[pmwiki-users] pmwiki-2.2.0-beta2 released ({$:var} markup)
Patrick R. Michaud
pmichaud at pobox.com
Wed Sep 27 08:33:03 CDT 2006
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 03:23:20PM +0200, Thomas -Balu- Walter wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 04:03:02PM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> > Essentially {$:var} can be used to extract values from pages
> > containing any of the following markups:
> >
> > var: value # line beginning with "var:"
> > :var: value # definition list form
> > (:var: value:) # directive form
>
> Is there a way to use those variables in a skin?
At present, no. I've been thinking that it wouldn't be too
difficult to add if we found a definite use for it, however.
> I'm thinking of using them e.g. in group headers to switch some image
> in the skin template or similar.
>
> PS: But then people will be able to switch those in the page too - hm.
Yes, there's a definite possibility for abuse once these variables
appear in the skin and not in the markup.
Pm
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