Re: [Tiki-users] How to specify an image by path?

Am Montag, dem 27.12.2021 um 11:11 +0200 schrieb Bernard Sfez:
> Mmm…
> 
> Let’s look at your end-game, what you want.
> 
> > but I wanted to specify a file name rather than an id,
> 
> For what I know img doesn’t know “filename”, so this cannot be
> achieved with the plugin img.

That's what I've found out.

But it isn't that important. I can live with specifying ids instead of
file names. 

It's just that I was confused by the Wiki-Syntax-Images page. I'll
rework that page, to make it clear.


> What I would suggest is to use a plugin list and look for “filename”
> (it is indexed).
> And then display the image (we are talking about image here) with a
> wikiplugin or HTML as output.
> 
> It will be a lot of line of parameters/code in your page.
> But, once you have this you can keep it like this or create with this
> a plugin aliases that is waiting for the filename to display an
> images (much more shorter).
> 
> Some caveats from experience, you may have some issues with very
> short filename better to have distinct filenames in one word.
> (Underscore and dashes do not count ;-) )
> Not all is Tiki, some mysql, mariaDB, elasticSearch settings are
> involved…

I don't fully get what you're suggesting. But, as I said, I can live
with the way that the img plugin is.

I'll just correct that Wiki-Syntax-Images page.

> 
> Hope this helps,
> Bernard
> 
> PS: For more specifics or help, please contact me directly.

Thanks, but not needed.


Cheers, Volker


> 
> 
> > On 26 Dec 2021, at 18:42, Volker Wysk <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > Am Sonntag, dem 26.12.2021 um 17:35 +0200 schrieb Bernard Sfez:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > {img type="src" src="https://freesvg.org/img/space-invaders.png"}
> > > 
> > > This work just fine.
> > 
> > Yes, I know this works. I guess I haven't made it clear what I'm
> > looking for. What I want is something like this:
> > 
> >  {img type="path" path="space-invaders.png"}
> > 
> > (This doesn't work, because "path" isn't a parameter or a type.)
> > 
> > Here "space-invaders.png" would be a path in either the page's
> > attachments or in a file gallery. This can be achieved with
> > "attId=..."
> > or "fileId=...", but I wanted to specify a file name rather than an
> > id,
> > because it makes the page easier to read. But this isn't possible,
> > judging by the PluginImg documentation page.
> > 
> > I was confused about this, because the "Wiki-Syntax-Images" page
> > says:
> > 
> >  Once the image has been uploaded to file galleries, you can
> > either 
> >  note the path or ID number to use in PluginImg...
> > 
> >  Once uploaded, you can use the path or ID number in PluginImg to
> >  display the image on a page.
> > 
> > So I'm saying that the "Wiki-Syntax-Images" page is wrong, or at
> > least
> > confusing.
> > 
> > Regards, Volker
> > 
> > > Bernard
> > > 
> > > > On 26 Dec 2021, at 12:33, Volker Wysk <[email protected]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Hi
> > > > 
> > > > How did you specify the path of the image to PluginImg, when it
> > > > worked
> > > > the last time you used it? The documentation page doesn't give
> > > > any
> > > > way 
> > > > to do so.
> > > > 
> > > > I don't think it is a bug. The Wiki-Syntax-Images page seems to
> > > > be
> > > > incorrect. PluginImg seems to work okay, the way it is
> > > > documented.
> > > > 
> > > > Volker
> > > > 
> > > > Am Sonntag, dem 26.12.2021 um 12:07 +0200 schrieb Bernard Sfez
> > > > via
> > > > TikiWiki-users:
> > > > > Hello (again),
> > > > > 
> > > > > Last time I used it it worked (but when was it ? 😂).
> > > > > 
> > > > > I suggest you create a work in progress instance (add WIP: at
> > > > > the
> > > > > beginning of the title) and set an instance for you and
> > > > > others to
> > > > > test.
> > > > > If this is a bug and need to be reported you will have a
> > > > > short
> > > > > road.
> > > > > If this is not you can just close.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Bernard
> > > > > 
> > > > > > On 25 Dec 2021, at 19:52, Volker Wysk <[email protected]>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi!
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > In the page "Wiki-Syntax-Images" it's written that images
> > > > > > can
> > > > > > be
> > > > > > specified by path. It doesn't mention, however, what kind
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > path.
> > > > > > A
> > > > > > path in the file galleries? 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The PluginImg, however doesn't seem to support the
> > > > > > specification by
> > > > > > path. There's no "path" argument. There's just "src", and
> > > > > > that
> > > > > > needs a
> > > > > > full URL (according to the documentation). I've tried to
> > > > > > specify a
> > > > > > path
> > > > > > with "src", but that failed.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > It seems like the documentation (Wiki-Syntax-Images) is
> > > > > > faulty.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Anyone know what's up?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Regards, Volker
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
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