[pmwiki-users] Links to nothing changes cause side effect

[Hans]

Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 9:53:31 PM, Patrick wrote:
> Thus we have (*** = behavior differs from beta25):

>     [[ExistingPage]]                 class='wikilink'
>     [[ExistingPage?skin=gemini]]     class='wikilink'
>     [[ExistingPage?action=diff]]     class='wikilink'

>     [[NewPage]]                      class='createlink'
>     [[NewPage?skin=gemini]]          class='createlink'
>     [[NewPage?year=2006]]            class='createlink'
>     [[NewPage?action=diff]]          class='wikilink'    ***

>     [[{$Name}]]                      class='selflink'
>     [[{$Name}?skin=gemini]]          class='wikilink'
>     [[{$Name}?action=diff]]          class='wikilink'

> In the last three instances using {$Name}, if the current page 
> doesn't exist then the link is always a createlink (this is
> also the same as beta25).

This is not what hoped for, unless I misunderstand something.
For the last two instances, if the current page does not exist, I
would like the link to be a wikilink. This will ensure that
action(query) type links on a page will not show up with
questionmarks. Or at least for the last instance.

And I am not sure what it would mean for a link generated through
pagelist with a format template of form [[{=$Name}?#comments|...]] or
[[{=$Name}?action=...|...]]. It should show always as a link,
never mind if Name exists or not. -- Testing on pmwiki.org now shows
that [[{=$Name}?action=...|...]] shows always as wikilink, and
[[{=$Name}?#comments|...]] as createlink if page does not exists.
That may be good enough and saves blog comment links.


Best, 
~Hans