On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 23:44 -0500, Randy Brown wrote: > Existing section-editing recipes don't do quite what I want. For example, Fox > forms doesn't yet handle concurrent edits, while neither Fox nor SectionEdit > handles "sections" such as title directives. > > I know how to indicate the section to edit via an http request. I think I can > figure out how to identify the section on the page by using well-defined > strings. But I don't have a clue how to interact with PmWiki forms. > > I envision using PmWiki's existing form mechanisms, but hiding the text that > comes before and after the desired section on a page. On save or preview, I'd > re-insert the hidden text. In my vision, I wouldn't have to worry about > things like Replace on Save logic, because the page's text would be > reassembled by the time it gets that far. > > Is the approach I envision possible? What function(s) would I need to modify, > and can that be done without patching the core or breaking something in > PmWiki? Would I need to use javascript (which I don't know), or can this be > done entirely in PHP (which I'm starting know a little)?
Just my opinion, but IF section editing is important and whole page editing with sections is NOT too important, then you could do something simple like use (:include pagename:) in the overall page and have edit tags there (possibly based on being authorized). Just an idea. Sometimes we try to force a VERY HARD feature (one that would require a radical architecture change) instead of just rethinking the problem. _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
