[pmwiki-users] Pagelist formatting

[Martin Fick]

  Now that you have the new pagelist code written, I thought
of a new way to really confuse people. :)

  What if the (:pagelist:) could use wiki formatting to
describe how to output the list?  Maybe using tags like 
this:


Loop for all pages:
(:pagelist:)
(:pagelistend:)

Only executed for the first (or last) page of a group:
(:pagelistgroup [last]:)
(:pagelistgroupend:)

Variables for current pagelist page:

{$$Name}} {$$Group} {$$Title} ...




To simulate some of the current formats:

-bygroup:

  (:pagelist:)
  (:pagelistgroup:)

  {$$Group}}/

  (:pagelistgroupend:)
  ->[[ {$$Group}.{$$Name} | {$$Name} ]]
  (:pagelistend:)



-simple:

  (:pagelist group=Group:)
  * [[{$$Group}.{$$Name}]]
  (:pagelistend:)


-group:

  (:pagelist:)
  (:pagelistgroup:)
  * [[{$$Group}}]]
  (:pagelistgroupend:)
  (:pagelistend:)




-- These could easily then be enhanced like this:

-simple but use page title instead of Name:

  (:pagelist:)
  (:pagelistgroup:)

  {$$Group}}/

  (:pagelistgroupend:)
  ->[[ {$$Group}.{$$Name} | {$$Title} ]]
  (:pagelistend:)



-Make a table for each group with Name, Title, author:

  (:pagelist:)
  (:pagelistgroup:)

  {$$Group}}/

  || Page || Title || Author ||
  (:pagelistgroupend:)
  || [[ {$$Group}.{$$Name} | {$$Name} ]] || {$$Title}} || {$$Author} ||
  (:pagelistend:)

-Include an section from each page: 
  (could be nice for search results if a variable were 
   provided with line numbers of match)
 
 
  (:pagelist:)
  
  ![[{$$Group}.{$$Name} | {$$Title} ]]
  
  ->(:include {$$Group}.{$$Name}#Begin#End:)

    
  (:pagelistend:)




  I realize that this might be too complicated for what
pmwiki was intended to be, but I thought that it might make
a nice optional addition.  I'm not sure how to go about
implementing such a beast, but I figured I'd suggest it
anyway.


  -Martin