Re: (Long) Rewrite Rules for Wiki (was Re: Wiki)

Yes, I was going to start such a page, but I wasn't sure whether this
wiki was going to be replaced with something else. Besides I don't
have much to say yet...

Go right ahead, Martin!

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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:03:03 -0500, Randy Kramer <rhkramer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Monday 21 March 2005 12:46 am, msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au wrote:
> > Hi Randy, I RTFM'd but didn't work out how to actually create an
> > AbiWordDevelopment Twiki page?
>
> You (or BirchKnutson) are very close--if you go and look at
>
> http://www.abisource.org/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/WebHome
>
> you'll see a blue question mark after the phrase "AbiWordDevelopment?" -- if
> you click on that question mark you will be led through the process of
> creating the page. More below.
>
> > BTW I changed the ancient blurb on the front AbiWord page to more
> > accurately reflect the current state of things.
> >
> > I'd like to start putting some content there.
>
> Wonderful!
>
> > Also how does one create a new page under exisitng directories?
>
> The canonical way to create a new page is to edit an existing page by adding a
> (T)WikiName on that page. The (T)WikiName can either be "traditional" (i.e.,
> CamelCase), or you can force a link using double square brackets, with or
> without a link name:
>
> * [[a forced link]] will display (on the edited page) as "a forced
> link?" (with highlighting)--the created page will be named AForcedLink
>
> * [[a forced link][linkname]] will display (on the edited page) as
> "linkname?" (with highlighting)--the created page will be named AForcedLink
>
> Some related notes:
>
> 1. After the page is created, the question mark is no longer displayed,
> just the link name highlighted
>
> 2. TWiki maintains what they call a "breadcrumb trail". For example, the
> breadcrumb trail for http://www.abisource.org/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/WebHome
> is:
>
> TWiki . Abiword . WebHome
>
> (in the above case, TWiki followed by the Webname (Abiword) followed by the
> page (topic) name (WebHome))
>
> For purposes of the breadcrumb trail, the page from which the new page is
> "spawned" is treated as the parent of the new page, so the breadcrumb trail
> for your new page (AbiWordDevelopment) (assuming you create it by clicking on
> the question mark on the WebHome page) will be:
>
> TWiki . Abiword . WebHome . AbiWordDevelopment
>
> The bread crumb trail can be adjusted later, but it is somewhat slow /
> painful. (Click on "More" at the bottom of a page, and look for the option
> to change the page's parent.)
>
> 3. I sometimes cheat to create a new page, by simply typing a new
> (nonexisting) page name in the address bar--when TWiki can't find that page
> it offers to create it for you. The problem is that the parent is usually
> not what you want (IIRC, the parent is just the web).
>
> 4. There are gotchas with respect to allowed (T)Wiki page names. In RE
> terms, this is pretty close to the canonical requirement:
>
> [A-Z]+[a-z]+[A-Z]\w*
>
> IIRC, a few punctuation marks are allowed (maybe only the underbar). You can
> get around that requirement to a certain extent by using the [[][]] notation,
> but I wouldn't do that until you are more familiar with some of the
> restrictions. There are also variations of the [[][]] that allow you to
> specify a page in a different web, or to specify an anchor somewhere on a
> page. I hesitate to try to cover all these here (and they are covered
> elsewhere), but if you need/want the information, just ask.
>
> 5. Actually, many wiki'ers call a link created with the double bracket
> notation a free link--to me it's a forced link.
>
> regards,
> Randy Kramer
>
> PS: If we adjust the TWiki page template to fit better with the remainder of
> the Abiword site, I suppose we might eliminate the bread crumb trail, so it
> may not be so important to keep it "right".
>

-- 
Birch Knutson