[pmwiki-users] Summary field of edit form

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud at pobox.com
Mon Nov 14 10:11:17 CST 2005


On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 11:03:37AM -0500, Henrik Bechmann wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> What's the summary field of the edit form used for? Is the value typed 
> in to that field available in a global variable such as $PageSummary?

Well, it's not in a global variable as the summaries aren't
global -- they're per-page (actually, they're per-edit).  
But the value goes into the $ChangeSummary substitution.

> Where is this field and what its contents are used for documented?

It's displayed in a page's history, and entries here also appear in 
the RecentChanges pages.

Pm




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