[pmwiki-devel] LinkUrl / LinkTxt question

The Editor editor at fast.st
Tue Feb 6 08:12:29 CST 2007


On 2/6/07, The Editor <editor at fast.st> wrote:
> Just a quick question (second post)...
>
> Is there any way you can reset how the link text is displayed in a wiki page?
>
> That is, I have the Hg recipe converting the pageurl as desired, and
> have it resolving properly as well (almost, see below).  But in two
> instances the displayed link text does not match the actual link.
> Specifically:
>
> 1.  [[Group/Group]] links to Group/HomePage but displays as
> Group/Group (ie Group).  Not all bad but could be misleading.
> Group.HomePage displaying as Group.Group is a bit more problematic.
>
> 2.  [[Group.]] links to Group/HomePage but displays as "Group.".
> Again, not terrible but the dot is easy to miss.
>
> Also a new bug. I just noted that while things work fine with
> Group.Name, if I use the Group/Name notation in the link, Hg seems to
> draw a blank...  No clue what the problem is.  You can see this bug
> at:
>
> http://www.fast.st/hgtest/index.php?n=Test/Prefix/Home.  To edit,
> double click on page.
>
> Any suggestions for fixing this?  I'm heading out of town (Australia!)
> for about 10 days tomorrow and would really like to have this finished
> before I leave...
>
> Cheers
> Dan


One option for problem one is to override the LinkPageExistsFmt.  Can
this be set to a function that is passed PageUrl and LinkText and uses
the first if the second is not set?

Cheers,
Dan



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