[pmwiki-users] [[Main]] hyperlink oddity

Vince Administration vadmin at math.uconn.edu
Fri Jun 22 09:17:19 CDT 2007


On Jun 22, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 12:54:48PM +0200, SMETS Stephane     BKS-IT  
> wrote:
>> Hum, that means if I want to create a page called Agenda in one
>> group and another user has created a group called Agenda, I cannot
>> do that in a simply way [[Agenda]]. I need absolutely to put
>> [[Group/Agenda]], wich I find strange because for me, if I put
>> [[Agenda]] in a page on the group [[TOTO]] the link will be to
>> [[toto/Agenda]]
>
> ...see my previous message, which describes what the actual behavior
> is.  [[Agenda]] will always link to an Agenda page in the current
> group if such a page exists.  (Unless, of course, the admin changes
> the defaults.)
>
> Pm
>
I think that what the Stephane means is that the usual method to  
create a new page (just edit a parent page and add
a link, say [[Agenda]] expecting that when the page is saved you will  
get a link with a ?,  allowing another one click to
edit the new Agenda page. If the page Agenda.HomePage exists, this  
does not work.

Another side effect is that if someone actually used the link  
[[Agenda]] in the TOTO group, and had it pointing to the
Agenda.HomePage, then creating the TOTO.Agenda would effectively  
silently change that link to the new page.

I am not suggesting a change in the behavior of PmWiki, put perhaps  
users should be encouraged to use unambiguous links.

     Vince




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