FreeLists / dokuwiki / [dokuwiki] Re: How to number headlines ?

[Andreas Gohr <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Smith writes:

> How about:
> (1) adding a new piece of meta data, meta['first_heading'].  If the 
> value is empty, the native header syntax will fill that with the first 
> heading it comes across.  Any alternate method of handling headings can 
> do the same.  Then as long as everything behaves well, there will be no 
> clashes and the first heading can be set by anything.
>
> (2) the first heading information gets added as the first instruction in 
> the list by the _finalise handler.  This would guarantee that the first 
> heading information is quickly accessible in every document.
>
> Taking this a step further, could all the page meta data get added to 
> the first instruction in the page.  This opens up the possibility for 
> native syntax modes and plugins to add page settings information in a 
> controlled manner that could be used by other parts of dokuwiki simply 
> by reading the first instruction.[1]

Hi Chris!

Just a quick feedback. This sounds like an excellent idea. Unfortunately I'm 
busy this weekend so I can't do anything on DokuWiki. But feel free to start 
with these changes.

Andi


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