X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/3fbfde45129e3a52fcaba9584b31056bb047dca0..557912c723a6e8df320a3c6dae461956cf893f10:/doc/todo/shortcut_optional_parameters.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/shortcut_optional_parameters.mdwn b/doc/todo/shortcut_optional_parameters.mdwn index 2ca0977ae..445404315 100644 --- a/doc/todo/shortcut_optional_parameters.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/shortcut_optional_parameters.mdwn @@ -6,39 +6,39 @@ Consider the "All files in this package search" on To create a "debfiles" [[shortcut|shortcuts]] that takes a package name, you could just hardcode the architecture and distribution: - \[[shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=%s&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=unstable&arch=i386"]] - \[[debfiles ikiwiki]] + \[[!shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=%s&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=unstable&arch=i386"]] + \[[!debfiles ikiwiki]] But what if you could have them as optional parameters instead? The syntax for the invocation should look like this: - \[[debfiles ikiwiki dist=testing]] + \[[!debfiles ikiwiki dist=testing]] Some possible syntax choices for the shortcut definition: - \[[shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=%s&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=%(dist)s&arch=%(arch)s" dist="unstable" arch="i386"]] - \[[shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=%s&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=%(dist=unstable)s&arch=%(arch=i386)s"]] - \[[shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=%s&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=%{dist=unstable}&arch=%{arch=i386}"]] - \[[shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=$*&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=${dist=unstable}&arch=${arch=i386}"]] + \[[!shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=%s&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=%(dist)s&arch=%(arch)s" dist="unstable" arch="i386"]] + \[[!shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=%s&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=%(dist=unstable)s&arch=%(arch=i386)s"]] + \[[!shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=%s&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=%{dist=unstable}&arch=%{arch=i386}"]] + \[[!shortcut name=debfiles url="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=$*&searchmode=filelist&case=insensitive&version=${dist=unstable}&arch=${arch=i386}"]] --[[JoshTriplett]] Well, you can already do this kind of thing with templates. Invocation does look different: - \[[template id=debfiles package=ikiwiki dist=testing]] + \[[!template id=debfiles package=ikiwiki dist=testing]] --[[Joey]] > I think I would find templates sufficient, if: > > 1. I could use the name of the template as a preprocessor directive -> (`\[[templatename ...]]`), rather than using the `template` directive -> with an `id` argument (`\[[template id=templatename]]`). +> (`\[[!templatename ...]]`), rather than using the `template` directive +> with an `id` argument (`\[[!template id=templatename]]`). > 2. Template invocation allowed bare values in addition to `key=value` > arguments, and template definition supported some means to access the -> value. This would allow `\[[debfiles ikiwiki]]` rather than `\[[debfiles -> package=ikiwiki]]`. +> value. This would allow `\[[!debfiles ikiwiki]]` rather than +> `\[[!debfiles package=ikiwiki]]`. > 3. I could use ikiwiki syntax in the template, not just HTML and > HTML::Template. (If I can already do that, then [[/plugins/template]] > should make that more clear.)