[pmwiki-users] Using variable in skin template

2009-10-23 Thread Sven Hartenstein
Dear pmwiki-users, I have a lot of fun discovering pmwiki and I already like it very much. One thing I can't figure out, even after reading many pages on pmwiki.org: I would like to use a variable in my skin template. Ideally, this would be similar to the (:title Title of Page:) markup, but

Re: [pmwiki-users] Using variable in skin template

2009-10-23 Thread Sven Hartenstein
Hi Dave, thank you for your answer! I would like to use a variable in my skin template. Ideally, this would be similar to the (:title Title of Page:) markup, but I'd be ok with using a PageTextVariable. So, is it possible to use such a variable in the skin template? {*$:MyVariable}

Re: [pmwiki-users] Using variable in skin template

2009-10-23 Thread Sven Hartenstein
Hi Hans, Then maybe it is easiest to use div markup for those quotes, with a specific class name, and use css to set the div where you want it. But you would need to absolutely position it. That's what I currently do. I am not very happy with it. I would prefer to set the text in the same

Re: [pmwiki-users] Using variable in skin template

2009-10-23 Thread Sven Hartenstein
Hi David, Or, you could grab the PTV into a variable, and then use it from the tmpl: $FmtPV['$myvar'] = PageVar($pagename,'$:myvar') This gives me: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /path/pmwiki.php(762) : eval()'d code on line 1 Do not know what's wrong. Anyway, the

Re: [pmwiki-users] Using variable in skin template

2009-10-23 Thread Sven Hartenstein
This works perfectly! Thank you a lot! :-) Sven * Hans desi...@softflow.co.uk: Friday, October 23, 2009, 10:12:41 PM, Sven Hartenstein wrote: Any chance of using a PageTextVariable in the skin template? try this: add to config.php: $FmtPV['$HeaderQuote'] = 'PageTextVar($pn

Re: [pmwiki-users] Using variable in skin template

2009-10-23 Thread Sven Hartenstein
And this works perfectly, too. :-) Thank you! Sven * Hans desi...@softflow.co.uk: Friday, October 23, 2009, 10:12:41 PM, Sven Hartenstein wrote: Any chance of using a PageTextVariable in the skin template? you can do it even without setting a PV. just addd to your skin template