[Pmwiki-users] TrailPage oddity

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud at sci.tamucc.edu
Thu Mar 13 10:26:17 CST 2003


On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Glenn Blalock wrote:

> Pm asks:
> 
> > In particular, if a trail contains
> > 
> >    * [[WikiLink some random text]]
> > 
> > then what should appear in the wiki trail output-- "WikiLink" 
> > or "some random text"?  I can see arguments for both.  Having 
> > it display WikiLink is much easier (already did this on 
> > pmichaud.com), but having it display 
> > "some random text" might be more consistent with what happens with 
> > {{free link}}s in a WikiTrail.
> 
> As I consider all the ways I can / will use the trail feature, I'd opt
> for the "some random text" display.  That gives users more flexibility.

I was afraid you'd say that.  :-)  Okay, one last "feature" to be aware
of--if someone puts:

   * [[WikiLink http://somesite.org/picture.gif]]

then the link in the WikiTrail will be an image.  Does that sound
okay?  I don't have a problem with this, but it might make for some 
weird stuff.  :-)

Pm





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