X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/b3363aa89f840fd42b8a621b011326ef41b73513..5b494e1b636f4c26c14c9cf8f964bef0a70c784a:/doc/plugins/contrib/getfield/discussion.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/getfield/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/getfield/discussion.mdwn index 9f1337046..5f7fffead 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/getfield/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/getfield/discussion.mdwn @@ -14,10 +14,19 @@ Like you mentioned in [[ftemplate]] IIRC, it'll only work on the same page. If i >>> The current markup is {{$*fieldname*}}; what you're wanting, perhaps it should be represented like {{$*pagename*:*fieldname*}}, or {{$*pagename*::*fieldname*}} or something else... >>> -- [[KathrynAndersen]] ->>>> Oh. Hmm. I like your idea actually, or alternately, in keeping more with other plugins, doing it like {{pagename/fieldname}}. The meaning is less clear that way, but avoids potential issues with filename clashes that have a colon in them. It also keeps a certain logic - at least to me. Either way, I think both are good choices. +>>>> Oh. Hmm. I like your idea actually, or alternately, in keeping more with other plugins, doing it like {{pagename/fieldname}}. The meaning of the separator is less clear with /, but avoids potential issues with filename clashes that have a colon in them. It also keeps a certain logic - at least to me. Either way, I think both are good choices. [[SR|users/simonraven]] + +>>>>> What about using {{pagename#fieldname}}? The meaning of the hash in URLs sort of fits with what is needed here (reference to a 'named' thing within the page) and it won't conflict with actual hash usages (unless we expect different named parts of pages to define different values for the same field ...) +>>>>> -- [[Oblomov]] +>>>>>> That's a good one too. --[[simonraven]] +>>>>>>> Done! I used {{$*pagename*#*fieldname*}} for the format. -- [[users/KathrynAndersen]] + > I'm also working on a "report" plugin, which will basically apply a template like [[ftemplate]] does, but to a list of pages given from a pagespec, rather than the current page. > -- [[users/KathrynAndersen]] >> Ooh, sounds nice :) . --[[SR|users/simonraven]] + +>>> I've now released the [[plugins/contrib/report]] plugin. I've been using it on my site; the holdup on releasing was because I hadn't yet written the docs for it. I hope you find it useful. +>>> -- [[users/KathrynAndersen]]