[pmwiki-users] Search box on PmWiki.org

[DaveG]

Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 08:13:22AM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:

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> 
>     (:pagelist order=$:Category(Bug,Feature,Documentation) 
>       $:Category=Bug,Feature,Documentation :)
I like this syntax, but you're right it may become unweildy as more 
terms are added. What about pointing to a page of ordered terms?


> 
> So, perhaps it's more appropriate as some sort of marker that
> means "order by" in the selection attribute itself, as in:
> 
>     (:pagelist $:Category=(Bug,Feature,Documentation) :)
Another good option, and one I'd personally find useful. How about 
taking a similar approach as we have for templates, where we can have a 
page that defines various formats. In this case it would be lists, or 
variable values.


> 
> which means to select only those pages where $:Category is
> "Bug", "Feature", or "Documentation", and to display them in
> that sequence.  To sort by name within those groupings,
> one would use:
> 
>     (:pagelist order=$:Category,name $:Category=(Bug,Feature,Documentation) :)
> 
> Pm
>