As promised, I added "Show embed code" link to Special:Ask page:
http://www.techpresentations.org/Special:Ask?title=Special%3AAsk&q=[[Category%3ARFC]]&po=%3FRFC+date%0D%0A%3FRFC+title%0D%0A%3FRFC+author%0D%0A%3FRFC+document+URL%0D%0A&eq=yes&p=format%3Dbroadtable&eq=yes<http://www.techpresentations.org/Special:Ask?title=Special%3AAsk&q=%5B%5BCategory%3ARFC%5D%5D&po=%3FRFC+date%0D%0A%3FRFC+title%0D%0A%3FRFC+author%0D%0A%3FRFC+document+URL%0D%0A&eq=yes&p=format%3Dbroadtable&eq=yes>
When clicked, it shows the code for {{#ask:...}} parser function that you
can use to embed current results (including format) into a page anywhere on
your wiki.
I think that together with format selector, it'll help people create more
data-driven wikis. So if nobody objects, I'll check it in for all to enjoy.
Patch can be seen here: http://www.techpresentations.org/SMW_Ask_embed.patch/
http://www.techpresentations.org/SMW_Ask_embed.patch.html (colorized)
Also, during development, I noticed a few bugs or missing features of
Special:Ask page:
- Not all formatters work on Special:Ask, for example googlemap, debug,
count and calendar don't work or display something different from what I'd
expect them to do
- count and order parameters always get set in the code so even when they
are not defined, in the embed code they appear with empty values. I decided
not to filter out parameters with empty values as some parameters might
actually be meaningful. It's possible that count and order are just not
initialized properly when $wgRequest->getVal( 'order' ) and
$wgRequest->getText( 'sort' ) are used unconditionally
- there is no way to display any meaningful title for a formatter or know
whenever to include one in the list or not (debug) - current formatter
classes are limited in this sense
- there is no way to configure formatter on Special:Ask page except for
just asking user for a list of additional attributes similar how printouts
are asked for. This is limiting the use of formatting feature and renders
some formatters completely useless (template, for example). I think it's
worth looking into expanding SMWResultPrinter to carry more metadata and
maybe form definition for accepted parameters.
I hope to have time in the future to address some of these, but don't know
when I'll have more time for it.
Markus, Denny, let me know if it's a good idea to add these into Bugzilla to
keep track of them.
BTW, is SMW participating in GSoC?
Thank you,
Sergey
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Sergey Chernyshev
http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/
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