Re: [Phpwiki-talk] Template scripting

[Jan H. <hi...@wi...>]

On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 08:20:13PM +0100, Arno Hollosi wrote:
> 
> > But as you saw yourself, you are now forced to do this anyway. And I am
> > very convinced that there is more to come.
> 
> I'm not so convinced :o)

Only the future will tell. Anyway, I said I would shut up, so I will. :-)
Just a few minor points:

> > Regular expressions are going to break down if you get things like nested
> > IF-blocks. Or are you going to introduce a different type of IF-block for
> > every possible combination of flags?
> 
> Nested IF-blocks work already. The only thing you can't nest is twice the 
> same condition, i.e. ###IF:ADMIN### .... ###IF:ADMIN###
> But I can't think of a case where such a construct is necessary.

When you also introduce blocks for ###IF:COPY### and ##IF:LOCK## then the
problem will appear.

> > The nested IF-blocks would probably be one.
> > You need that if you want
> > something inserted only if three flags are true.
> 
> That works already. See browse.html for an example (IF LOCK inside IF ADMIN)

I know, but thats just *two* flags. Three will be a problem.
 
> > If phpwiki really takes off (and that is what I expect)
> > then these [user accounts et cetera] things will be added sooner or later.
> 
> There are many other wiki-clones out there, so it's unlikely that phpwiki 
> will achieve world-domination.

Er, world domination is not what I had in mind. :-)

> E.g. tclwiki already has user identification, complete diff archive, and
> more goodies.

I didn't see that one. Is it the same as WiKit? And does it have database
support? Because I see that as very important.

> > PS. Can I ask you to just send replies to the mailing list? Right now, I
> > am getting two replies every time. Or does Kmail not have that option?
> 
> Odd - I thought the list-prog doesn't send emails to people listed in To/CC.
> At least it does not send me an email if my address is inside To/CC.

Hm. I have seen this reply only once, and now that I think of it, the one before
the previous one also just once. It was only the last one that I received twice.
So, never mind. If it happens again, I will say so.