Re: A wgbwiki.py clarification may be required

On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 04:35:48PM -0400, Will Guaraldi wrote:
> On 7/16/07, Chris G <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have just realised that the wgbwiki.py plugin requires that the
> > 'wiki' directory as specified by wikidir in the config.py file starts
> > with "/wiki".  Maybe this should be made more explicit in the
> > documentations.  And/or maybe it could be made configurable.
> 
> I'm not sure that's true.  The wikidr property is a directory on your
> disk.  The /wiki trigger is a url path_info thing.  The two aren't the
> same and there shouldn't be any overlap.
> 
Ah, I hadn't realised this, the URL must start with /wiki but the
directory on disk can be something else completely.

> At a minimum, it shouldn't be true.  The wikidr and the trigger should
> be fully independent of one another.  If that's not the case, let me
> know--I'll have to look into it.
> 
No, you're right, as I said I hadn't realised this.  I'll need to fix
my code somewhat to take account of this.

> 
> > I suppose if the code was clever it could actually use the first level
> > directory of the wikidir as the TRIGGER value.
> 
> Mmm....  I don't really want to code that.  If you want that kind of
> functionality, send me a patch and I'll toss it around.  Since I'm the
> one who maintains it and provides support, the fewer moving targets
> involved in configuration and behavior, the better off my life is.
> 
No, it's fine as it is, the only thing I *might* suggest is to make
the TRIGGER value a config.py variable so that one can set the 'start
of URL' to whatever one fancies.

-- 
Chris Green

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