[pmwiki-users] random musings

H. Fox haganfox at users.sourceforge.net
Mon Dec 19 17:05:49 CST 2005


On 12/19/05, Martin Fick <fick at fgm.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 03:06:49PM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 01:57:28PM -0500, Martin Fick wrote:
> > > > It's not the comma that makes the negations, it's the minus
> > > > signs.
> > >
> > >
> > > But then how do you evaluate: ?
> > >
> > >  "fullname=2005.*,-*.GroupHeader,2006.*,-*.HomePage"
> >
> > All pages in the 2005 and 2006 group except for GroupHeader and
> > HomePage.
>
>
> I'll assume your answer means all pages in:
>
>   (2005.* UNION 2006.*) MINUS *.GroupHeader MINUS *.HomePage
>
> ...because even your wording was ambiguous

Group.* and *.Name may look confusing, but they're not necessary
because group= and name= already exist.  The above is the same as

    "group=2005,2006 name=-GroupHeader,-HomePage"

I still don't see why we need both fullname= and name=, since the
presence of a '.' or a '/' is the only difference between a name and a
full name.  (...or is it?)

Hagan




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