00533: New page edit link links to false page
Description: I found a bug (at least I think it is one) during updating the german translation of some pages.
I wanted to create a page PmWikiDe/PmWiki (now it exists, but I'm sure you can reproduce) so I wrote
http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWikiDe/PmWiki
into the URL line.
Then a page occured with the text (which is OK so far):
Describe PmWiki here.
But this link to PmWiki pointed to:
http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PmWiki
instead of:
http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWikiDe/PmWiki?action=edit
Clicking on the edit link at the top right corner works fine.
It's confusing, but I'm not sure I'll classify it as a bug. It's probably just the least of several evils.
The $DefaultPageTextFmt variable has a value of "Describe $Name here."
$Name is the name of the page, in this case "PmWiki", and since it's a WikiWord it is treated as a link to another page. Given a page link like "PmWiki" that has no group qualifier, it links to the first of
- PmWiki in the current group, if it exists
- PmWiki.PmWiki, if it exists
- PmWiki.
$DefaultName, if it exists - the edit page to create PmWiki in the current group
So, in this case, the PmWiki link became a link to the group instead of a link to create a new page.
There are several options or workarounds:
- Disable wikiword links
- Change $DefaultPageEditFmt to "
Describe $FullName here." - Change $DefaultPageEditFmt to "
Describe [=$Name=] here."
The first option is a CoreCandidate at PITS:00520. I think the other two options are actually less desirable than the status quo.
At any rate, I'm going to probably classify this issue as an intentional design decision.
--Pm
Well, OK. I just wanted to bring this to your knowledge.
-- Klonk September 21, 2005, at 01:38 PM