[Pmwiki-users] Hierarchical groups
Britta
morepork
Tue Jun 8 21:52:32 CDT 2004
Patrick R. Michaud wrote on 9/06/2004 12:52 p.m. :
> Thanks for proving my point about it being confusing! It's worth a
> bit of a better explanation...
[snip mind-boggling explanation :)]
> How often is this likely to occur or conflict in practice? Probably
> not often. But when/if it does occur, it's likely to be *very* confusing.
I agree!!!
I'm reeling ...
I think Steve may be right ... perhaps better to stick much more closely to the
OS/Filesystem approach.
> A Possible Solution
> -------------------
> One solution might be to introduce a markup (I suggest "...") that says
> to use the first element of the link as an ancestor group instead of
> a top-level group. I.e., in Alpha.Beta.Gamma one would use [[...Beta.Zeta]]
> as a relative link to Alpha.Beta.Zeta, while [[Beta.Zeta]] would always be
> an absolute link to Beta.Zeta. In this sense the "..." acts as a
> "wildcard prefix", saying to use all of the current group name up to
> the "Beta" portion.
which sounds to me like a more simplified approach along the lines of
what Steven is supporting (his approach being really a 'pure Unix
hierarchy' one :).
--
Cheers,
Wednesday, 9 June 2004 3:42 p.m.
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