[pmwiki-users] 'title' attribute of an HTML link

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 05:05:57PM +0100, Jean DEMARTINI wrote:
> Patrick,
> 
> I aggree with the fact that to introduce an attribute to define a title 
> attribute is not a very elegant method and I'm ready to abandonned it.
> 
> I'have tried the method you propose. It functions quite properly with 
> external links. Then OK.
> 
> But, I encountered a problem with internal links. Naively, I'have tried 
> the following code:
> 
> $LinkPageSelfFmt = "<a class='selflink' href='\$LinkUrl' 
> title='\$LinkAlt'>\$LinkText</a>";
> $LinkPageExistsFmt = "<a class='wikilink' href='\$LinkUrl' 
> title='\$LinkAlt'>\$LinkText</a>";
> 
> It does not function because $LinkAlt is not replaced by its value and 
> we see the string '\$LinkAlt' in the bubble. Things are not so simple. 
> Sight.

Yes, at the moment PmWiki doesn't recognize the title= attribute
for internal page links, only for external links.  I'll have to
think about that one a bit, the "..." syntax won't work very well
for page links.

Pm