspect your code could be +> extended so it also solves madduck's second request on +> [[todo/more_customisable_titlepage_function]]. +> +> --[[smcv]] + ### potential user interaction issues this has two side effects which have to be considered: first, the empty page @@ -27,7 +42,7 @@ common uses of percent as in "reach 10% market share", but might in others as in "the 10%-rule"). both can be circumvented by using another GET parameter for autotexts, as -implemented in [3]. +implemented in 40dc10a4. > this patch still does not work perfectly; especially, it should make a > distinction between "autotitle is set but equal ''" (in which case it > should create a page named `1.mdwn`, and "autotitle is not set, and title is @@ -46,7 +61,3 @@ having a pre-filled input field instead of an unchangable hidden input might be cool (eg for creating an entry with yesterday's date), but would be a bit of a problem with static pages. javascript could help with the date part, but name munging would be yet another thing. - -[1]: http://github.com/github076986099/ikiwiki/commit/b568eb257a3ef5ff49a84ac00a3a7465b643c1e1 -[2]: http://github.com/github076986099/ikiwiki/commit/34bc82f232be141edf036d35e8ef5aa289415072 -[3]: http://github.com/github076986099/ikiwiki/commit/40dc10a4ec7809e401b4497c2abccfba30f7a2af