I didn't see any complaints about this functionality so I'll go ahead and
check it into the repository.
Thank you,
Sergey
--
Sergey Chernyshev
http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Sergey Chernyshev <
sergey.chernys...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> --
> Sergey Chernyshev
> http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/
>
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