[pmwiki-users] Re: Redesigning the edit page - heirarchical menus?

[Dr Fred C]

Joachim Durchholz wrote:

> Dr Fred C wrote:
>
>> Before one complicates the save routine, perhaps the major/minor 
>> option could be automated by comparing the page size before and 
>> after.  If the change is size is bigger than 15 chars or 5% (or 
>> whatever is set in config as the trigger for major edit), then it's a 
>> major change, otherwise it's automatically saved as a minor change.
>
>
> Don't include markup changes in the character count.
>
> Problem: if PmWiki decides it's major after all and the user 
> disagrees, how can he correct that? Asking would require an additional 
> HTML interaction, which is slow and makes the wiki "less fun".

The user would click on 'minor' edit for saving if that is what they 
want.   It seems the automated process would only need to be executed on 
major edit saves.  The primary glitch would seem to be if one had a page 
of 100 chars and deleted them and entered another 100 chars, that would 
be considered a minor change by most unsophisticated algorithms. .