[pmwiki-users] Variables in localmap.txt (Was: clean URLs for wikifarm in

[chr at home.se]

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 11:04:06AM +0100, chr at home.se wrote:
> > This reminded me... I think it'd be very useful if localmap.txt etc could
> > contain variables. The reason is that I have quite a few lines in my
> > localmap.txt, and when I wish to test it in another location, I have to
> > change *all* the lines manually...
> 
> Is it sufficient if the variables are substituted at the time 
> localmap.txt and other intermaps are loaded (as opposed to when 
> the intermap links are actually generated)?  

I think when loaded should be sufficient (as long as the load takes place 
after config.php is executed of course).

> The syntax would likely be:
> 
>     Gallery       $ThisSite/uploads/Gallery/$1

Oki doki

>     Pm            http://www.pmichaud.com/
> 
> to always convert the bareword "Pm" into a link to http://www.pmichaud.com/
> wherever it occurs.  In retrospect it would've been nice if localmap.txt
> had required the colon in the entries, to distinguish between the
> colon-required replacements and simple bareword substitutions, but it
> didn't happen that way, and I think converting to that format might cause
> a fair number of upgrade headaches... :-|

You could simply introduce a second file called e.g. interprefix.txt and 
allow a different syntax in that one...

/Christian (who never really cared for the name localmap.txt)

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Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44               http://www.md.kth.se/~chr