[pmwiki-users] Make URLs not case sensitive?

Neil Herber nospam at mail.eton.ca
Fri Jan 28 15:15:56 CST 2005


At 2005-01-28  03:05 PM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud is rumored to have said:
>On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 03:34:30PM -0500, Neil Herber wrote:
> > To create a page a user either enters a URL that has the non-existent name
> > in it, or they create a link on some page to a non-existent page and then
> > click on the "?". In either situation (I almost said "case", which would
> > have confused things!)  the user has specifically  entered the case of the
> > page name which I am assuming PmWiki can store regardless of the case used
> > for the file name.
>
>Okay, I think you're likely to end up with the same answer I have, but
>I'm going to play this one out just to make sure.
>
>1.  If I have a link to a non-existent page that reads [[my Photoshop page]],
>     then what is:
>       - the url that results from following the edit link

         http://www.example.com/wiki/group/myphotoshoppage

>       - the page's name (including appropriate case)

         my Photoshop page

>       - the case of the title as it appears at the top of that page

         Trick question!
         either the contents of the (:title:) directive that applies to 
this page or

         my Photoshop Page

Unasked question: What would the filename be?

         group.myphotoshoppage


>2.  If a user creates a new page by entering the url
>
>         http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/css/mystylesheet
>
>     then what case for the pagename has the user specifically entered
>     (i.e., what's the case of the pagename)?

         mystylesheet


>Pm

Neil

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