[pmwiki-users] Permissions conundrum, section behaviour

[Henrik Bechmann]

Re: permissions conundrum at 
http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Comments-UseCases

I wonder if some kind of $Policies[][] structure might solve the problem.

$Policies["comments"]=array("scope"=>"<comma separated group or page 
list>","AllowAddPage"=>1);

...with appropriate defaults.

I also wonder if all section blocks should be given delimiters:

[!section comment!]
[!sectionend!]

[!section insert!]
[!sectionend!]

[!section list FirstName!]
[!sectionend!]

[!section list SecondName!]
[!sectionend!]

Sections could optionally be named, or have other parameters. All 
sections could optionally (by policy) be edited separately.

This would allow for further manipulation. The section delimiters would 
not appear in any output.

Then your (:commentbox:) directive would be more of an insert marker and 
behavior directive (eg insert in other page) than a content marker.

For default section edit, PmWiki could adopt the convention of allowing 
(at administrator's discretion) section edit between headings.

(:include:) could become dynamic (seems very similar to off-page 
comments to me), so that adding an include of a non-existent page 
invites clicking through to a new page (with return), and an existing 
included page gets an "edit" button at the top right (in the presence of 
appropriate rights).

Just brainstorming.

- Henrik

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