Hi, Why not just do:
Jon Lang {{#subobject name | personal=Jonathan | nickname=Jon | family=Lang | title=Mr. }} In other words, why not just take the display of the data out of the #subobject call (assuming that's what the function will be called) altogether? -Yaron On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Jonathan Lang <datawea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Markus Krötzsch wrote: > >> Ok, fair point. The explanation should then include that SMW is conceived as >> a data management extension, but tries to keep small on data >> formatting/visualisation. So the real reason is the overall project goal. > > Fair enough. That said, it's a data management extension to an application > that is centered on human readability, which means that data > formatting/visualization carries a higher priority than it would for a > strictly data management application. That said: > >> But with the new functions in place, it is easy to make many #subobject-like >> parser functions with all kinds of extra features. The file implementing >> #subobject is hardly a 100 lines and most of it could be re-used for >> building modified versions of it. > > This is a very true point. Then again, creating a spinoff of #subobject > strictly to add an optional visualization feature to it feels a little > awkward. Still, it would be a good learning experience. > > Could we at least get a positional parameter for #subobject that simply > replaces the data? No "inline template parameters" or anything fancy; just a > straight "display this wiki code instead of what you'd normally show": > > {{#subobject name > | personal=Jonathan > | nickname=Jon > | family=Lang > | title=Mr. > | Jon Lang > }} > > It's not as versatile as I'd like; but at least it lets the page author > seamlessly integrate the machine-readable data into the human-readable text > of the page without having to create a (single-use) template page to format > it the way he wants. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA® Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > semediawiki-u...@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA® Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel