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+++ b/doc/todo/auto-create_tag_pages_according_to_a_template.mdwn
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The new tag file is then complied during the change phase.
 
 *see git history of this page if you want the patch --[[smcv]]*
 
-This uses a [[template|wikitemplates]] called `autotagpage.tmpl`, here is my template file:
+This uses a [[template|templates]] called `autotagpage.tmpl`, here is my template file:
 
     \[[!inline pages="link(<TMPL_VAR TAG>)" archive="yes"]]
 
@@ -177,6 +177,38 @@ wrong direction. (fixed --[[Joey]] )
 >>>>> manual recreation -- it still needs to remember it was once an autofile,
 >>>>> in order to avoid recreating it if it's deleted yet again. --[[Joey]]
 
+>>>>>> Are these really the semantics we want? It seems strange to me
+>>>>>> that this:
+>>>>>>
+>>>>>> * tag a page as foo
+>>>>>> * tags/foo automatically appears
+>>>>>> * delete tags/foo
+>>>>>> * create tags/foo manually
+>>>>>> * delete tags/foo again
+>>>>>> * tags/foo isn't automatically created
+>>>>>>
+>>>>>> isn't the same as this:
+>>>>>>
+>>>>>> * create tags/foo
+>>>>>> * delete tags/foo
+>>>>>> * tag a page as foo
+>>>>>> * tags/foo automatically appears
+>>>>>>
+>>>>>> or even this:
+>>>>>>
+>>>>>> * create tags/foo
+>>>>>> * tag a page as foo
+>>>>>> * delete tags/foo
+>>>>>> * tags/foo automatically appears (?)
+>>>>>>
+>>>>>> --[[smcv]]
+
+>>>>>>> I agree that the last of these is not desired. It could be avoided
+>>>>>>> by extending the list of autofiles to include those that were not
+>>>>>>> created due to the file/page already existing.
+>>>>>>> 
+>>>>>>> Hmm, that would fix the previous scenario too. --[[Joey]] 
+
 >>> * `autoindex` forgets that a page was deleted when it's no longer needed
 >>>   anyway (this may be harder for `autotag`?)
 
@@ -202,11 +234,12 @@ wrong direction. (fixed --[[Joey]] )
 > quite easy to solve by moving `verify_src_file` to IkiWiki.pm? --[[smcv]]
 
 >> True. I'll do that. --[[David_Riebenbauer]]
+>> Fixed in my branch --[[Joey]]
 
 [[!template id=gitbranch branch=origin/autotag author="[[Joey]]"]]
 I've pushed an autotag branch of my own, which refactors
 things a bit and fixes bugs around deletion/recreation.
-I've tested it somewhat. --[[Joey]]
+I've tested it fairly thouroughly. --[[Joey]]
 
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@@ -214,3 +247,19 @@ I've tested it somewhat. --[[Joey]]
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+
+-------------------
+
+Even if this is already marked as done, I'd like to suggest an alternative
+solution:
+
+Instead of creating a file that gets checked in into the RCS, the source files
+could be left out and the output files be written as long as there is no
+physical source file (think of a virtual underlay). Something similar would be
+required to implement [[todo/alias directive]], which couldn't be easily done
+by writing to the RCS as the page's contents can change depending on which
+other pages claim it as an alias. --[[chrysn]]
+
+I agree with [[chrysn]]. In fact, is there any good reason that the core tag plugin doesn't do this? The current usability is horrible, to the point that I have gone 2.5 years with Ikiwiki and haven't yet started using tags. -- [[Eric|http://wiki.pdxhub.org/people/eric]]
+
+[[!tag done]]