23 Jun
2004
23 Jun
'04
12:22 p.m.
Yes, this is true. As Folder is a subclass of Page, a folder inherits
all the functionality of a page and adds the possibility to have
children.
The reason for making this difference between Pages and Folders is that
the look-up is different: if you have a link like *Other*, a folder
looks for a child named 'Other' while a page looks for a matching
brother/sister. This difference applies also while creating new
structural entities in SmallWiki.
What is more, folders do automatically render a list of their children
if the default content isn't changed. And, as you can see on the ESUG
web-page (http://www.esug.org), the menu-template renders slightly
different when the current structure has the possibility to contain
children.
Cheers,
Lukas
On Jun 23, 2004, at 11:34, Oscar Nierstrasz wrote:
Actually, I never understood the need to distinguish pages and folders.
Why not just have PageFolders? Pages with contents, and the
possibilities to add subpages?
Oscar
On Jun 23, 2004, at 9:43, Lukas Renggli wrote:
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Lukas Renggli
http://renggli.freezope.org
Hi Oscar
I would like the Traits page in the SCG Smallwiki
to be
turned into a folder. Is there a way to do this?
No, currently there is no easy way to do this. You have to create a
new folder, copy the content of the old page to the new folder and
then delete the old page.
The good news: We were brainstorming with Roel yesterday about having
a refactoring tool for Smallwiki that should be able to do such a
conversion (and other things) more easily.
Cheers,
Lukas
--
Lukas Renggli
http://renggli.freezope.org
23 Jun
23 Jun
1:54 p.m.
New subject: Smallwiki question
From a user's point of view, this is not necessarily what you want.
It would be very useful to be able to add children to any page.
Also, to be able to transparently move pages around, just as one can
move files between directories ...
My 2 Rappen's worth.
Oscar
On Jun 23, 2004, at 12:22, Lukas Renggli wrote:
Yes, this is true. As Folder is a subclass of Page, a
folder inherits
all the functionality of a page and adds the possibility to have
children.
The reason for making this difference between Pages and Folders is
that the look-up is different: if you have a link like *Other*, a
folder looks for a child named 'Other' while a page looks for a
matching brother/sister. This difference applies also while creating
new structural entities in SmallWiki.
What is more, folders do automatically render a list of their children
if the default content isn't changed. And, as you can see on the ESUG
web-page (http://www.esug.org), the menu-template renders slightly
different when the current structure has the possibility to contain
children.
Cheers,
Lukas
On Jun 23, 2004, at 11:34, Oscar Nierstrasz wrote:
Actually, I never understood the need to distinguish pages and
folders.
Why not just have PageFolders? Pages with contents, and the
possibilities to add subpages?
Oscar
On Jun 23, 2004, at 9:43, Lukas Renggli wrote:
--
Lukas Renggli
http://renggli.freezope.org
Hi Oscar
I would like the Traits page in the SCG Smallwiki
to be
turned into a folder. Is there a way to do this?
No, currently there is no easy way to do this. You have to create a
new folder, copy the content of the old page to the new folder and
then delete the old page.
The good news: We were brainstorming with Roel yesterday about
having a refactoring tool for Smallwiki that should be able to do
such a conversion (and other things) more easily.
Cheers,
Lukas
--
Lukas Renggli
http://renggli.freezope.org
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