Hi,

Jakub ported the rfc/manual.xml.in categorized extension list to be an
appendix in the manual. Now since the main extension list is
autogenerated, we have an outdated categorized extension list (and the
possibility to have one in the future). Look at the newly born PDO
specific extension docs, which are not yet present in the categorized list.

Jakub offered his checking script to look after missing pieces on the
categorized page, but this is probably not the way to go in the long
run. What if we make that categorized page automatically generated too?
We only need some information put into the reference.xml files of the
extensions on where to put the extension in the category tree, as far as
I see.

What if we put

  <!-- Category: &cat.basic.text; -->

into reference.xml files like strings, regex, pcre? Then we can
autogenerate the XML structure with the &cat.basic; and &cat.basic.text;
parents being above the mentioned extensions. This way this file need
not be translated, and we can give entities (another load of them :) to
translate, and use in this file. We can also express the hierarchy in
the entities, so only one entity needs to be mentioned in the
reference.xml files.

This would also fix the problem we have now with the categorized
extension list being outdated easily if translated.

Comments?

Goba

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