Re: [Tikiwiki-devel] Section Edit : Feature idea for next version of Tiki

[Nelson K. <ne...@wo...>]

The problem with using multiple pages as "sections" of a page that is
actually a structure is that the wiki history is not all together,
which is no good for the true meaning of sections.

Although using ! has possible problems as Sylvie mentioned, IMO if
this is an optional feature, the convenience for sites where it has
almost zero chance of breaking anything because the users simply don't
put headings in other blocks, outweighs the risk of any problems.

Moreover, even if the thing don't split nice for editing, it is likely
that no harm will be done unless the user removes the closing tags of
those blocks opened in the previous section. As I read
onhttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Section#Sections_within_parser_functions,
MW also faces a number of limitations in this respect.

However, for sites that systematically can't afford this risk, an
opt-in method could be used, for e.g. !/ could mean that this header
is to be used as a editable section break, then it will be up to users
to make sure they don't do anything stupid with this new syntax.

The choice can be set in preferences: Section Editing by Heading
(warning: do not use section editing if headers are contained in other
blocks):

1. None
2. Opt-in using !/ type syntax
3. All ! type headers are section breaks

You also need to take into account the possibility that multiple
headers have the same text on the same page. This is an existing
limitation of the maketoc.


On 12/17/07, Sylvie Greverend <sgr...@gm...> wrote:
> It is not done because it is hard to do if you embrace all the wiki
> syntax.
> A header can be in a np section or a plugin...
> the parse_data function is a mess.
> If you are ready to have sometimes the edit on header not splitting
> perfectly - why not
> And what about putting in main the edit structure of aulawiki. You
> display all a structure in a page and you can edit each page
> individually.
> Easy to do this one
>
> On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 08:04 -0500, Marc Laporte wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > 2 years later (!)...
> >
> > I am following up on the section edit...  I need it for a project by
> > January.
> >
> > I agree with Luis's idea below to use !, !!, !!!
> >
> > If someone has a better idea, please comment this tracker:
> > http://dev.tikiwiki.org/tiki-view_tracker_item.php?itemId=1421
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > M ;-)
> >