[pmwiki-users] random musings

[Jonathan Scott Duff]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 04:23:15PM -0500, Martin Fick wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 03:06:49PM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 01:57:28PM -0500, Martin Fick wrote:
> > > > It's not the comma that makes the negations, it's the minus
> > > > signs.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > But then how do you evaluate: ?
> > > 
> > >  "fullname=2005.*,-*.GroupHeader,2006.*,-*.HomePage"
> > 
> > All pages in the 2005 and 2006 group except for GroupHeader and
> > HomePage.
> 
> 
> I'll assume your answer means all pages in: 
> 
>   (2005.* UNION 2006.*) MINUS *.GroupHeader MINUS *.HomePage
>   
> ...because even your wording was ambiguous, it could very
> well have been interpreted as, all pages in: 
>   
>   2005.* UNION (2006.* MINUS *.GroupHeader MINUS *.HomePage)
> 
> ...I know, I know, I'm being picky.
> 
> 
>   So then it becomes impossible to create ceratin exact sets.  
> I was hoping I could get it to instead mean:
> 
>   (2005.* MINUS *.GroupHeader) UNION (2006.* MINUS *.HomePage)
> 
> I don't see a way for someone to define something like that?

Perhaps that's just multiple fullname parameters?

(:pagelist fullname=2005.*,-*.GroupHeader fullname=2006.*,-*.HomePage :)

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-Scott
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