[Pmwiki-users] File upload feature discussion

[Davis, James C.]

> I'm still dreaming of a user-selected association with a link syntax
> that works for any of them. I.e., the user gets to decide if the upload
> is associated with a page, group, or is site-wide and they use the same
> syntax to access any of them. Something like [[$Upload:file]] would
> cause PmWiki to search for file first as associated to a page, then
> group, then "global".

The problem with searching with an increasingly large scope is that you
don't know that it will return the same file every time. For example, if
more than one file can be named "title.jpg", which one will it get if there
are two on the system that are neither associated with the current page nor
it's group.

Can files be associated with a group, but not an individual page? Or even
have no association at all?

If this is the case, then the search might only be limited to: first the
current page, then files only associated with the group (not pages in the
group), then files with no association. This would ensure you get the
expected file, most of the time.

James Davis
Network Manager
College of Business
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
(361) 825-5926
jdavis at cob.tamucc.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Scott Duff [mailto:duff at cbi.tamucc.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 4:01 PM
To: Patrick R. Michaud
Cc: Davis, James C.; 'pmwiki-users at pmichaud.com'
Subject: Re: [Pmwiki-users] File upload feature discussion


On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 03:39:38PM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> Agreed, which seems to argue towards the attach-to-page model for file
> uploads.  I guess I haven't heard anyone arguing for the "throw everything
> in a common pool" model yet, so we might as well assume the page
> attachments model is the way we'll head.  If anyone feels differently,
> now's a good time to speak up before we get too committed to the other
> path.

I'm still dreaming of a user-selected association with a link syntax
that works for any of them. I.e., the user gets to decide if the upload
is associated with a page, group, or is site-wide and they use the same
syntax to access any of them. Something like [[$Upload:file]] would
cause PmWiki to search for file first as associated to a page, then
group, then "global".

-Scott
-- 
Jonathan Scott Duff
duff at cbi.tamucc.edu