[pmwiki-users] Re: pmwiki-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 62
David Jackson
dave at glossopian.co.uk
Tue Feb 22 16:44:46 CST 2005
Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
>On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 08:33:56PM +0000, David Jackson wrote:
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>>If anyone wants to know *exactly* what I want to achieve, I'll post a
>>spec :-)
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>Go ahead and post the spec, and we can explain it in that context. :-)
>
>Pm
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Requirements capture? I'm a user, don't you want to know what I want?
:-)
Here goes...
I would like a hierarchial menu, (preferably collapsable but that's a
different issue), so I can organise my Recipe collection.
I have created a Recipes Group with a homepage called Recipes.Recipes
Top Level would be something like
* Bread & Pizza
* Soups
* Meat
* Pasta
* Salads
With Meat sub divided into
* Chicken
* Beef
* Pork
* Lamb
and so on. Starting at the top, I have a french bread recipe, & I have
inserted [[!Bread and Pizza]]
It appears in small font, where I type it. (The page on pmWiki mentions
[/!Genre], does the forward slash mean it does not appear?).
If I try to create a recipe category I end up with a page call
Category.Recipes - not Recipes.Category as I expected.
Sorry, that does not read well at *all*.
From the docs, I thought Category was named after the category, not a
special group. Not that there is anything wrong with a special group,
it just was not what I expected.
If I create a Category.PageFooter, containing (:pagelist
Category.{$Name}:) and open it, I end up with a listing of all groups
and *some* pages, hang on I'll do it now...
Category <http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Category> /
Group Footer <http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Category.GroupFooter>
Main <http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Main> /
All Recent Changes
<http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Main.AllRecentChanges>
PmWiki <http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=PmWiki> /
Using Categories
<http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=PmWiki.UsingCategories>
If I open Category.BreadAndPizza, I see:
Category <http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Category> /
Bread and Pizza
<http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Category.BreadAndPizza>
Group Footer <http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Category.GroupFooter>
Recent Changes
<http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Category.RecentChanges>
Main <http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Main> /
Active X Scripts
<http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Main.ActiveXScripts>
All Recent Changes
<http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Main.AllRecentChanges>
Analyse VSS <http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Main.AnalyseVSS>
Backup DTS Packages
<http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Main.BackupDTSPackages>
Backup Enterprise Manager Settings
<http://glossopian.co.uk/pmwiki.php?n=Main.BackupEnterpriseManagerSettings>
[snip] and so on for several lines, which looks like a full pagelist.
At this point I get very confused.
The point of categoties is to be able to put 1 page into multiple
catgories, which I think I can see, but the get a list out for 'XYZ'
category is beyond me.
If I have a Chicken Ceaser Recipe, I would catorigise it in Chicken and
Salads ([[!Chicken]] & [[!Salads]]
In Meat I list Categories for Chicken, Beef etc.
There is a Chicken category which looks for Chicken recipes? Pagelist
directive I assume
In Salads, I have a pagelist looking for salad categorised recipes? ditto
The word category as a special group is confusing me, (not hard, I know),
I was expecting somthing like Recipes.Categories. I know I have
completely missed the point here ;-)
Sorry for being so dense, but too much work is making me a dull boy in
more than one sense...
Dave Jackson
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