[pmwiki-users] Hierarchical Groups Working

The Editor editor at fast.st
Tue Jan 30 05:25:26 CST 2007


On 1/29/07, Kathryn Andersen <kat_lists at katspace.homelinux.org> wrote:
>
> I'm interested!  I just put my comment on the site itself...

Thanks!  I put up a quick response...

> Would it be possible to make the Link shortcut notation closer to some
> of the stuff that's been proposed before?
>
> On Kingdom-Animal-Canine.Main
>
> Kingdom  (grandparent)  [[^.Kingdom.]] or [[...Kingdom.]]
> Plant    (uncle)        [[...-Plant.]]
> Grass    (cousin)       [[...-Plant-Grass.]]
> Animal   (parent)       [[..]]
> Wolf     (child)        [[Wolf]]
> Feline   (sibling)      [[..-Feline.]]
> Cat      (nephew)       [[..-Feline.Cat]]
>
> Though the number of dots might be confusing, true.

I do find this a bit confusing, and would personally be more inclined
to use something more doslike, like:

[[..\..\Uncle\Cousin.page]], it's just it looks really problematic.

> Perhaps the ^ for relative up is better.

> Kingdom  (grandparent)  [[^^.]] or existing [[Kingdom.]]
> Plant    (uncle)        [[^^-Plant.]]
> Grass    (cousin)       [[^^-Plant-Grass.]]
> Animal   (parent)       [[^]]
> Wolf     (child)        [[Wolf]]
> Feline   (sibling)      [[^-Feline.]]
> Cat      (nephew)       [[^-Feline.Cat]]

I do like this!  And it would be pretty easy.  I don't see why we
couldn't have both the *'s for absolute paths, and the ^'s for
relative paths. The markup would be virtually identical, just a slight
change in the function that produces the link. Maybe can have that
ready later today.

> Note that I'm using the already-existing "end
> the link with a dot to get the home-page for that group" markup.

Didn't know that existed--but GREAT!!! That was something I really
wanted but wasn't sure how to do.  Happy sigh of relief...

Cheers,
Dan



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